brave botanics

04/05/2024

17/02/2024

A hot afternoon...

10/10/2023

Spoiled for materials.

Beautiful things from .exclusive

Roses, spray roses, Ziera, Candlebark gum, miniature Gladioli and some Snowball viburnum from the garden.

09/10/2023

Would you look at this?...

Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum), such an elegant and liquid linear material, topped off with the little trumpety-tubular-bells, which open over time.

I think I could look at them for hours on end.

03/10/2023

What a wonderful way to spend the day...

Enjoying spring flowers, teaching some new skills and caring for those who care.

Workshop for Leo's Place/ACT Palliative Care offered by Cuppacumbalong Foundation.

Flowers from and
(And thank you as always, Ali and Amanda back end).

30/09/2023

Kintsugi

The Japanese art of repairing pottery with gold...as a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.

Flowers and plant materials are rarely without flaw, and I've come to appreciate each object for what it is, preferencing the gnarled, bendy and twisted!

Such a fun pairing with Jacqui , following the process, trials and tribulations of ceramics, and also seeking and finding the fixes and hacks.

29/09/2023

I was going to arrange flowers, but the tendrils were so pretty and delicate I decided to just admire them...

29/09/2023

Wabi Sabi set, by

With lovely bits and bobs by me.

From the exhibition Emerging from the earth - clay and flowers.

In the gallery right now, with all the other beautiful things!

24/09/2023

Well that was a bit of fun, some chat with Kate Midena on ABC Radio, all about the upcoming exhibition Emerging from the earth - clay and flowers.

We're at about the 8min 15 second mark, if you want to hear the goss!

Tuck into a tasty and nourishing feast of locally grown stories on Sunday.

24/09/2023

Well that was a bit of fun, some chat with Kate Midena on ABC Radio, all about the upcoming exhibition Emerging from the earth - clay and flowers.

Not sure if this link will work, were at about the 8min 15 second mark...

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/canberra-sundaybrunch/canberra-sunday-brunch/102872190?utm_campaign=abc_listen&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_listen

23/09/2023

Sometimes things get a little intense...

Colour
Fragrance
Timeframes!


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09/09/2023

W.I.P

Line
Pattern
Form
Colour

Thoroughly enjoying this pairing with

30/08/2023

Spring tones

05/08/2023

Beautiful day for wattle appreciation!

22/07/2023

Flowers can symbolise so much.
Warmth
Home
Family
Places and faces.

12/07/2023

I really do love fragrant flowers, spring blooms, ruffly things....

But there is such joy in opening a box full of random and diverse Australian wildflowers and foliages.

Surely it would be impossible to create a poor design with these beauties at hand?

23/06/2023

Nice little excursion up the tramline to visit .flowers

So beautiful seeing the spectacular range of interesting, sculptural, delicate and colourful materials.

29/04/2023

Matchy matchy.