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Sunday, 20 August 2017

Ripponlea Draws Me In

Photography by Melissa Gaggiano

A spontaneous trip to Ripponlea Estate was the perfect anecdote to suburban winter blues. The estate is host to a 20s-30s fashion exhibit, so between that and walking the gardens I exposed myself to a new source of inspiration in my work.

The exhibit Night Life continues for an extended period (until 27th August) at Ripponlea Estate. Check it out while you still can.

Photography by Melissa Gaggiano

Monday, 10 July 2017

Journey

Thursday, 27 April 2017

Snap It

Find the source of your inspiration. When you know what it is snap it up and put it on your wall. Whether that wall is a physical space in your office, or a pin or something in your mental sphere.

One of my sources of inspiration are flowers. Even the fallen petals call to me – like brightly coloured snow flakes decorating the world.

Sunday, 31 July 2016

Cat Rabbit Appreciation Hour

For those who have been following this blog you will know that I took the family to the latest Cat Rabbit exhibit at Tinning Street Presents.

The Cat Rabbit experience has had a massive influence in our lives the past few years. As a doll maker my own technical skills improve from studying the work of other textile artists such as Cat. More than that, I am able to share that passion with my kids, who in turn are inspired and want to make things for themselves. It's a wonderful little craft revolution that is taking place in my home.

Once I bought a copy of Owl Know How, a book by Cat Rabbit and Isobel Knowles, which came with a pattern for making a basic Cat Rabbit designed owl. So sometime today, my youngest is going to make her little owl.

My eldest wrote a little something about the Cat Rabbit excursion…

Saturday, 23 July 2016

Not Giving Up

Tuesday, 24 May 2016

Thinking About Next Project

Sunday, 15 May 2016

Pinspirations

Today I delved into some old pins from my Pinterest collection. As a regular pinner [I know! That's not a word… yet.], a lot of history is created. But I still find it strange that anything collected after only a year can now feel so retro.

Pin #1 | Pin #2

Pin #3 | Pin #4

Pin #5 | Pin #6

Pin #7 | Pin #8

Thursday, 5 May 2016

Pinspirations

Link #1 Link #2

Link #3 Link #4

Link #5 Link #6

Link #7 Link #8

Friday, 19 February 2016

Pinspirations - Leukaemia Special

Time for my pinspiration line up - my picks from Pinterest. Since I will be shaving my head as part of the World's Greatest Shave, to help fundraise for the Leukaemia Foundation, I decided to go with a very specific pinspiration theme, as you'll see further below.

Me, with hair, at the moment.
Not for long though.

If you would like to take part in the fundraiser, you can sponsor me to completely lop off my hair. For more details please visit the following link.

http://my.leukaemiafoundation.org.au/melissagaggiano