Inspiration of the Week

The grass is always greener

This week we were so inspired by this story that appeared on design boom. We've been seeing moss and grass everywhere lately, in art installations, terrariums and as a form of graffiti.

NYC based artist Edina Tokodi is doing amazing work both inside and out

Don't get us wrong, the ladies of HML love a bit o graph n paste up goodness but isn't this new urban green graffiti fantastic?

English artist Anna Garforth created this amazing cross as part of a garden project where artist and designers explored the idea of the healing properties of nature. I feel better just looking at it.

We found a great recipe for moss graffiti here we know of a few inner city walls that would be beautified by this latest craft design trend.

Confession of the Week

Oh dear. Once again we find ourselves in super busy mode. Forgive the sporadic posts dear readers. We do love you really! We are happy to report that our absence has been due to doing 'very creative things in the real world' and not our usual litany of excuses (illness, sleeplessness, laziness etc). Here are some more doily bowls for you. Promise to be back to full strength blogging tomorrow xxx

Wreath of the Month

Cool Change

And so summer ends for those of us in the antipodes. We seem to have slid into autumn with the greatest of ease, pulling on cardigans and harvesting the last of the summer crops. This is my favourite time of year I think. I was a bit late making my march door wreath. Around 10pm last night I got the crafting bug and shared the dining table with my studious and stressed year 12'r. She wrote a 300 word essay in French and I faffed about with my glue gun. Good times.

Exhibition of next week

Nanna Manna

You've still got time to create some masterpiece out of doilies to participate in the exhibition hosted by the fabulous Liz Jones of Gleaners Inc We've seen doilies incorporated into craft and design a lot the past few years - from Pene Durston's beautiful magnolia project to the Lightly Perspex Rosie Bowl. It'll be interesting to see what my fellow doily lovers come up with.

Here is a sneak peek of my entry. There are actually 12 bowls in the series. I cant say they are groundbreaking, but they are very very pretty. I loved the slow process of making them. Don't know if my family did, hours of moulding, blow drying, moulding, blow drying, moulding, blowdrying then painting painting painting all on the kitchen bench. What do you think? Ramona

We Came, we saw, we needed a brolly

Flashback splashback

We were so excited to go to the opening of North City 4 studios it was a lovely evening. Catching up with friends and colleagues is always fun for us and we were really thrilled for all involved. What an inclusive and lovely bunch of makers they are. All friends and family came out to help, lend support, buy a beer or a necklace or badge. It was a real celebration of the contemporary jewelry/object making culture here in Melbourne. How lucky we are!

The next day, in torrential rain, I did manage to spend a total of 15 minutes at the homemaker market. Why so short? It had take me over an hour to drive from Northcote to Richmond in bumper to bumper cranky traffic. By the time I got there I didn't give two hoots about design. What I wanted was a cuppa tea and a lie down. I did procure a test tube of Melbourne rooftop honey for Beck who very wisely stayed indoors! I'd heard about these enterprising beekeepers but I wasnt expecting such a well designed project. Buzzy!