tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90799170149701252382024-02-18T22:41:56.323-08:00dear colleendear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.comBlogger188125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-8750219806265545432014-09-03T17:57:00.000-07:002014-09-04T13:19:47.639-07:00Tiny Travelling Gallery<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you follow me anywhere you'll know that it's been a very busy time for me. Around 6 weeks ago <a href="http://sparkmypotential.co.nz/project/tinygallery" target="_blank">Spark (formally Telecom)</a> contacted my partner Scott and I. They had heard through some dear friends of ours that we were planning a big trip at the end of the year to take part in two large art events in LA and London. We have both spent most of this year working our butts off to save the money to fund our travel. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are lots of reasons why Scott and I are going on this trip but it's largely because Scott has had a long term dream of making his own designer or art toys*, However like most deep set creative passions a lack of time and fear of failure got in the way. Any one who's tried their hand at doing a creative project I'm sure will understand. At the start of this year we had a long chat about what would help to get Scott turning his dream into a reality and realised nothing gives you a kick up the butt like a deadline. It was at this point Scott applied and got excepted to take part in </span><a href="http://www.designercon.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">DesignerCon LA</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. That was the whole story really until we got asked what <a href="http://sparkmypotential.co.nz/project/tinygallery" target="_blank">Spark</a> could do to help us fulfil our potentials. That's when things went from quietly busy to full on 'who needs sleep' crazy. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With <a href="http://sparkmypotential.co.nz/project/tinygallery" target="_blank">Spark</a> in the picture we know we wanted to make the project bigger than just us and to use the platform as a chance to showcase a number of other creatives. Knowing we were going to be exhibiting at a major lowbrow art event and that my work was a borderline fit with that genre at best I had already been in contact with a number of New Zealand lowbrow artists to talk about doing colabs. It was a pretty natural next step to develop this idea into a tiny travelling gallery, you can see the concept in detail </span><a href="http://sparkmypotential.co.nz/project/tinygallery" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and read more about our line up </span><a href="http://tinygallerynz.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">here.</a></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Catus in the making a join project from Scott and I</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This little project has gotten so much bigger than we had planned. We are now taking three times the number of artists we had aimed (or budgeted) on having. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 21.6000003814697px;">Due to transport costs, display space at the events and just the logistics of </span><span style="line-height: 21.6000003814697px;">managing</span><span style="line-height: 21.6000003814697px;"> so many people, we can not (at this stage) commit to more artists. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 21.6000003814697px;">However please, if new artists do want to get in touch to register interest, email Scott you'll find his contact details <a href="http://tinygallerynz.com/CONTACT" target="_blank">here</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tinygallerynz.com/CONTACT" style="line-height: 21.6000003814697px;" target="_blank">.</a><span style="line-height: 21.6000003814697px;"> We are very much hoping to tour this show around New Zealand and it will be a lot easier to include more creatives at this stage. Just as a side note this is a <a href="http://arthistory.about.com/od/arthistory101/a/lowbrow.htm" target="_blank">Lowbrow</a> </span><span style="line-height: 21.6000003814697px;">exhibition so have a think if you work fits this category.</span><span style="line-height: 21.6000003814697px;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you would like to help us with this project there are a number of ways,</b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> of course any little donation is fantastic and gratefully received. Just a handful of people giving $5 soon adds up. As I said we have totally shot our budget by including so many people and now don't really have enough for much in the way of promotion material. Even as little as a further $300 would mean we could get some nice handouts printed for the events. You can also help us by sharing the </span><a href="http://sparkmypotential.co.nz/project/tinygallery" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">link</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> to our </span><a href="http://sparkmypotential.co.nz/project/tinygallery" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Spark page</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> with your network of friends and family. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We would also really value help in other ways, we would love to exchange sponsorship for services. Something as simple as Air New Zealand transporting the gallery for free would mean we could afford leaflet printing. A printer giving us a discount would mean we could get twice as many printed. We are also looking for contacts at galleries interested in displaying the show. If by any long shot a business that could help us is reading this please do <a href="http://tinygallerynz.com/CONTACT" target="_blank">get in touch</a>. Scott and I are trying our best to do an amazing job for all the New Zealand talent we are showcasing but there's only two of us and some many hours in the day. Helping us get our foot in the door would be an amazing gesture of support.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks for taking the time to read this. We have been so blown away by the amount of good will, care and love shown to us with this project. We deeply believe in the talent of the lowbrow art sense in this country and it's a huge honour to get the chance to work on this. We have a </span><a href="http://blog.tinygallerynz.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">tumblr</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> in place if you're keen to follow the progress of the gallery build and it's ongoing travels.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">*If you don't know the term 'designer toys' these are objects that are more akin to tiny sculptures than children's play things. Although they often trigger nostalgic memories and have references to youth and/or childhood, they are really made for adults. </span></div>
dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-16366157617946056912014-09-01T15:23:00.002-07:002014-09-01T15:24:25.317-07:00Make a Plant Pal<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I made a couple of these last month, partly because I though a cactus I had bought looked a bit like a beehive and partly because I needed a pen pot for my desk. This DIY is really easy, all up no more than an hours work max. </span><br />
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dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-51146284653192236562014-07-18T00:18:00.001-07:002014-07-18T15:55:14.124-07:00Word upSo here's something I've never spoken about publicly before. When I was 15 I had my IQ tested and was found to be in the upper 10% of the country for my age. That same year still aged 15 I dropped out of school with hardly any qualifications.<br />
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From the moment I started school I know it wasn't the place for me, I was much slower at learning than everyone else, was constantly humiliated by teachers and teased for being stupid. This sadly isn't an uncommon story and I'm guessing it'll come as no shock when I say the reason behind it all is because i'm dyslexic (which by the way is a really hard word to spell). There is still debate over dyslexia being a real condition, I'm fully open to this discussion but for the moment no other term is available which better communicate my mental block when it comes to words.<br />
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Trying to explain what reading and writing is like for me is very hard. It is the only reality I have or will ever know. Put basically though I just have no understanding of the rules around letters. To me they are just abstract shapes with no sound attached, this means every time I think about a letter I have to step by step mentally recall what noise goes with it. I've gotten pretty fast at this over the years and if that was all there was to it i'd be ok, however as we know language is far more complicated than that. So over time i've taught my brain to remember words with no rules attached. This means I think of them as shapes that symbolise their meaning. I have hundreds, thousands of these committed to memory. This memory bank of words allows me to lead a pretty functional life. I'm not going to lie it is hard, people that really know me see how taxing it is on my energy and my time. My eyes now are practically burning through the computer screen because I'm so deeply focused. My work flow is always interrupted because I have to stop typing so frequently to google a word I'm stuck on. It's also hard because I'm a very rapid thinker and can't recall the memorised words fast enough to keep up with my brain. Often the speed at which I try and get the thoughts written before they are forgotten short cuts me recalling the spelling correctly. I more often than not have typos, spelling mistakes and grammatical errors in whatever i've written and the more tired I am the worse it gets. The other kicker is, when you can't read very well spellcheck is of limited use, I often get tripped up by spellcheck giving me totally the wrong word and of course I'm none the wiser.<br />
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So why write this now? Well it's come up a number of times this week, people have corrected me or rather my spelling on social media. I'm not particularly upset by this, I take it all with a nod, a smile and a wink usually in emoticon form. I do however, want to publicly explain why my spelling is more often than not pretty shabby. The thing is I know how much spelling means to lots of people. It's great to take pride in it. I understand how it makes things clearer, harder to misunderstand, look more professional but personally I don't care, I can't care. The mere fact I've pulled together a half readable blog post is something that would have been unimaginable for the 15 year old me. This takes more energy, reading and re reading than I want to go into. The thing is, though, I want to write, I love language and word play and telling stories. I don't believe because I can't always get this complex system of communication correct that I shouldn't have the same right as everyone else to use it. In fact in this age of social media it would mean me turning my back on a huge part of modern life and interaction. I also wouldn't swap my disability for normality, I strongly believe that what I lack in reading and writing skills I have made up for in other more unusual ways. I'm happy to keep my achievements and my bad spelling.<br />
