Montage of Montage

There are only 2 weeks left of Montage pop-up shop at 224b William St, Northbridge! Here are some alluring photos to entice you in...

Bunnies! Lamonster dress, Anna Hadwin Crochet, Loco Lepus brooch, Osmosis brooch,
Tall Rabbit picture holder and bunny studs.

Ali J print and Anna Hadwin Crochet

(Clockwise from top left) Eeva Margita zine, Tall Rabbit bookmark, Fluid Ink Letterpress card,
Tall Rabbit unicat print, Samantha Hughes cat hoop, Osmosis necklace.

Penguin pals! Tall Rabbit brooch set and Anna Hadwin Crochet 

Fluid Ink Letterpress card and Eden Dreams necklace

(Clockwise from top left) Simpicity Looms woven necklace, Ali J wood sculptures,
Little Makery felt ball garland, Osmosis coasters, Scrumpy Soaps, Liz Briggs beaded bracelet,
Fluid Ink Letterpress gift tags, Little Makery party spoons, Tall Rabbit ice-cream brooch.

Tall Rabbit pandas!

You can find all this and more in-store but only until Saturday, 30th May. Don't miss out!

Postcards for me!

I'm pleased to say I've been getting some interesting and unusual postcards from around the world through taking part in Postcrossing. These are from Germany, the Netherlands, France, Taiwan and Romania. I love getting surprises in the letterbox!

Tall Rabbit in the mail!

I recently found out about postcrossing where you send and receive postcards to/from random people around the world. I thought that sounded like fun so I signed up and got my first 5 addresses. Yay! I was particularly excited to get my first recipient in Germany because I'm a bit obsessed with Deutschland. I decided to adapt some of my designs to postcards and here's my first batch - they will be going to Germany, Russia, Belarus, Japan and USA. Tall Rabbit's going around the world!

Letterpress!

My work was recently chosen to be letterpress printed by Whiteman Park Print Shop and featured in a letterpress exhibition along with 19 other artworks! The theme was "My Perth" and it had to be in 2 colours - orange and blue. The exhibition was part of Whiteman Park Print Shop's letterpress printing 25th anniversary celebrations.

I always think of the Swan River as being the heart of Perth and of course it's namesake - the swan! So I came up with a sketch of a swan floating down the Swan River with a baby swan on its back (to increase the cuteness factor) and a view of the Perth city skyline in the background... then I set about turning it into something suitable for a 2 colour letterpress print. 



I've never had anything letterpress printed before and was very excited to see how it would turn out. But I had to wait til the opening day of the exhibition to see it in person. I was not disappointed as it looked even better than I had imagined! I really like the brightness of the colours and being able to see the slight indentation of the printing plates and the texture of the paper. As well as seeing the other artworks at the opening, I also got to see the old letterpress equipment in use and lots of samples of letterpress printing. It was very interesting!



Thank you to Ann and the team at Whiteman Park Print Shop for organising and printing. I hope I will get to participate in something like this again!

Note: In case you're wondering about the 'third colour' in my print, it was achieved by overprinting, so the orange and blue were printed on top of each other to create another colour. 

The Animal Band!

Introducing the newest coolest rock band in town… “Animal Band”! This four member group has burst out of nowhere to become the hottest local talent in the Perth music scene since 2001. Featuring a rockin’ rabbit on guitar, a crazy critter on bass, a frenzied fox on vocals and a boisterous bear on drums, you can see them immortalised in print in the Victoria Park Art Awards, displayed at The Park Centre. And it’s for sale!


Update: "Animal Band" has been sold! It has now been sent off with its new mystery owner!