Uninhibited is the word which comes to mind whenever I step into my friend’s art studio,Andrew’s dark sense of art plays with your imagination and gives you the freedom to interpret what you think his art says..gently suggesting a story behind each piece of work.
It was a great night out in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago, the city came alive with 80 different events at different venues around the city and the some of our monumental buildings were illuminated with lights on graphics and there were revellers all over the city. The estimated number out and about that night was about 300,000 and of course I was there with Mr Man checking out the sights and sounds…and aside from very sore feet, I don’t think Melbourne could be any prettier!
At the start of White Night, looking on a runway show.
Some other shots taken amidst the crazy amount of people walking around the city and being petite in stature, getting the shots I wanted was quite tricky and not to mention frustrating! But it was a great night needless to say!:) X Rachel@ NOtaHati
How time flies! And we are almost at the end of the 3rd quarter of the year…how time has flown scarily fast! No excuses for much update but aside from hibernating in this cold winter weather, I continue to be busy at work and not having much energy at the end of the day to write in this blog space or to focus on making much craft really…(and like what I have shared before, what frustrates me!).
I did find a craft idea which caught my attention over the weekend, if you are into terrariums, you might like this simple craft idea shared on this link.
If you do not know who the presenter of this video is, his name is Wes Chan and he is one of the co founders of WongFu Productions, the other 2 co -founders are Phillip Wang and Ted Fu. And together, they are known as Wong Fu Productions, I have been watching their short films and their other works on Youtube for awhile and thoroughly enjoy their work.
Since their humble beginnings about 5-6 years ago, Wong Fu has become really popular through Youtube and their short films have been going viral, one of the wonderful stories of success.
If you haven’t seen of their work yet, I encourage you to, one of my personal favourite from their collection of short films is “These Four Walls”. I think it is such a beautiful short film shot in Italy , simple and beautiful which had no dialogue but spoke volumes.
Enjoy these videos and I hope you attempt the DIY idea..speak soon. X Rachel
When I think of Dominic Wilcox’s watch sculptures, I can’t seem to think of any other words except of the song “Time of Time” especially the chorus from this song sung by Cyndi Lauper in the 80s.
“If you’re lost you can look–and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall I will catch you–I’ll be waiting
Time after time”
Don’t ask me why ..but my brain has a way of connecting things and I have also digressed from I wanted to share about which is Dominic Wilcox’s amazing work: a series of miniature time-based sculptures using a collection of vintage mechanical watches and customised model figures. By attaching tiny figures onto the second and minute hands of each watch, Wilcox has made unique, animated scenes from everyday observations and imagined situations. Like the one below…
Another interesting clip on how he discerningly “feels” which toy soldiers to use for his sculptures.
Interestingly different way of displaying his observation, if only I had at least extra GBP 600 lying around..I would happily purchase one of these watch sculptures. For more updates, or news on Dominic Wilcox..check out his website
I am glad it is a short work week (Easter)….this week and next, more time to rest,”re-set” and craft. 🙂
PS: March Daisy hasn’t emerged due to busy schedule but she will make the appearence…along with April. xo Rachel@NotaHati
When I am feeling a little uninspired or needing that extra inspiration,there are a few websites that I love going into, and one of my favourite websites to get some inspiration is Pinterest.
Two days ago while perusing Pinterest, I discovered the most beautifully made crafted folk artsy cloth- dolls designed by a husband and wife team (Dylan and Jo) from Oregon from their websiteCart Before The Horse.
I have compiled some of my favourites from their range of creations. So lovely, some of their dolls remind me of the characters that I used to read about in storybooks and I hope to buy of these lovely dolls from their Etsy shop.:) xo Rachel@Nota Hati
If you had clicked on Google today, like myself and the millions of people out there, you would have noticed their interesting image today, which is this:
I was curious enough to click on the Google icon today because I liked the origami styled words and I am glad I did because I learnt a little more about Akira Yoshizawa (1911-2005) who was considered to be the grandmaster of origami. Akira Yoshizawa is still highly revered in Japan and worldwide for his contribution in raising origami to living arts and today, 14 March was his birthday.
Akira Yoshizawa contributed vastly to art of origami once considered as childrens’ craft to pass time turning it into figurative art, now embraced by so many nowadays and yet I wonder how many of us knew of Akira Yoshizawa?
Before learning of this today, I have not even heard of Akira Yoshizawa and his amazing passion for origami .Like many out there, I just took origami as it is without thinking too much about how much history there is behind origami, the art of folding . But today, my perspective has changed because of this one man and the impact he had on this art form.