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Just as a side note to any kids or parents with young ones living with a learning disability, it you're smart and dedicated you'll be ok. School kind of sucks for people like us but it gets a lot easier once you leave that world behind.dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-20314789985149328022014-06-07T21:10:00.001-07:002014-06-07T21:27:36.264-07:00Swellington<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm just back from a week in Wellington and what a whirl wind of a week it was. Once again I did a class and talk at Handmade both of which turned out to be pretty popular. By Sunday I had come down with a stinking head cold and wasn't feeling the sharpest so I truly apologise to anyone who came along for being a bit on the fuzzy side. As always it was a real pleasure and I got to meet so many lovely people. I miss teaching a lot and it's nice to have a taste of running workshops again.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I haven't been to Wellington for a year, in some ways it felt like nothing had changed and in other ways it felt totally different. I got to try out a couple of new restaurants, </span><a href="http://www.thunderbirdcafe.co.nz/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Thunderbird</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> a tex-mex which does great breakfasts and even better dirty milkshakes (dirty with booze not actual mud). I also went to the charming </span><a href="http://www.menumania.co.nz/restaurants/loretta-wellington" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Loretta's </a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">on cuba street. Its name has left me with Nick Cave's 'Curse of Millhaven' stuck in my head but the restaurant is a lot sweeter natured than the murderous little girl in that song.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Finally my sweet boy blow his Air Points (thank you <a href="http://ajollygoodshow.com/" target="_blank">Scott</a>) to let me extend my trip for an extra three days so I could stay for the opening of <a href="http://www.swonderful.co.nz/" target="_blank">Swonderful's</a> first Pop-up shop. I've know Evie of '<a href="http://www.eviekemp.com/" target="_blank">Evie Kemp' </a>and Amy of <a href="http://mylarke.bigcartel.com/" target="_blank">'Mylarke' </a>for a number of years now and it's really wonderful watching their businesses grow and evolve plus all the things they are achieving together. I'm pretty jealous of their union it can get lonely being self employed and I can see it benefits them both having a creative alliance. Their work looks fantastic in the pop-up shop and just Swonderful on it's own merits is well worth a visit. The Swonderful Pop-up shop is open through out June at <a href="http://www.eviekemp.com/blog/Swonderful%20Boutique,%20241%20Cuba%20Street,%20Wellington" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Swonderful Boutique, 241 Cuba Street, Wellington</a>.</span><br />
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dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-59289808179662828952014-05-21T17:47:00.003-07:002014-05-21T22:49:22.971-07:00Playing Catch Up<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So yet again two and a half months have flown by without me even noticing or blogging. I'm sorry sad neglected blog. Here's a brief list of what's going on in my world.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. I've set up the </span><a href="http://theanti-socialclub.tumblr.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">'art club'</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> as spoken about in the last post. I'm running it through Tumblr. It's called </span><a href="http://theanti-socialclub.tumblr.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">The Anti-Social Club</a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and everyone is welcome to join in. Three weeks in and the work being shared (as shown above and below) is so much more than I dreamed it would be. You can check out all the amazing work and briefs </span><a href="http://theanti-socialclub.tumblr.com/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. I'm giving a <a href="http://www.handmadenz.co.nz/programme/firsthand-lectures/" target="_blank">talk</a> and teaching an <a href="http://www.handmadenz.co.nz/programme/free-range/" target="_blank">illustration for beginners class </a>at <a href="http://www.handmadenz.co.nz/" target="_blank">Handmade Wellington</a> next weekend. My talk is pretty much together and I'm spending this weekend lesson planning for what I'm hoping will be a really fun drawing class. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My friend Tash will be running her amazing </span><a href="http://hollandroadyarn.co.nz/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Holland Road Knit lounge </a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">as usual and another dear friend Kate is teaching a really cool </span><a href="http://www.handmadenz.co.nz/programme/free-range/" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">'make your own hanging terrarium' </a><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">class. (I so wish I could go but sadly I'm giving a talk at the same time). It's been a year since I've been to Wellington and I'm very much looking forward to the trip.</span><span style="color: #666666;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Finally, my partner Scott and I have been working hard saving money so we can go away at the end of the year. Scott is planning and handmaking his first set of designer toys which will be showing at <a href="http://www.designercon.com/" target="_blank">DesignerCon</a> in LA at the start of November. From there we're traveling to Bristol (England) to stay with my family. We're planning a little dash up to Edinburgh and flying visit to Amsterdam before ending our holiday by hopefully (table applications don't open until September eek) taking part in <a href="http://www.renegadecraft.com/" target="_blank">Renegade Craft Fair</a> in London. </span>dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-54376789708710800282014-02-20T15:54:00.002-08:002014-02-20T15:54:59.309-08:00Art Club...<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I really want to start a weekly 'art club'*, it would be somewhat like flight club without any fighting and you'd be encouraged to talk about it... alot, so basically nothing like fight club at all. </span><div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I want to start it because I'm looking for a low pressure reason to draw, paint, make a sculptor, take a photo, write a poem or whatever creative itch I need to scratch every week. I could do this on my own but it's nice to share a creative journey with others and the internet makes that so easy. I also need to have some way to be held accountable, I don't really get anything done that doesn't have a deadline.