WHAT'S YOUR CONTEXT?

So as quite a few of you know I started university last week 

&

oh

how

my 

mind

has 

been 

blown!

It's awesome learning about a lot of things I touched on in art school in a shiny new context.

To keep me on the ball I'll try and integrate some of my art-ings into my studies. 

Keep me motivated please people!!! 

Last week we touched on the idea of Nature vs. Nurture. 

It kind of reminded me of an episode of The Walking Dead when someone puts forward the notion that you can either be the Butcher or The Cattle.

Anywho I made my bff a cowl and matching lavender sachet, his bff took the "ribbon" for a spin.

Doesn't he look handsome? 

Skill Swap Projects:

After feeling quite down and jaded the first part of the year I banded together with one of my best friends whom shared a similar sentiment. 

After thinking of what we can learn from each other we've been busy learning, exploring and creating.

Hoping to maintain an average of learning something new once a month. 

Work in progress: Thesis (Swatches + Wool)

                         

Considering symbolism, emotions and how to condense 7000 words into two without further conversation.

Colour is one of the ways I'm trying to wrap my head around it all (literally).

 Abstracting, creating, destroying are a few of my favourite things so in case you were wondering why I have been asking a lot about colours lately that is why. 

Knitted bows,bracelets and necklaces are a way of me surveying colour choice of people and what it represents to them on an aesthetic, emotional, symbolic level then considering what role they play in my life and how it shapes my perception.  

Let's do this.

After spending a fortune on new art supplies, I told myself I'd be disappointed if I didn't paint everyday.
Of course I haven't been...
But here a few very rough oil paint/ water colour sketches of what i'm working on for a very large collaboration with a dear friend of mine.
I'm trying to let go of what will now be my sixth year of art school, well text book technique and just focus on my "feelings" with a dash of psychoanalysis.

'Always be yourself, unless you can be a Unicorn.Then always be a Unicorn.' (grad show work in progress)

Beginning to retouch the last parts of the series. 
Good times.
If you want this dress as bad as I do you can find it here. it's handmade by Tentacle Threads 

Armidale. (Mini road trip 2)

Ideally, it was said one road trip a year was essential to survive this lifestyle. 

When your hobbies are your jobs most of the time it's hard to distinguish when you actually get a break, In most circumstances you don't.

It is increasingly common for me to spend sometimes up to 6-  8 hours in transit in a round trip from work to home.

It's different to just leave for the sake of curiosity. .

We picked up an amazing spinning wheel from Armidale,

The most money was spent in an adorable 2nd hand book store.

I tried to wear the hat of a conversationalist, there was talk of Nirvana, Lana Del Rey and what I would do now, if I knew what I did 'then'.