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INSPIRATION :: Wen Min Li

Sydney-based artist Wen Min Li depicts everyday objects with a wonderful almost naive quality. Her art explores space and time and the disconnect between her upbringing in traditional Chinese culture and life here in Australia. As a result Wen Min’s art is a very personal depiction of her life, with objects floating in a framework of traditional Chinese spatial simplicity.

Wen Min Li’s current exhibition, titled ‘The Flowers do not Answer’ is showing at the Flinders Street Gallery in Sydney. A friend of mine owns one of Wen Min’s works and it’s captivating – the subtleties are hard to capture in a photograph – so I’m looking forward to visiting the exhibition to take in her latest body of work.

Images: Flinders Street Gallery

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Posted on May 7, 2013

A few craft tutorials in the works

I have a few tutorials planned for the next week or two, so I thought I’d give you a little peek at what’s in the works. I was hoping to get the rope coil vessel tutorial photos edited yesterday, but didn’t quite make it. I had one of those incredibly frustrating moments when all the images were open, cropped and colour corrected – but not saved – when I had to restart my computer. So now I have to muster the enthusiasm to start from scratch.

Also coming up are a couple of mini patchwork projects and some origami. If you follow me on Instagram (@theredthread) you would have seen some of these photos in my feed over the past few weeks… in fact I may of started the rope coil bowls a month or two ago!

I hope you have a lovely weekend. Do you have any crafty things on the agenda?

Rope coil bowls and mini patchwork tutorials will be on the red thread blog soon… promise!

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Posted on May 4, 2013

COLOUR CRUSH :: Indigo | Bonnie and Neil

Bonnie and Neil‘s new winter 2013 range is, as always, full of covetable home wares in lovely colours. Today I’m loving all things indigo.

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Posted on May 2, 2013

SPACE TO CREATE :: Penny Leaver Green

Sharing her creative space and some insights into her creative process today is English textile artist Penny Leaver Green. Penny’s wonderful work incorporates repurposed fabrics which often means the fabric leads the design and sometimes subject matter of a particular piece. She doesn’t design her creations before commencing them, but rather she allows her ideas to evolve and develop as she stitches. I’m really happy to be able to share Penny’s art with you, and wait til you see her lovely custom built garden studio!

Meet Penny…

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Posted on May 1, 2013

LOVING :: Colonel lighting and furniture

Isabelle Gilles and Yann Poncelet design quirky colourful furniture and lighting under the name Colonel. The refined design and sometimes surprising use of colour in their short run products make them stand out from the crowd. The current Colonel range is inspired by the outdoors, particularly beaches and camping, and it’s a whole lot of fun.