We here at hml headquarters like to keep you, beloved readers, informed of the worlds events and so it is with some regret that we were not made aware of this sooner:2008 is officially the United Nations Year of the Potato
The ladies of hml have long celebrated the humble pomme de terre with many a crafty printing project, not to mention an excellent shephards pie. So all this week, to get us all in the spirit we will celebrate all things spud.
visit the official website. coolio!
A friend who recently went to Japan remembered the hml passion for all things Moomin and delivered these super cute toys to the office yesterday. We believe that's Moominpapa sporting the police outfit and a very grumpy Hemulen with the sherlock frockage.
As always the Japanese have outdone themselves with the packaging. We do indeed want to live in moominvalley - we doubt these toys will makes us feel that we are already there, we can but dream! Visit the moomin site for more Finnish fun...
Lucy Folk 
Elfrun Lach Both ladies of HML are absolute suckers when it comes to the work of Elfrun Lach and so that's what our eyes and visa cards will be drawn to first
And we are thrilled to see new work from POE Director Melanie Katsalidis - her use of colour, the balance and simplicity of form and the wearability of her work always leave us wanting more. Stay on the tram 112 tram til it crosses into St Georges Rd - well worth it and its on til the 26 april so there is plenty of time peeps. no excuses.
Last year Beck was blown away by the work of young Japanese artist Etsuko Fukaya’s tiny intricate etchings in Tokyo last November when she went to the the Future Beats in Japanese Contemporty Arts at the Mori Art Museum in Roppongi. Fukaya’s minature needlepoint etchings were the highlight of the show, intricate images weaving together the patterning of flowers, plumage, leaves and hair in dark fantasies from the deep, dreamy thickets of her imagination. An almost medieval hallugenogenic land where the falcon and unicorn make friends with flying sheep, perplexed deer and sturdy yaks. In short Genius with a capital 'G'.
Imagine her surprise to find that there was an exhibition in Australia RIGHT NOW where she could see more, and then imagine her dissapointment when she discovered it was actually at in Sydney, and she couldn't get there !!!!! Unnervingly beautiful, immaculately rendered and only in town for three more days. Unmissable. If you're in Sydney of course, if not you'll have to suffer along with Beck and look at these pictures as some small consolation.
Etsuko Fukaya 8 March - 5 April 2008
Darren Knight Gallery
Top Floor 840 Elizabeth Street
WATERLOO Sydney, NSW 2017
AUSTRALIA
