Monthly Archives: March 2011

White Bay Power Station

The White Bay Power station recently had an open day which was reportedly attended by a couple of thousand people in short it was a bit of a zoo. My favorite part of the building was the former 1950s mural clad entertainment room with … Continue reading

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Tree of Codes – Jonathan Safran Foer

Jonathan Safran Foer is an American author best known for his novels Everything Is Illuminated (2002) and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2005). His new book I think is truly swoon worthy Tree of Codes (2010). This book was created by die cutting pages … Continue reading

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Lady in Red

She was found painted on the footpath in on a side street in Newtown I think she is pretty hot.

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What will it become

Slowly I am getting somewhere, I wonder what it will end up being.

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Porcelain plate wall

Oh it would be nice to have a wall like this in my place. A girl can dream right?  Images love you big via The Style Files

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Must Love Monday Cross Stitching

Is street art in cross stitch form the latest on trend when it comes to subversive cross stitch. It is certainly more enjoyable that stitching your more traditional alphabet sampler. It took me a while but I finally finished the Banksy inspired piece below. … Continue reading

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Flowers

I am sure I once read somewhere, something along lines of that a house is not a home unless there are flowers in it. For me I think I think it makes me feel very grown up to have a … Continue reading

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Ballet Russes: the art of costume

Recently I had the chance to see an exhibition of the Ballet Russes at the National Gallery of Australia(NGA) this is an exhibition of Sergei Diaghilev‘s Ballets Russes including costumes by artists such as Natalia Goncharova, Michel Larionov, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, … Continue reading

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