Sao Paulo

Meeting with Fernando Campana......ARC Magazine......and a bed after this horrible flight F*&K up!

Thanks to these beautiful ladies.....

I have made my first back strap scarf!!!

Hot hot hot.....Although a little H&M???

Trama....Textiles...and weaving in Xela

Can I say how great the whole Guatemalan experience has been......and I how feel about haggling....I never do it....and I always want to.....but after spending 10 hours....weaving with the traditional backstrap weaving loom.....I have an understanding of the amount of work that goes into a piece.....

Knowing this to be true...as a jeweller....because when you sand...polish... and set a piece....and you do it right....you aren't earning what your worth is in time....

So is weaving really the right skills for me to be learning? another time consuming .....no money earning....labour intensive......tradition? Hells Yeah....

To be able to sit in the sunshine.....banging up textiles is exactly what I have been waiting for....after trying the foot loom and hand looms.....I am totally convinced that this is the way to roll......

So tomorrow is my last day at

http://tramatextiles.org

but I have a good feeling for coming back.....and would be interested in taking part in a project...

I am going to the textile market in Chichicastenango on Thursday.....should be great!

*music provided by ipod shuffle.....

Goodbye NYC....Hello Guatemala

I am on the move again......I left the lovely Katie back in Brooklyn...After a killer pastrami sanger.....I arrived in Mexico City a few hours ago...

Before I left I tied up the loose end at the MAC Support Store.... I got a bunch of supplies.....So I am able to work towards the show during my stay in Guatemala....

There was so much waste....I managed to get some old Ipods.....and cables.....I plan on making rings from the ipods and I plan on striking up a deal with a MAC Store

When I return to Australia in December....jewellery from ipods....you saw it here first!

I am going to Antigua soon....I will finish this blog from there......







Now in Antigua can I saw it is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been?

Apart from the fact I dont speak Spanish...I am finding it to be the best place to relax and focus on my work....I am staying at a cute little hostel called

http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Base-Camp-Hostel-Antigua/Antigua/38170

Having been through the markets this morning....Eating some of the best lychees....I am taking the afternoon off....and going to sit in the central park and make some rings....and things...and enjoy the sunshine....

After the rush of NYC...Antigua has been a welcome and suprising next stop....

I am keen to get learning again....and totally inspired by the skills of the kids on the streets....I wonder if I can take some home in my backpack...Although I was warned of this...aparently I this has happened before!

*this was written to the Dirty Projectors.....Buy it

Crabs.....Whose got them? Why Katie and I......Crabs of the Blue Swimmer kind....
for dinner....mmmmm Lekker!

To celebrate the good news......of mine....I was successful in my application for Programmed Show.....

http://www.programmedshow.com

Organised by the Brooklyn Artist Gym....

http://www.brooklynartistsgym.com

and the MAC Support Store

http://www.macsupportstore.com

A show which features installations made with obsolete electronics....


TBC................


*written to Blossom Dearie