Hot House at Quirk & co - Look.Stop.Shop and other stuff!

It's been pretty busy in Miss Foo's world of late so the blog posts have been sporadic at best. 
I've got a little project that is coming to fruition this week, "hot house" is a group window installation that is being hosted by the lovelies at Quirk & Co. It is mix of lighting sculptures by Nick Johns, a series of lush terrariums by Miniscapes and a large paper sculpture by yours truly! The opening night is Thursday 11th July from 6-8pm & the installation will be up until month end.

It's  part of Look.Stop.Shop the theme this year is "Hot Stuff" and it's being curated by Three Thousand and presented by the City of Melbourne, so check out the link for more details as there are loads of events running through July.

Where 

Quirk & Co

466 Victoria St, North Melbourne

When

Opening Thu Jul 11, 6–8pm. Installation runs until Jul 26.

How much

Free!

 Detail shots of my sculpture

PS have another coming up project with the City of Melbourne during MSFW, it will be titled "beasts in the wardrobe" at the end of August. It's being hosted by Madame Virtue ... can't wait to get my paws on all their couture archives and the delicious accessories! YAY dress ups! (but more on that in another post!)

I managed to catch the Hollywood costume exhibition at ACMI I was super excited as I am a costume and film buff. As always with any textile based show the lighting levels are low to protect the fabrics, so give your eyes time to adjust. I would suggest to go in the morning when they first open to avoid the crowds! 
The dialogues between the directors, actors and designers a must see as they really put the role of costume in context and gives you insight into the process of designing & creating the characters.

Highlights for me included:

- Sean Young's outfit from "Blade Runner"
- Scarlett O'Hare's Curtain dress from "Gone with the Wind
- Paisley sequined & beaded pants suit from Valley of the Dolls
- The Bridal costumes from breath taking "The Last Emperor" from 1987
- Robert De Niro's suit from "Casino", peach suit? Say no more!
- Tippi Hedren's suit from the "birds"  the interview with Edith Head is pretty amazing too
-  Liz Taylor's costumes from Cleopatra 
- Marilyn Monroe's infamous white dress from the "Seven Year Itch"
- Greta Garbo's tuxedo... Sigh!
 - It would be remiss of me not to mention Judy Garland's Dorothy outfit from "The Wizard of Oz" What was also striking was the size and scale of these outfits, you realise just how tiny some of these actors are!
- costumes by Eiko Ishioka, I'm utterly obsessed with her. They have costumes from "Bram Stoker's Dracula" in the show but she was one of those amazing multi-talent individuals who was an art director, costumer, graphic designer with an amazing vision , she passed away in early 2012. Known for designing, Grace Jones stage costumes for the Hurricane tour, for films like "The Fall", "The Cell", "The Immortals". I have a pinterest board  dedicated to her work, as I have been unable to get hold of the now out of print book!

Because of exhibition I am now obsessed with watching tonnes of films, I suppose it is a perfect activity for staying tucked under a blankie in my oneise!

Love Miss Foo XXX
 

Small show, doggies & knitting

A small show....

I've been very kindly offered a small gallery space upstairs at Open Drawer until the end of the month. I have just dropped a selection of work off to the ladies so it being hung over the weekend. It's a small show with some of the Pleatybunny menagerie that will be happily residing upstairs - pop by & see them. There are doggies, bunnies, song birds and parrots galore! (see pics below of some of the work)

Open Drawer

1158 Toorak Road,
Camberwell (Hartwell Village) 3124
(Mel. Ref 60 C6)
Tram No 75 - Stop No. 52

https://www.facebook.com/opendrawer

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 10am – 5.00pm

Thursday 10am – 7pm

Saturday and Sunday 10am – 4pm

"The Siblings"

"Beauregard" the Frenchie &"Pinto" the chihuahua 

Some mad parrots

"Cicely" who has a penchant for Champagne & "Roxie"

Of doggies.... 

I am very fond of the friends of the fluffy four legged variety so artist's who deal with this subject matter are very close to my heart. My former printmaking lecturer Deb Williams has recently been interviewed for the series "Inside Art" on Channel 31 Wednesdays 8.30pm. 

Below is the link talking about the dog as muse. 

Check out Deb's Website as there is some really beautiful work in the galleries http://deborahwilliams.com.au/

 

Rather chuffed as Mini the Wonder dog's excellent snout makes a (small) apppearance in the clip... yes, I am a proud & tragic stage mother. I had taken Mini over to Deb's studio for a  snout session as Deb was looking for dogs with interesting noses for a series of prints. Mini has a particularly noble nose.....

Mini's snout in the bottom right hand corner! Work pictured is by Deb Williams and image is from a screen capture from Inside Art 

Left:Deb in her studio Right: Mini in Deb's studio walking around like she owned the place 

Of Knitting.....

The lovely people at Australian Country Spinners have free knitting patterns!! There is a great selection at online that are based on their archived vintage 80's patterns - I am particularly fond of the bobble knit cardigan! Patterns can be downloaded here

If the thought of a whole garment is too scary; you're looking for a little project or you're a novice knitter and want some practice have a look at Knitting for Dog Rescue Groups. 


Chantal and her mother Pierrette are two lovely ladies who are behind this not for profit group. They knit and also coordinate volunteers to knit doggie jumpers to give to Australian Dog Rescue groups for their old, sick and hairless dogs. They can be contacted via their facebook page or else via email on knittingfordogrescue@hotmail.com if you are able to help in anyway!

Chantal is super talented she makes amazing and intricate leather guitar and bass straps. As well as working in the film industry look at the film & costume gallery as you will definitely recognize much of her work!!! (all I can say is AWESOME!!)


Check out Chantal's Website here: www.pccord.com

Left: Chantal hard at work in her studio Right: one of Chantal's beautiful leather guitar straps

Images from Chantal Cordy's website www.pccord.com

love Miss Foo XXX