My Folk Lover

no vacancy...

Hello! I've been a little missing in blog-land action lately. All I have been doing is making drawings for people, which is fun of course but I'm a little tired and I have a blister on my thumb. I thought I'd pop in and tell you of another great thing happening... the No Vacancy Christmas Market!

It runs from 4th - 6th December in QV Square in the CBD, Ev and I are going to be sharing a stall together and it should be lots of fun. I will have my calendar, giftwrap, cards and framed prints available so if you are interested come and say hello to us. Click on the link here to get all the exact details:

No Vacancy Art + Design Christmas Market

p.s. That's Max above, he was part of my Tall Stories and Papercuts show. Hope you're having a lovely weekend.

alice in wonderland...

Thank you if you came down to my exhibition opening last friday, it was lots of fun! Very happily and surprisingly most of the pieces found new homes which was nice. Actually, there was almost a little too much fun had which resulted in a slight mishap with the keys to the gallery and a late start in opening on Saturday. Apologies if you came down on Saturday and found us closed, mmm... do promise to be more professional in the future.

Tomorrow, Once Upon opens in Sydney at Ambush Gallery and I'm sure it's going to be a great exhibition. If you are a sunny Sydney-sider pop into Ambush Gallery (4A James Street Waterloo) between 6 - 9pm. I'm not allowed to show you my full four pieces just yet but here is a tiny preview. Alice in Wonderland was my designated story...

 

 

 

tall stories...

Here it is... my show! You're most certainly invited, along with everyone you know. Come and have a drink with me, the important details are:

Opening Night: Friday 13 November 6 - 9pm

Extended Play Gallery
 547 High Street Northcote

(Click on the invite for a larger version.)

cake and pictures...

I got a lovely little surprise in the post this morning... The Frankie Photo Album. It's quite beautiful, I'm very happy to be included...

our first show...

'Black Stars'

This is the piece I have in the show at Extended Play Gallery (you should be able to click on it to enlarge). The opening night went really well. It was slightly more hectic and a little less glamourous than expected... I had to do the dishes three times because we ran out of glasses! Despite spending a bit of time out the back with a teatowel over my shoulder, I had a lot of fun and it was quite a success. We should have some photos up very soon...

The above lady was also accompanied by these two gentlemen, you can click on either of them to see them a bit bigger.

  

things happening...

Here are a few things that are happening over the next couple of months...

Frankie magazine are soon to release a photo album featuring the work of over 100 amateur and professional photographers. I'm in it! It looks very beautiful so I just thought I would let you know that it is available right here for pre-order.

This week is going to be a big one, Extended Play Gallery is opening this Friday! We are excited and a bit nervous, if you are in the area please come and share a drink with us, we will be very happy to see you! Here are the important details:

Extended Play Gallery

The grand opening of a tiny gallery!

547 High Street Northcote

Friday 2nd October 6 - 9pm

Then... in November I'm going to have another solo show. It will also be at Extended Play Gallery and I'm really looking forward to being able to show in our new space. Oh, I just checked the calender, that's only about five weeks away. Whoa. Hope you can come to that one too.

Finally, if you're a sunny Sydney-sider, I will be participating in the show Once Upon at Ambush Gallery in November. The opening night will be Thursday 19th November, i'll post more sooner to the date.

the first show...

Andy and I are very proud to present Blind Date, the first exhibition in our little gallery! If you are in Melbourne, you are most welcome to come along and have a drink with us.

Opening Night Friday 2nd October 6-9pm

Extended Play Gallery

547 High Street Northcote 3070

The show will feature some excellent artists, here are the links to their work if you would like to take a look:

Andrea Innocent

Beastman

Benjamin Sea

Brooke Bobridge

Caitlin Shearer

Eveline Tarunadjaja

Lwnski

Mel Stringer

Sean Morris

Side Project

Yok

So come and say hello!

www.extentedplaygallery.com

2010 is go...

The calendars have returned from the printers and I'm so happy with them! They look very professional. There are 13 A5 (approx. 6" x 8") sheets in total, including the cover sheet, printed on a lovely smooth heavy weight card stock.

They are currently stocked in the shop so please take a look if you are interested:

http://myfolklover.etsy.com

 

 

we say meow...

I have long been a follower of Anke Weckmann's beautiful work. She has a lovely way with colour and pattern and I am constantly inspired by her. In addititon to her own blog, she keeps a very cute cat art blog with fellow artist Mary Kilvert where she recently featured my diamond pullover cats. You can take a look at We Say Meow here:

http://wesaymeow.blogspot.com

Take a look at Anke's beautiful work here:

www.linotte.net

http://ankeweckmann.blogspot.com

new website...

I just made a brand spanking new website. If you have a quiet minute feel free to have a bit of a test drive and tell me of any problems you may find!

You can take a look right here:

www.catherinecampbell.net

Thank you!