Mingling in Melb.

\From my explorations in Melbourne. 

La Lune.

Photos from the La Lune sculpture walk.

Paradise.

Biennale EXPRESS

Here is a small sample of the works currently on show at the Art Gallery of NSW for the Biennale of Sydney and ARTEXPRESS. Dealing with issues such as time to cultural relations, both young and old artists enquire the world around them from a contemporary perspective.

First: Rosa Barba, Time as Perspective (2012)

Second: Yhonnie Scarce, Weak in Colour But Strong In Blood (2013–14)

Third: Giorgia Jackson, Mortui sunt aclyoneum libros (2013)

Tany J

Billowing Burgundy.

After an extremely long hiatus away from this blog, I finally took images of the finished curvy blob dress (which I finished last year after lots of sewing and ‘un-sewing’).

I was actually not in a massive forest but in a pretty little local park, mingling with spiders and other such creatures. I had to fight with mosquitos but did end up with a few adequate photos.

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A Sketch.

This is a sketch I made some time ago based on a photograph by Ramon Haindl (shown on the right). It was just a quick study drawing in graphite from the holidays.

I have been model making this past week so I did not have much time to continue on the dress so progress will be slow…but it will be finished…one day in the future…

Tany J

As You See the Light Surrounding Me

As you can see, I went a bit crazy in my experimentation with long exposure photography. For these shots, I used a large torch to help me focus (I did not use one last time and had to painstakingly adjust the focus manually until I got it right) then jumped around with a smartphone to create the coloured wavy patterns.

In addition, I also took some pictures of the moon but they were a bit mediocre – NASA has better images – so I decided to leave them out.

My photography skills are still in its beginner stages but it has been fun playing around with the different settings and temporarily shifting from acrylic to light as my medium. As such, you will likely see more of my attempts at photography later in time so be prepared. :D

Tany J

Starry Starry Night

I got a new tripod! The last one I had was not very good and I have not seen it in 6 years. So I decided to test it by taking it out (just outside my house since I couldn’t be bothered going further into the cold) and attempting to take some nice long exposure photographs. Even though this is Australia, I still lost quite a lot of my body heat to the cold air outside but it was worth it.

Tany J