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A window into my studio 10
Bursting with ideas When inspiration fills my mind bursting to get out, my fingers are tingling, colours and textures are racing, and form is taking shape. This is when I can't wait any longer for fear of the moment gone I must start to create my fledgling idea,...
A window into my studio 9
Inspiration for making wearable art scarves I have been finishing some commissioned scarves over the last week and this made me think I to share wiht you the possibility of wonderful texture and colour in the scarves I make. It is a pictorial story.Each scarf is...
A christmas gift idea
A creative Christmas gift idea My gift to you is a "possibility" to use your skills and personality create your own gift for a special time of year. Project – Lacework Bookmark I don’t know about you but I always feel once August begins I...
Creative play
Every body needs a treasure box. Creative play and inspiration. This week in my studio. This week I have wound down and and next week it will be a little more, but never for long. This week I have put together scarf kits for sale on FB with lots of yummy colours and...
Update on upcoming events..
Update on my upcoming events. This short blog is just to update you on my upcoming events.I have just completed 40 textile art works works for my exhibition "its all-out the garden" which is opening Friday the 27th at Yering Station Yarra Glen. The exhibition...
A window into my studio 8
A window into my studio 8 Creative Play Continuing from "Window into my Studio 6 and 7" "I can't draw" Continuing on from "A window into my studio 6 and 7". I have been experimenting in the past 3 blogs with ways to develop textile art work from the art works that...
A window into my studio 7
A window in my studio 7 Creative Play Continuing from window into my studio 6 "I can't draw " In my recent blog "a window into my studio 6 " I talked about some ideas to help with the statement "I can't draw" As a textile artist I am not skilled at...
A window into my studio 6
Always great to play with something new Again this week has been full of stitches and colour with very little spare time. But I did manage to squeeze in some play with an app called Sketchers and I also gave some thought to the statement that comes from so many...
A window into my studio 5
A window into my studio 5 Tyvek, colours, melts, twists and sews Wow another week has passed me by in my studio and a pretty industrious one I thought I would share with you a little about my week, really not much difference to most weeks in my...
A window into my studio 4
A window into my studio 4 This week in my studio I have been working on some silk panels for Christmas stock for Stonehouse gallery. They are small free motion embroidered and painted silk panels. I used the same fabric in each one but enhanced them all differently,...
My thoughts on colour
Colour "Mere colour, unspoiled by meaning and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in thousand different ways " Oscar Wilde Many people tell me how much they love my colours and that my colour sense...
A window into my studio 3
This week in my studio An adventure from a don't like to a love it This is an image story of a piece of textile art work I have completed this week. This will be stretched over a frame and then placed in a floating frame. It forms part of my body of work which will...
Creative play
Working with paper I love to incorporate many different textures and materials into my textile art work. One of the materials I adore to work with is paper. All sorts of paper - gift wrapping, tissue paper, craft paper, scrapbooking paper, paper doilies, paper towel,...
Inspiration
Inspiration I am often asked what inspires me and my answer is life. With that thought I wandered around my garden - it is the ordinary that is extraordinary - everyday life, travel, the beach, family, all the good stuff that me makes me happy. The secret to a...
Bali July 2015
Bali Bali Craftours textile tour 2015 We used fabulous materials in our workshops which included cotton rag paper, hand dyed pure silk caps and yarns, silk and cotton fabric, gold leaf, fusible web, crayons, inktense pencils, yarns, and endless possibilities....
A window into my studio 2
A window into my studio Michelle Mischkulnig Australian textile artist chelletetxiles.com.au Using variegated threads I like to use rayon machine embroidery threads they have a beautiful lustre, colour and softness. I often use a variegated thread and to break the...
Teaching and travelling
Teaching and traveling why ? I have come to a time in my textile art journey and life where I want to share my passion and techniques. I want to give my students a possibility to hold in their hands, create with their heart, and explore with their head. I believe...
A window into my studio 1
Window into my Studio I start creating my textile art work in my studio early in the morning. I love mornings, the world awakens and it is especially nice in the Spring each day new beginnings and fresh sounds and colours. Today I have been working on some small...
Early Spring
Early Spring the cusp of change Early Spring the cusp of change. I love the soft colours and lighting of Spring the anticipation of new beginnings. Sweet scented winds looking forward the warming of the soul, the awakening from winter slumber. When creative thoughts...