I personally find origami to be one craft which perplexes me because my limited amount of patience but undeniably,it is one beautiful craft which is portable, easy to learn even when sitting on your own couch and in your own time!:)
Akira Yoshizawa
Akira Yoshizawa was so dedicated to his art that he left his full-time occupation as a technical draftsman to pursue origami and due to this dedication, he lived in poverty for 20 years, earning money by selling preserved fish door to door ( now that is real passion!)
His passion paid off because at the end of 1951, a Japanese magazine commissioned him to fold the 12 signs of the Japanese zodiac to illustrate its January 1952 issue.
The work raised his reputation, leading to exhibitions in Japan and, in 1955, a show at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.
I am so glad there was once a man who loved creating art through folding using his understanding of geomatry, because without Akira Yoshizawa, origami would not be where it is today.
Monkey by A.Yoshizawa
To read more about Akira Yoshizawa, please click on the following links:
The New York Times and Akira Yoshizawa Origami Biography
Elephant: A Yoshizawa
At the moment, still really busy at work and not having enough energy at the end of the day to work on my own craft..(sigh such is the life of a desk-jockey). I hope today’s sharing makes up for the lack of the crafting . xoRachel@NotaHati
Natasha Fadeeva’s toy animals has caused quite a stir and interest in the world of toy-makers, toy collectors and all who admire her dainty work, in fact she is pure genius in my opinion. I especially love her stuffed mice, so beautifully life-like that I could not help but go “aww” when I came across her blog and admired her work.
I felt I was immediately being drawn into her story-book land and the woodland creatures that live in that world,all with their own little stories to tell.
How I wish I could meet her and to learn how to make one of these beautiful cheeky little mice with their grains of rice.
Harvest by Natasha Fadeeva
Or what about this darling image of a mother mouse reading to her baby in the cradle
Mother mouse by the cradle-Natasha Fadeeva
To become an instant fan of Natasha, go to her blog and check out her other amazing creations. One of my top favourite finds so far!
I hope the rest of your work week is a good one. On that note, this desk -jockey is trying to remember to tell herself like a mantra that all good things will come in its own time, just got to do my bit and keep on believing.
xo Rachel Hati@NotaHati
I had so much fun making Nancy (Papertoy) and Sid (Papertoy) that I could not resist making up a story for both Nancy and Sid after putting them together from paper toy templates created by Dadik Triadi from Indonesia. No only are they super cute but it brings back memories of days when I used to make my own paper dolls and tell stories with them.
Sid meets Nancy for the first time...what will he do next? (From Paper Toys, Design : Dadik Triadi)
Dadik Triadi is one of the talented paper toy designers whose work and illustrations featured in the book We Are Paper Toys (by Louis Bou), I “stumbled” across the book at the Game Shop in the CBD and was totally sold when I saw the contents of this book and all the paper toys I could make to come “alive”
I highly recommend We Are Paper Toys for a bit of a cut, fold ,paste action as this book is packaged with a DVD featuring templates for the toys in this book and step-by-step instructions on how to create the toys and make them your own. 🙂
To read more about Dadik Triadi @ Dyadik, click on this link.
Have a fantastic Friday and weekend…xx Rachel @ NotaHati
Heading down to Rochford Wineries to watch Hall& Oates and IceHouse this weekend, I simply cannot wait to hear “Because Your Kiss Is on My List” sung live…(ahhh… memories:) )
Mr Man and I went to Daylesford last Friday for a beautiful lunch to celebrate our 5th anniversary at the LakeHouse in Daylesford, I love little get-aways like these into the country, I could just feel my whole being relaxing as the pace is so much slower than Melbourne, and to think I used to live in KL where to be stuck in a 2 hour traffic jam is just a normal occurrence everyday!
Our lovely 5th Anniversary Lunch at Lakehouse, Daylesford
While we were in Daylesford, we wondered around the shopping strip area and checked out a few art galleries , at Red Pepper Gallery I discovered Crispin Korschen’s artworks, I simply love whimsical art, there is a certain innocence about these style of art. I love her work, it uncomplicated and yet it speaks volumes , I can already see a few of her art pieces on the wall of my work room at home. Find out more about her work here.
I hope you have a lovely weekend. :). Going to checkout Minsky’s Market this Sunday for the first time,it’s back to the craft markets for 2012!! (woo-hoo!) . I wonder what goodies I will find? X Rachel
Image: Crispin Korschen's Full of Bunny Love
Image: Crispin Korschen's Barking and Mad
I became a fan of Moya Delany’s work when I came across one of her beautiful creations in hat shop over a year ago and just absolutely love how she used mostly feathers to create her head-wear.
Beautiful for weddings
Or going to the races…
(photo source : Moya Delany)
Simple, uncomplicated and yet fascinatingly elegant. Moya Delany’s style is definately uniquely one of a kind. More on Moya, click here.
Only one more day to the end of the work week. Sweet sweet Friday here I come 🙂
For the LOVE & JOYS in the finer things in Life... 