the arrival of the stamp

 The other day I registered my business name "the rag venture" eeeeee!!! how exciting!!!

so i ordered a rubber stamp :)

 and stamped my little heart out

these are some little laser cut badges I made with the excess felt from those boxes I made that time..

they are pretty sweet, one of those little bits could be yours for $10! bargain...

oh and I thought you might like to see a little bit of joy collected from a bike ride I went on with my dear friend Laura, flower picking on the bike path around Lake Burley Griffin, we stumbled upon some beautiful purple poppies! 

nature is a sweet sweet thing 

xxx

An apron I made for a friend in ceramics at art school, 

box pleat down the centre from the waist for sitting at the pottery wheel, 

velcro detachable towels x3 pairs

and a handy pocket for his tools!

won't be this colour for too much longer..!

assessment

Today was my final second year assessment for textiles

 my fabric swatch books

 Pyjama's with my print for my sisters for christmas, sneak preview sissy's!!

my first two colour print for the semester 

extra work- my scarves and other bits and pieces

 

DONE 

hurrah!

xxx

a leaf necklace for the rainy day

better out than in i always say

the stitched up box

remember that cardboard prototype a few weeks/months ago? 

well now it is an accomplished little felt box!

Designed by myself in design class 

Lasercut by Ponoko Manufacturers in New Zealand

Stitched up by meeeeeee

It arrived as these two sheets of felt.

they needed a good wash because the laster burnt the edges and they stunk of burnt hair, which was awful! So I got out my old toothbrush and gave each of their edges a good scrub! 

Which was mostly a good idea, cause now they don't smell...buttt the green felt shrunk a tiny little bit more than the grey felt, which has warped the shape of my box a little. oh well! thats materiality for you! I'm all for abit of spontaneity!

With this amount of felt, I was able to fit in two boxes and 9 sweet animal brooches

In the process of making those little sweet ones at the moment, so i'll show you all in a tick!

The sewing process begins! 

stitching with a strong cotton twine like string

The finished box!! 

with a handy little needle holder at the end 

yay!

caroline

This is my sweet Caroline.

sporting a delightful shibori pleated and hand dyed silk headband,

I made this one in my bio-mimicry idea development class, the pleats and colour graduation are my interpretation and translation of the veins and grains that are seen in seedpods, and nature in general.

Thanks arocay for being a mystical model

and to nature, for being such an intriguing source of inspiration

until next time

xxx