hard rubbish score of the week!

hard rubbish score!

I always seem to find funny and/or cool things on the side of the road.

Some of my favourite finds have been a timber desk (which is now the meeting table in my studio); a collection of red stools; some bench seats; plastic toy animals, etc. 

Last night some of my friends found this Hello Kitty stereo on the side of the road and picked it up.  They wanted to give it to a friend who had her birthday party last night. She didn't want it so I inherited it!!

It actually works & it means I can play my tapes (yes i still own tapes ha!) while working in my studio! EXCITING! Ahh funny... although I might have to hide it when I have client meetings! 

p.s. the tapes below are from my own tape collection & were not found in the street! 

x 

Sunday signs in Melbourne...

Julia Deville exhibition

i went to see the Julia Deville exhibition the week before last week. Julia is a taxidermist and a jeweler. I love her work! The little details in her work are amazing... they also make you want to touch them (but its ok, i was good... i didn't touch them)

sonny + coco market... this Sunday

i will be selling my bits (broochie and earring bits that is) this Sunday at the Sonny + Coco market in Preston. 

If you come and say hello because you read this blog i might even give you a little discount x

yay 2009!!

yay! 2009 is here hooray hooray!

i'm so excited... i just know it is going to be an exciting year.

Here is a photo of the fireworks in Melbourne as seen in ACDC Lane on NYE!!

Hmmm... now for some crafty new year's resolutions:

1. To stop procrastinating like i always do (eeee this wil

l be a tough one!)

2. To be more creative and make more fun stuff

3. To be more sustainable in my brooch making ways

4. To find more avenues to market my stuff and approach cool people in cool shops who could sell my things.

5. To be a tad more organised and to balance work, play and art

6. ummm.... can't think of many others right now 

and here are this week's brooch creations:

spring holidays

Yikes! i have been very quiet with my blog for the last month or so.
But i have slowly been making a few little brooches and earrings and most of these are on etsy now.
I have done a bit of op shopping and found a few pairs of lovely earrings which i have pulled apart and turned into brooches... one of my favourites is below!this is now on etsy... see: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=16190604

i am in the middle of a 2 week holiday from work so i have been a bit crafty...for more brooches have a look at my etsy store www.kallliopi.etsy.com
i spent a few days in my grandma's lovely garden and many of these new items have been photographed there... yay spring is in Melbourne!

kalliopi x

my cube at in.cube8r

Yay... I set up my little cube at in.cube8r over the weekend... exciting stuff!

in.cube8r is a gallery space that supports art, craft and handmade things by Melbourne artists.

They are located at 321 Smith St, Fitzroy (near Johnston St).

 

My brooches will be there from now until December 12th.

Here are some photos of what you will find in there this month.

8 brooches over the weekend...

I had a small brooch making session this morning and made 8 new brooches.

I used a combination of new creamy coloured round beads, resin beads, buttons from my mum's sewing box, long wooden beads (purchased on my January 08 road trip up the NSW coast), little red beads (reused from a daggy 90's beaded necklace) and pearly bead (also reused).
I've used wire on all of these brooches to secure all the items together. The only brooches with glue are the 2 purple resin ones, where i had to glue the brooch backing to the resin.


I will be posting a few of these on my online shop on etsy. I should have a cube with my brooches at Incube8r (321 Smith St, Fitzroy) for 3 months starting from mid-September...yay! So the rest of these brooches will be there.

Check out incube8r's website: http://incube8r.com/

the blog is here...

I have decided to start a blog since i don't have a website for my brooches. A blog kind of seems easier to manage than a website.

So i will try to post things here every few days as i make them, write about the materials i have found to make my brooches, and where i am sending them to!

Most of them can be found in my 2 online shops:
www.kallliopi.etsy.com
www.madeit.com.au (seller: kalliopi)

enjoy,
kalliopi x

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