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yradier winner announced!
Earlier this evening, we put all our June giveaway entries into a mixing bowl & one lucky name was drawn out... Congratulations to Jen, the lucky winner of our Yradier prize pack! Jen suggested Red Instead handmade as a label she'd like to see stocked on the virtual shelves of the Yradier online store.
A big thank you to all who entered our giveaway - I'm sure Paloma will be delighted by your suggestions & I'll hope to see some of them stocked at Yradier soon. I'll be sure to add each label to our indie art + design directory too!
By the way, I was thrilled to see that Mighty Goods spotted our post & selected Jen Hall's Tokyo Brooches to feature on their popular (US) shopping blog!
climbing the walls
Mr Panda children's wall art by Look at the Wall
These gorgeous creations are by Melbourne designer Monique Gaspar. She recently launched her label, Look at the Wall, after she was inspired to decorate the walls of her own boy's rooms. She's always loved craft, but working full time as a medical imaging technologist (taking X-rays), she struggled to find enough time. This project, however, expanded quickly into a home-based business which currently offers 10 limited edition designs - each one handmade from a different selection of papers so you know it's unique!
Children's wall art by Look at the Wall
Monique chooses from a vast array of different papers such as handmade and processed papers, magazines, recycled, maps & more... (If anyone wants to find a home for their scrap papers, Monique can put them to good use!)
Cheeky Monkey children's wall art by Look at the Wall
Monique is very flexible, and is more than happy to work with a specific colour scheme or customise an artwork with a child's name. I'm rather taken with the idea of a series of the same design - each one with different details and colour schemes. You can see above how good the different "Cheeky Monkey" designs would look hanging together.
Squirrel children's wall art by Look at the Wall
Look at the Wall collages measure 30 x 30 x 1.2cm and come with a protective polyurethane matte varnish and a sawtooth hanger ready to be hung on your wall. They will surely delight little minds with colours, textures & happy animal friends. Each step of the process has been handmade with love - from initial drawing, to cutting & sanding the wood, then choosing & cutting the paper designs and assembling the collage. Monique likens choosing the complimenting colours to picking out clothes, and considers this the hardest part - not all colours go together!
Cats on a Fence & Hungry Hippos children's wall art by Look at the Wall
Each children's wall art collage is available for AUD $120, from the
Look at the Wall web site, and from the following stockists:
VIC: My Poppet (Caulfield South), 1001 Things for Kids (Carlton North)
NSW: Fragile (Bondi Junction)
SA: One Small Room (Croydon)
ONLINE: Kids Gift List, Wallspace, Urban Child, Beyond Pink and Blue, Beautifly, Shophouse, Giggle Smile Designs, Rosie Pose, Lala Baby, Chic Kids, Mini Echo
entries close monday!
A reminder to all our readers that entries for our June Giveway from Yradier close this MONDAY! (30.6.2008) We have some great prizes by Australian designers innocentgirl (Andrea Innocent), Jen Hall & Trove Designs, so don't miss out on your chance to win!
To enter the draw, all you need to do is suggest an Australian label/artist/designer you'd like to see stocked on Yradier's virtual shelves! Just leave a comment with your suggestion. (A one-word answer is enough, though if you know of a web site for your suggested label, please include it so we can all take a peek!) The winner will be announced in a few days...
Don't forget too, that Yradier is offering all indie art & design readers a 10% discount on online purchases! Simply enter the top secret discount code: indieness on the checkout page. (Offer ends 30.6.2008) Thanks again to Paloma!
ENTER NOW - we'd love to hear from you! (If you need some inspiration for your suggestion, have a look through our art & design directory...)
underbelly 08 markets
Attention: New artist & designer markets! The Underbelly 08 Twilight Art Markets, will take place on Saturday 5th July at CarriageWorks (Everleigh, Sydney) as part of the Underbelly Public Arts Lab + Festival (July 3 - 13, 2008). Part band camp, part fringe festival, Underbelly brings scores of edgy, emerging and experimental artists together to collaborate, rehearse, build, workshop and create a diverse program of work. First held in 2007, the Underbelly Public Arts Lab + Festival is set to once again capture the imagination of Sydney.
From 4pm - 11pm on 5.7.2008, the CarriageWorks foyer will be transformed into a marketplace for emerging Sydney artists & designers to sell their wares. Entry to the public is free, and if you'd like to book a market stall, you'll need to be quick!
The deadline for applications is Monday 23.6.2008 - this Monday - so get typing and email markets@underbelly.com.au for further information & an application form. The cost for stallholders is $100 per stall + insurance (TBC). If you have your own public liability insurance, then it's just the $100. I'm looking forward to going myself... If you do book a stall, let me know & I'll stop by to say hello!
12x12
![The [weAREtheIMAGEmakers] (WATIM) 12x12 exhibition](/files/images/postimages/watim/12x12.gif "The [weAREtheIMAGEmakers] (WATIM) 12x12 exhibition")
[weAREtheIMAGEmakers] is a not for profit online publication which promotes australian artists, illustrators, designers and photographers. The site was launched in 2005 & since then, a new issue has been published online every couple of months, each featuring interviews with some of Australia's most talented artists and photographers. The first official WATIM event was last year's 12x12 exhibition at Sydney's aMBUSH gallery and the time has come for a sequel! (WATIM also held the Grrrls group show which we posted about back in February and have supported many others.)
Artwork by James Hancock, exhibitor in the 12x12 exhibition presented by [weAREtheIMAGEmakers]
12x12 is back with a fresh new line-up of artists from all over the country, and WATIM is taking this visual treat to audiences in both Sydney & Melbourne. As you'll probably have gathered by now, 12 Australian artists were invited to participate, exhibiting 12 artworks created on 12"x12" canvasses. I'm looking forward to seeing the result - it promises to be impressive!
Artwork by ghostpatrol, exhibitor in the 12x12 exhibition presented by [weAREtheIMAGEmakers]
The 12 participating artists are from all around Australia...
apeseven - www.apeseven.com (Sydney)
ghostpatrol - www.ghostpatrol.net (Melbourne)
jae copp - www.soopkichn.com (Gold Coast)
james hancock - www.jamesgulliverhancock.com (Sydney)
jeremyville - www.jeremyville.com (Sydney)
junior - www.flickr.com/photos/juniorland (Melbourne)
luke feldman - www.skaffs.com {Melbourne)
miso - www.cityofreubens.com (Melbourne)
paul meates - www.wasnotme.com (Perth)
plump oyster- www.plumpoyster.com (Brisbane)
sam smith - www.blackbookno1.com (Gold Coast)
smc[3] - www.myspace.com/smc333 (Sydney)
Artwork by apeseven, exhibitor in the 12x12 exhibition presented by [weAREtheIMAGEmakers]
Both Liss of Daydream Lily & Julia of Studio Home Creative posted about miso's amazing work last week. I can't wait to see what she'll be exhibiting at 12x12... and I don't have to wait long at all! 12x12 opens tonight at aMBUSH gallery just one suburb away in Waterloo.
Artwork by jae copp, exhibitor in the 12x12 exhibition presented by [weAREtheIMAGEmakers]
Opening night in Sydney is Friday 20.6.2008, from 6pm - 9pm at aMBUSH gallery with the exhibition continuing until Saturday 5.7.2008. 12x12 then travels to Melbourne to open at no vacancy gallery on Friday 18.7.2008 (6pm - 9pm) and continues until Friday 25.7.2008. >
