FUTURE EVENT OF THE WEEK

Craft and Design as a Career

The ladies of HML want to let you all know that tickets are on sale as of today for Craft Victoria annual Craft and Design as a a Career seminar on the 13 aug.. We thought we'd tell you because this thing notoriously sells out really fast. Primarily aimed at students many of you more established makers may wonder what it has to offer. We think the calibre of this years speakers makes it well worth it. The one thing may craftspeople struggle with is marketing and publicity and with talks by Melissa Loughnan from Utopian Slumps, Jo Walker editor of frankie magazine, Lucy Feagins genius behind the The Design Files it'll be a really inspiring day. We should also add for the sake of transparency that Beck is the sector development manager at CV and I'm on the board. But we can honestly say that this day is well worth the price of admission ($30 for members/$60 non members). 
Buy tix here

SHOW OF THE WEEK

Designed to Inspire

First up the ladies of hml would like to apologize for our sporadic posting this past fortnight. Again we find ourselves in the weird dreaded lurgy cycle that seems to beset every family with people under 5 in it. We are genuinely excited by the State of Design Festival, particularly the craftier elements that are in this year.

We are intrigued by the jewelery pieces of Yuko Fujita and will be descending the staircase of e.g etal this week to see them in the flesh for her new exhibition 'Kodama (return to me)'. Fujita has transformed domestic wooden objects into objects of great mystery and history. The look like worlds within worlds, echoing their past while embracing a new future. Show opens on Thursday and runs until the 31st July. RAMONA

SHOW OF THE WEEK part deux

woman overboard

We've heard that Louise Weaver doesn't consider her art 'craft'. We love her but we are going to tell her to suck eggs and call it capital C craft all the way!

If we were lucky enough to bye in Sydney this week we'd be heading to the Darren Knight gallery to bask in all the crafty glory of her new show Capsize

Show runs until 17th July. Don't tell her we sent you...

SHOW OF THE WEEK

monster mash

The ladies of HML want you to know that we aren't totally ignoring the Tim Burton exhibition at ACMI, but we kind of are. We know it's important and we will get to it both virtually and physically but right now our eyes are fixed on other monsters. Namely those of printmaker artist Rona Green. We think she's genius and even tho the show is way out at Deakin University we are going to make the effort. A world littered with freaks and zombies inspired by science fiction, horror movies and tattooing. And you don't have to pre-book tickets or stand in a queue for three hours! Looks like Rona has also made some soft 3d work too. Creepy craft. love it.

Rona Green: prints and poppets 2000 – 2010

2 June – 10 July 2010

Deakin University Art Gallery
Building FA
Holland Avenue (entrance 1 from Burwood Highway)
Deakin University
Melbourne Campus at Burwood
open: Tues to Fri, 10am – 4pm and Sat, 1–5pm
RAMONA

COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY UNMISSABLE

sea of love

You all know what big fans we are of our friend Irene. Described, amongst many other superlatives as " artist, ceramicist and dreamer " Irene is one of the best porcelain peeps around. Her work festoons many a surface in both of our homes, as well as hml hq. And they weren't all freebies.

This latest collection of works "traverses the high-seas, shipwrecks, mythological creatures, mistaken identities, and love beyond time and space." Cats cast adrift in broken down boats, deep sea divers suffering from more than the bends, and skull covered swans swimming in seas of tears. Romantic, poetic, dark and dreamy. Like we said, completely and utterly unmissable.

This showcase at Outré will bring together mix of the best of her one-of-a-kind artworks, limited edition sculptures and a  wealth of her Iggy and Lou Lou collectibles. Here's hoping this was payweek for everybody.

I THREW A KISS IN THE OCEAN by Irene Grishin-Selzer
Outre Gallery
249 Elizabeth Street Melbourne
3 July – 18 July
Opening Night, Friday 2 July from 7pm

BECK