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This is a piece called Fundamental Infant. It is a reflection of some of my fundamental values, namely Loyalty, Honesty and Commitment. At times, values such as these can be misplaced (for numerous reasons) and inevitably lead to disappointment and frustration. However, in this case I refer to these values in the context of a […]

Edvard Munch’s, The Scream has been referred to, not so much an incident or a landscape, but as a depiction of a state of mind. Fortunately, many versions of The Scream survived through time since painted, sketched and lithographed from 1893 to 1910. It wasn’t just the image that inspired my latest submission but the artist’s diary entry dated, 22 January […]

I have a thing for mermaids.
This pair of conjoined twin mermaids started life as an illustration I created on a cardboard book page shaped like a fish tail. You can see their heads fit into the tip of the tail; the caudel fin. Anyway, I decorated eight of these die-cut pages and sent them into a collaborative […]

Mr. Elephant (who has a very good memory) is bound in swathes of bandage that assist with the containment emotional distress. It represents a psychological image of him, specifically the way in which he symbolises containment of pain and distress. Mr. Elephant’s self-reflection assists with self-regulating his emotional response to moments when memories of difficult […]

Last week I attended a five-day residential art retreat, Fibres Ballarat, and I’ve written more about the experience on my other blog, Ispirato.
As my personal project in Sandy Webster’s book binding class, I created a set of paper dolls; main characters from the ancient story of Sumerian goddess Inanna’s descent to the Underworld. The […]

In comparison to previous posts, I found this one the most difficult to write. In contrast however, this submission to the 100-art-dolls challenge was the most enjoyable to create.
Even though this character, called Neonlorn Badland is my favorite of all sculptures that I have created thus far for this project, the reflection that inspired his […]

Following on from my previous post, I have two more dolls from this series to share.
This is Ms. Rude Bitch. She is a sour-puss. When things don’t go her way, she does not hesitate in making a face and usually blurts out a catty remark designed to make you feel REALLY BAD.
Like my other […]

No more “Ms. Nice Guy”. The time had come to make some angry, ugly art dolls for a cathartic, therapeutic experience.
From time to time, in my otherwise happy life, people appear and really piss me off.
I know, this must be a shock to some of you, Dear Readers. But it is true.
This first fellow […]

I like sushi. And most Japanese sushi bars I visit have a ceramic lucky cat on its counter. It is the “Maneki Neko”, raising one or both paws, welcoming customers, attracting business. You can read more about Maneki Neko in Wikipedia.
I bought myself a tiny porcelain lucky cat not long ago to sit above my […]

This month I’ve been pulling together the articles for issue 5 of Astarte’s Mega-Zine. The theme is “Dreaming”. The articles have been so content-rich! Catherine McArdle, my associate editor said she kept forgetting she was supposed to be editing as she read through these articles because each one was so enthralling.
I designed this double-sided doll […]