neil thomas art

CLosING THIS BLOG DowN

2013-06-17T16:52:00.000-07:00

Closing this blog down and relocating to facebook.

It's just so much easier.

I've switched horses mid race.

Not sure you're allowed to do that.

But the web is still a wild thing.

So I've done it.

yaa-hoo

www.facebook.com/Neilthomasart

would love it if you could still follow me.

thanks

Neil

a friend took some pictures

2013-05-11T02:40:00.002-07:00

Keo Lin a photographer stall holder from

Rose Street Market kindly came round

and took some photos of my work in situ.

I think his shots beautifully reflect

the intimacy of the works.

Thanks Keo

Want to see more of his work?

www.canopeia.com

BEEN A LONG TIME

2013-04-26T05:11:00.000-07:00

So?

it's been a long time.

I've had a lot to say the past six months

but really you don't want to hear any of it,

With a world screaming at you from all corners,

listen to me, look at me, buy me, press me,

what we probably need is silence.

So I've been doing silent blog pages.

I think it's been doing the trick because

I've been getting silence back.

aaaaaahhhhh

But now the long silence is broken.

I'm going to Adelaide for a few days next week-end

to sell my stuff as part of the Bowerbird Bazaar.

If you're in Adelaide you should come.

There's me and 99 other stalls selling mostly hand-made

and original stuff and delicious wholesome food.

oh and they have pie floaters in Adelaide too.

see you there.

or not.

EVERYTHING IS INCREDIBILE

2012-09-18T01:27:00.000-07:00

I found this heartbreakingly beautiful

Everything is Incredible from Tyler Bastian on Vimeo.

Orphfund charity auction big time fun night out

2012-07-04T03:08:00.000-07:00

Orphfund is a fantastic micro-charity.

100% of donations go toward their projects,

none of the money is used for admin.

This is possible because they are completely volunteer based

and use tax benefits to fund their admin. costs.

They are a very impressive organisation,

you can read more about them on their site.

www.orphfund.org

Every year they hold an auction at the

Rose Street Market to raise funds,

and I've played auctioneer for the last 3 years.

It's a fun night with amazing bargains.

This year the auction will be used to raise funds

to build a school in Sierra Leone

(for just $14,000),

an orphanage in Uganda (for just$4,000)

and an upgrade to toilet/shower facilities

for their Children's Village in Kenya (again just $4,000).

Come along.

Bring money!

Bring friends!

Bring friends with money!!

and celebrate life!!!

Man in the hole

2012-07-01T02:44:00.002-07:00

I've been happily working

on this new series of tins

They give an aerial view

which has opened up

a whole lot of possibilities

large tin detail

more soon

to be happy to be lost

2012-06-22T05:19:00.000-07:00

I'm pretty overwhelmed by this.

To be happy, to be lost. from Jeremy Beasley on Vimeo.

Many thanks to jeremy, he's made a really beautiful thing here.

Village

2012-06-18T02:25:00.000-07:00

Of late I've really been seeing how much

I value the small community of family, friends,

makers and rose street market folk

that I orbit around with.

Bring on the village.

SPACE MONKEY- WEEK-END SPECIAL

2012-06-16T02:48:00.000-07:00

I've always liked that

Patti Smith song "Space Monkey".

and especially that line

"space monkey sign of the time, time"

though I've really got no idea

what the lyrics might mean.

But it's Patti Smith and it's wild

and punk and cool.

So to honour Patti Smith

the unofficial Space Monkey badge is

on special this week-end.

$6 plus $2 for postage

A LINK

2012-06-13T02:50:00.002-07:00

Phil,

this very cool and talented photographer

moseyed past my stall at the

Rose Street market

last week-end

and took some great pictures.

He's posted them on his Flickr site.

Check them out.

Thanks Phil

WEEK-END SPECIAL

2012-06-08T02:42:00.000-07:00

Original badge

hand painted on reclaimed timber.

Feel like you need to let the world in on a secret?

This is your chance!

Personally I'm neither here nor there with oats

but a lot of people are crazy about them.

A crazy $6 plus $2 for postage.

This week-end only

Did i mention that if you take the pin off the back,

soak it overnight and mash it forcefully in the morning

it will add a distinct flavour to your breakfast?

Time

2012-06-08T02:24:00.001-07:00

I've been working on these for over a year now

so it's about time that i posted some pictures of them.

This one sold last week from the Rose Street Market

to a lovely girl who bought it for her mum.

Nice to be part of that.

The piece is set into a vintage cigarette tin and closes shut.

Makes an ideal travelling art clock.

Till next.

WEEK-END SPECIAL

2012-06-02T04:43:00.001-07:00

It's not really a Friday special,

more of a week-end special.

But still special!

First in first served at a $6 price until it isn't.

ps. credit goes to my wife thalia

for this one! yeah sugar!

Friday Special

2012-05-17T02:57:00.001-07:00

IT'S BACK!!

Yeah so i was bored,

had loads of time on my hands,
(yeah right!)

couldn't help but think about you all

and stuff...

so its back!!

THE MOST BRILLIANT FRIDAY SPECIAL

grab a bargain while you can.
first in first served
one only.

gone now of course.

now available internationally

DETAIL

2011-09-26T21:29:00.000-07:00

A detail of one of the newer pieces that

I've been making.

TIME

2011-09-26T21:23:00.000-07:00

a transformed detail of something that i had the

pleasure of making for someone recently.

WHEN THE LITTLE MAN COMES

2011-08-12T02:13:00.000-07:00

dedicated to DW

fly me to the moon

2011-08-02T04:57:00.001-07:00

IT'S OVER

2011-07-25T02:44:00.000-07:00

It's over and it's another

year that I didn't win it.

SHOOT

2011-07-25T02:38:00.001-07:00

tin

2011-07-07T17:42:00.001-07:00

It's time i posted this up

2011-07-07T02:28:00.000-07:00

SMALL CONSTRUCTIONS

2011-07-07T01:56:00.000-07:00

Been working up some callouses on my

photo editing fingers to make these digital

postcards from the other side.

she....

Winter in Melbourne is long,

maybe not as savage or definite as in other places

but it seeeems long.

BUNKER DOWN.

At least now we're past the winter solstice

and the sun is setting later.

I say hold up there sun,

hold up there,

and cling to our side of the

horizon for all you can.

bunker down

this backdrop was sampled

from someones else's

stall at rose street

smile

Smile!

It can't hurt.

IF ONLY

2011-06-30T02:56:00.000-07:00

If only i could make things as brilliant as these!

Kaleidoscopic digital mashes of some of the

jewelry pieces currently for sale at rose street artists market.

for the love of cars

I like this one because it also

combines my current fascination

with the cross as sculptural object.

my car the star

and finally

cyclists rule

ps. these images are all digital extrapolations of
simpler jewelry....but if you should ever see one for sale
please buy it for me!

BLOG UPDATE

2011-06-20T21:11:00.000-07:00

I've been unresolved about how to proceed with this blog
for a while now and I'm hoping that I've turned a corner.

Qucik update on the remake.

These pages will no longer directly represent
the things that I make and sell,
primarily at the Rose St. Artists Market every weekend.
To see those you'll have to come to the market.

What this blog will consist of is images and words
that have references to my current work and I think
will more accurately reflect where i'm creatively up to.

I'm hoping it will be a lot more interesting for everyone.

You can still order things through this web site

but generally it isn't as straight forward as

push the button, pay the price and check the post.

It's more, send an email of the

'hey i'd like a piece of timber painted with a doo-dad and ....etc ...' kind of thing.

ps. I've seriously got the iphoneography bug