The Vibrant City

Insert Coin Here

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:18:00 +0000

The always lovely Kim and Nella from Craft Victoria have put together something special for the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival....vending machines of 'limited edition' fashion pieces made by Melbourne-based artists.
See the Insert Coin Here website for full details and updates.

As a participating artist, i'm putting in some specially made for melbourne (black) Pardon my French! necklaces.

French profanity, curse with style. Hand embroidered felt speech bubbles in black, de rigeur for Melbourne chic, slung from gaudy gold chains.
So to this folly say oui oui, keep an eye out for a vending machine, so you too can curse to your heart's content!
xx B

pardon my french

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:45:00 +0000

zut, casse-toi, connard, ta gueule, putain!, foutre
Hand embroidered speech bubbles for gaudy necklace or brooch.

Naff, but amusing for office wear!
look out for them at my ETSY store

mutton dressed as lamb

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:12:00 +0000

Sheep bones collected from the farm.
I really wanted a pebbles bone for my hair. Got some killer gloss paint in black, magenta and 50's pastel green.
It's still about trashyness....gold + flocked + bone

Harry the hedgehog

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:54:00 +0000

Harry the Hedgehog from 'A little piece' [Written and directed by Alex Desebrock]
photos by Ben Landau

I made a puppet for their production, and i'm about to start on a 2nd version of Harry. he will be more durable hopefully!

December favourites

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:33:00 +0000

Favourites in December!!!!
1. set of expresso cups and round bottomed saucers.......green and black stripes reminds me of cups we had when i was a kid.

2. blooody finger.....an exquisite version of the old finger in a matchbox with tomato sauce gag. Also very petite next to my behemoth finger. Made by the fabulous Katie Jacobs

3. Trashy necklaces (made them myself)
pimp stache, lilac felt with glittery purple stitching and massive gold chain.

Bang, tacky peach felt with black and glittery gold stitching.

black bird

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:27:00 +0000

moustaches for blackbird

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:41:00 +0000

Home, off from work feeling sick....silly cold and swollen glands....but have been making some uber trashy moustache necklaces. Acrylic felt, card, pimp chain. They make me giggle.
Some brooch versions are on their way.

now time for napping!

Blackbird market

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:34:00 +0000

Collective of convenience at Blackbird market. Woo Woo, come down and visit us!
fingers, birds, mustaches, mutants.

Dugong (Dugong dugon)

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:38:00 +0000

For Veni Vidi Vici. Hand made felt using alpaca and camel fibres. 2009

swan is coming along

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 05:22:00 +0000

Swan is still coming along.....everytime i think i have made enough felt...i need more. I have again run out and need some more to finish off the wing.

Dugong Dugon

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:05:00 +0000

Finished sewing a bit of body for the Dugong mount.

heads

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:18:00 +0000

mounted heads

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:02:00 +0000

Satin FLycatch, Pink Robin, Spoonbill, Boyds forest dragon, Ghost bat

echidna

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Cheese and mini hotdog holder.....still neeing more spines, and to have the gonzo nose stitched up a bit.

Moth cake

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:46:00 +0000

Macrotis Lagotis (Greater Bilby) Pie

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 07:30:00 +0000

Some cleaner photots of the bilby in a table surrounds.

Bilby pie with pastry head/crust

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:02:00 +0000

Cake cake cake

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:50:00 +0000

cake getting ready

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:17:00 +0000

swan

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:13:00 +0000

mounted head

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:11:00 +0000

Boyd's forest dragon.
FInished the sewing component now this little guy needs some bakes femo spines for his face and to be mounted onto a plaque.

boyds forest dragon

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:09:00 +0000

crust and cheese

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:51:00 +0000

Cheese and mini hot dogs....not meat bon bons....
these will spike onto an echinda display.
The echinda in it's initial stages, I have cooked some femo spines, but still need to colour and affix them and detail stick the face/beak area.
Felt crust braid. For a bilby pie. The bilby head is made from pastry coloured pastry, will sit atop a pie, kinda like a rabbit pie i suppose.

heads

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 05:25:00 +0000

Heads to be mounted.
I replaced the Spoonbill's eyes and have decied i will add mating plumage to his head.
Ghostbat has had some hair added around it's ears and on the chest region. For this I used Optim stretch Camel hair. Silky silky soft, reminds me a bit of vellus hair. Will trim it up when it's set/dry.

cake and bat

noreply@blogger.com (Britt) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:04:00 +0000

Ghost Bat head....need to make the plaque to mount the head on to and most importantly i need to add some hair to this little dude.

Bogong moth cake. yep, thought i had gone ahead and finished sewing the moths, but i seem to have judt made the felt, so today i'm sewing and hopefully glueing all of these on.