programmed show is

* My first New York show

* A group show working with other local NY artist.....organised by the Brooklyn

Artists Gym & the MAC Support Store

* Taking some time to prepare for

The IPOD

Did you know that 45% of christmas shoppers bought Ipods, in Australia, this year?

http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/christmas-stockings-overflow-with-ipods-gps-20091228-lgnk.html

Ipod are becoming a 'commodity of life' apparently.....Ipods are the new jewellery....

Ipods are new social identifiers....the role that jewellery once played in social status has been replaced....and people making these statement through I- products and other high end electrical devices...

This is my fuel for programmed show.....of course I am concerned with the environmental issues that arise from people consumerist behavior...but I am giving my tongue in cheek attitude to this new work.....and giving back some credit back to the glory days of jewellery....and creating wearables from someones? disregarded Ipod.

Honey's I am home

Welcome back I hear you call......its been a long time...and I am sure it was even longer for you!
I have got to give a little update....on what has been happening ....upload a few links....
one nice video from the BC about the Inclusive Design Challenge in Korea

http://www.creativecities.org.uk/sleepless-in-seoul-48-hour-inclusive-design-challenge/

I have been thinking...reflecting on this trip...which has been such a whirlwind for me....I guess that it is the way I like things to work...but maybe it was moving too fast at some points and not fast enough in the others....

Seoul - Perfect....totally perfect....apart from the fact I lost my passport (which has now been returned to the embassy....with all other contents in the wallet) I had a great time!
The challenge was as extreme as our user...and the experience was invaluable! Why? Well.....I learn how to work with a team...and got to see how creatives work within a company and teams...and have realised that all this time as a jeweller..working alone...really challenged how I work...and how I like to work...It took a team experience to realise that I enjoy and always have, being solo.

NYC - Well....apart from having the best galleries and exhibitions on every night...not seeing sleep....I also had my first taste of weaving!

I was involved at the Textile Arts Center in Brooklyn....got to know that the weaving scene in America is on the mend....broke it down in Cynthia, Vis and Owyn.....And also secured a spot in the Programmed Show...which will now be my first NY appearance!

Guatemala - When I got over the shock of leaving one extreme for another....I had a blast....I was able to weave every day....learn some Spanish and really appreciate the craft on this traditional? level. It was so difficult! I wonder if it is possible for the cable to be moved like this?

Sao Paulo, Brazil - Mmmmm could have been better.....All the meetings I had arranged didn't seem to be quite what I expected....Humberto was in Korea...and Fernando is ill...I went to Estudio Campana...had a tour...picked the brains of the people that work for the boys...saw how they were running the 'name' that has become Campana...but nothing like meeting the boys...?

Although I did find Brazil inspiring....I discovered Chita fabrics...the vibrant people and colours...and the street art scene in Sao Paulo is incredible!

I returned home..... to work for Programmed Show......IPOD NECKLACES!

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