Knitting for Exhibition at Tivoli

A Mingled Yarn

 

 

This work is going into an exhibition called 'A Mingled Yarn' at Tivoli, Oneroa, Waiheke Island, Auckland.  It is part of a collection of knitted art associated with clothing which I have been making for quite a few years.  This particular work is taken from a selection of swimwear which - although difficult to date - was referenced from the 1980s.  I have a particular love of magazine spreads and old magazines are a great source of material for my work.  It will be on view from early September until October 2014.

 

 

Trunks

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Marilyn Monroe's Evening Gown

Marilyn Monroe's Evening Gown

 

Here is a drawing I made of Marilyn Monroe's evening gown, the one she was wearing when she sang Happy Birthday Dear President to John F Kennedy.  A famous gown and occasion - I can hardly do it justice.  I have always been fascinated by the garments worn in historic moments, I wonder did the wearer have them made especially as in a wedding dress,  or did they make last minute decisions

looking in dismay at their wardrobe and rushing to their seamstress, the shops or dry cleaners.

 

This work will be in an exhibiton  A Mingled Yarn  at Tivoli, Oneroa, Waiheke Island, Auckland from the 4th September.  It will contain mostly knittings and some drawings, all from garments

which have caught my eye.

 

 

 

 

The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.

William Shakespeare

 

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English knitted shoes

 

Knitted English Shoes

 

 

 

 

These knitted shoes were made from a photograph of some18th Century shoes worn by Emma Dobson of Chatham Lodge in Yorkshire UK.  They were made in yellow and brown kid and the little heel appears to be set well into the body of the shoe.  Dating from around 1792 they seem to have survived the years extremely well.  They remind me of my first pair of heels which were cherry red and chisel toed.  They will form part of an exhibition at Tivoli, Waiheke Island, Auckland in September this year.

 

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Knitted French Shoes

 

 

Knitted French Shoes

 

 

This is a pair of French Shoes from the early twentieth century, they are going to be in an exhibition at Tivoli, Waiheke Island in September this year.  With a collection of knitted shoes, there will be knitted swimming togs and underwear.  The swimming togs and underwear I have knitted for this show come from fashion spreads and are a celebration.

 

 

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Notes from the Wharemauku Stream

Notes from the Wharemauku Stream

I made this work after walking regularly by the Wharemauku. stream, a lot of things

turn up there even shopping trolleys so I have called it Residue. 
You can see this work at Expressions Upper Hutt until 10 August.

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A Journal Page from Nelson

A Journal Page from Nelson

 

 

This is a page which I have made from a visit to the Abel Tasman National Park in Nelson.  Starting at Marahau we walked along one of the tracks.  By the estuary were hundreds of small holes made by mud crabs and in the taupata and sedge alongside we could see nursery spiders webs. 

 

 

 

 

The rocks on the beach were a mass of tiny mussels and fishing in the shallows were  black billed gulls and pied shags (silhouette on the right). 

 

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A Page from my Journal

A Page from my Journal

Waewae-kaka

This is a page from my journal made while I work on The Book of Flowers.  A common fern

waewae-kaka or tangle fern can often be seen beneath your feet as you walk through the bush. 

The orange berries of the native New Zealand iris mikoikoi are on the left, the silhouette of a native moth and the pale fern looper at the bottom and fallen pohutukawa leaves from

Raumati Beach lie in between.

By the tangle fern is the silhouette of a heitiki - an ancestor figure and the goddess of childbirth.

 

 

 

 

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