always wanted to post some australia photos so here they are before the year is coming to an end.
in order:
Mundi Mundi Lookout - Silverton, NSW
Hannans North Tourist Mine - Kalgoorlie-Boulder, WA
Tom's Opal Mine - Coober Pedy, SA
Karlkurla Bushland Park - Kalgoorlie-Boulder, WA
Kanku Breakaways - near Coober Pedy, SA
Rawnsley Bluff - Ikara-Flinders Ranges, SA
Echo Point - Blue Mountains, Katoomba, NSW
Head of Bight - Nullarbor Plain, Yalata, SA
Grand Canyon - Blue Mountains, Blackheath, NSW
also a little life update to anyone who's interested:
2024 has been a wild ride all around, and i feel a bit bad when i say that for me personally it had been a blast (except for today and this weekend: first my toilet flusher started being defect (ah yes, getting a mechanic the week before the holidays in germany, why would there be a problem), then a chunk of my phone screen stopped being touch sensitive, then half of my laptop's keyboard stopped working... and when i dared to ask what will break next... i landed a tremendous fall on my way to work today, with my bike and sudden glazed ice on the road, breaking my drawing elbow 👍).
BUT OTHER THAN THAT 2024 has been great in my books.
got laid off at work in march, which gave me the opportunity to do a roadtrip through australia, sth i would have never dreamed of doing on my own, of becoming true. this trip was life-changing y'all. it has altered my brain chemistry.
then i got back at work on part-time basis and holy shit, that was great. sadly i'm involved full-time again but this also made sth click in my head. and it gave me sth back that i've thought having lost last year: my will to draw.
this sounds so overdramatic but some may remember my crisis in 2023 because i couldn't shake the thought of my drawing days being over due to work and life being so overwhelming? thank you so much again to each and everyone who left messages back then, it still means a lot, they really helped me to stay grounded during that time.
but i'm also here to tell past-me "bitch! you thought you would never find fun and purpose in drawing again? think again!"
this also gave me the courage to apply for tabling again, something that i've long pushed away to the back of my mind bc i never felt confident enough. and what can i say, a friend of mine and me are gonna have a booth next year at leipzig bookfair <3
honourable mentions before it's getting too long: friends got the cutest new dog baby, iceland roadtrip with seeing polar lights for the first time, heidelberg zine fair with lots of crunch time beforehand but this also unlocked sth new in my brain, making zines is so much fun, lots of time again with friends and then... the last issue of the tf2 comic *bless.
thank you to everyone here who i met along the way, who interacts with my art and leaves incredible comments and tags, i love this site so much and its community, you all are wonderful people and i'm really happy that we all share this platform.
i'm wishing everyone who celebrates some nice holidays <333
Gold hair ornament shaped like a crab, with almandine stone.
China, 17th-18th century
Via: https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtefactPorn/comments/1f71bsi/gold_hair_ornament_shaped_like_a_crab_with/
Wally (Walter) Dion is a Canadian artist of Saulteaux ancestry living and working in Upstate New York. Working in a number of media including painting, drawing and sculpture.
Wally explains:
"The first fabric star quilt was made as part of a 2022 residency at Wanuskewin Park. It was my way of reflecting upon prairie tall grass and the reintroduction of bison into the Great Plaines. I wanted to make several transparent quilts and superimpose them; one in front another... a quilt for the microbiome, another for the bison, their manure & hooves, another for the summer fires that scorch the ground and a final quilt for the sweetgrass braid.
I was considering how all of these things worked together for thousands of years to create what is known as the 'prairie tall grass ecosystem'. A vast and fertile expanse of land stretching from the foothills of Alberta to the banks of the Mississippi. I wanted to highlight the invisibility of systems when everything is working well, as it should be.
I started with the green quilt because it is the colour of the sweet grass braid that is exchanged in ceremony and relationship building. I considered the nature and tradition of quilting; impoverished craftspeople using tiny scraps of fabric. I considered the act of offering fabric and adherence to tradition. I thought of a thousand tiny prayers and how that might look; invisible acts of respect and adherence to protocols spanning decades. My thoughts travelled across the land, imagining the trees and rocks collecting these prayers like a bush of cloth, or an etched boulders."
prairie tall grass quilts, Bonavista NL, 2023
bison quilt, 2023. 127 ¼ h x 106 ¼ w. fabric, copper pipe.
fire quilt, 2023
ID: 8 images of these quilts. Each quilt is constructed of semi-transparent, sometimes iridescent fabric in various colors, arranged in a starburst pattern radiating from the center and then surrounded by a block border. The effect is like stained glass, but in fabric form. Each quilt is also connected to a copper pipe at one end.
Image 1: A starburst with a deep red center, that radiates out into lighter pinks, purples, into almost-whites. The quilt is being shaken out over the camera against a cloudy sky, showing off the iridescence in the lighter colors.
Image 2: This quilt has a darker center and edges, with a lighter middle of the starburst pattern. The colors are greys with purple and pinkish tints, like storm clouds. A person on a ladder tosses it over the camera and the sunlight highlights gold and silver shine on the edges.
Image 3: Four quilts hung in a series, indoors. In the foreground is I believe the previously described quilt. Behind it hangs a brilliant orange and yellow quilt. Next is a green quilt with hints of yellow. The last quit is brilliant blue and nearly transparent silver. The quilts are lit in such a way that they shine almost like metal, and you can see through each quilt to the colors behind it.
Image 4: A quilt half in pinkish-reds, half in yellows and whites being spread in the wind. On the yellow-and-white side there is more shine.
Image 5: A quilt that appears to be black and white, the white nearly transparent, being spread over a sunset sky.
Image 6: The green and yellow quilt from image 3 hung from a wooden structure outdoors. This quilt has many transparent areas that the blue sky shows through, and the sunlight shows off the iridescence to the point some of the fabric looks metallic.
Image 7: A quilt in black of various transparencies, with neon pink outlining of the starburst pattern and the straight border at either side of the quilt. A person is holding the quilt so it is spread over the sky and the blue shows through areas of the quilt; some of the black shines.
Image 8: A person on horseback carrying a quilt in white, grey, and gold. The center of the starburst is gold. The sky behind is cloudy and the quilt almost seems to blend into the sky a little.
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