</span><div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The problem with 'the art club' is having to come up with and write a weekly brief. I don't want this to be as simple as drawing an object (although sometimes it could be). I want the briefs to be thought provoking and answerable in any number of ways. The briefs also need to be short enough to be summed up in a tweet. I'm writing today to see firstly if people would be interested in me investing time into setting this up and secondly to get ideas for projects. My initial thought was to run with classic but very open themes like 'still life', 'figurative', 'light', 'landscape' but is this too old school/boring?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lately I have been back working nearly full time as a graphic design freelancer. Unexpectedly I'm really enjoying it. If you don't know my history I worked in a couple of design agencies for a number of years and pretty much burnt myself out creatively (like so many people who work in the industry). Spending all day designing does mean however that my personal work is not getting done. It's really important to me to keep doing personal work on the side so I never kill that creative flame again. That's why I'm so keen to get this off the ground. Please have a think and let me know if you're interested in giving it a go. </span></div>
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dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-71236809499696658482014-02-12T22:25:00.000-08:002014-02-13T18:09:14.784-08:00Valentine's Cards for Non Romantic, Romantic Types<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think I've said this before but I'm not much for Valentine's Day. I've spent more single than coupled and when I am with a partner I usually agree it's silly to celebrate but then feel like I'm missing out. Talk about over thinking. To be honest I handled the whole thing with a lot more grace when I was on my own.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If like me you're currently hooked to 'The Bachelor' then maybe this is the card for you. Lets face it top 3's not bad there are some real hotties on that show. <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ph4fkne1ovayc5/DC_bachelor_valentines.pdf" target="_blank">Download here...</a></span></div>
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dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-39056850670121450442014-01-20T19:05:00.001-08:002014-01-20T19:05:46.697-08:00New Year, New House Again<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I'm sorry I've been so quiet lately. December is always a blur and this December we also got given notice on our rental home so the landlady can renovate and sale. This happened to us pretty much at the same time last year and to be frank I just wasn't ready to move again so soon. I tried hard to stop it being a black cloud over Christmas but I just couldn't see the bright side. All the fun holiday plans and creative projects I was so looking forward to got scrapped, replaced by house hunting, organising the move and packing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess it's all worked out fine in the end we have a nice house in a better area, close to the beautiful beaches of St. Kilda, St Clair. I'm still feeling fairly shell shocked from the move and I differently don't feel like my usual happy-go-lucky self yet but hopefully once all the unpacking is finished I'll be able to get my head straight and get on with life and work as usual.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know if I have big plans for 2014 but I sure have some modest ones that I should put in writing soon. One of which should be 'working hard not to neglect this blog'. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and that the new year is off to a grand start. C x </span><br />
<br />dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-20940439950946149752013-11-25T10:46:00.001-08:002013-11-25T10:48:58.081-08:00Rust and Stardust<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been really busy over the past couple of months, a combination of teaching, freelancing at home, freelancing out in real offices, plus doing everything needed to keep Dear Colleen ticking along. I'm not complaining just with so much pressure on my time something had to give and sadly this blog was it. So much has gone on that I want to share, I'll do a real catch up soon. However today I want to write a little piece about two girls, three dogs, a warehouse and a dream.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Amy and Evie work in Auckland and have joined forces to set up what, they aim to become New Zealand's foremost hand printed textile studio. They have a great space and although they look incredibly set up they are seriously short of kit. That's where <a href="https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/1644" target="_blank">PledgeMe</a> comes in. If you have a minute to look at their campaign they have been working their socks off to design a stylish range of rewards so you can combine giving a helping hand with Christmas shopping (or just treating yourself). </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Scott and I were running around the house last night trying to measure our collie dog to make sure he'd fit on the 'Outside-In floor cushion'(above). He does, just, so we've snapped one up. Below is a little peak at my favourite items but please go and have a look at the whole range.</span><br />
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<br />dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-7437880202238732502013-09-29T21:11:00.001-07:002013-09-29T21:16:40.611-07:00Seasons' Eatings 2014 Sneak Peak<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pardon the pun but I've rather bitten off more than I can chew with this years calendar. I feel like I've been drawing nothing but food for months now. I long to start drawing hot dudes for tea towels again. I'm running horribly behind and I'm so sorry for this. There is light at the end of the tunnel though and everything is starting to come together. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I'm not being a crazy artist though I can see that it's all coming together nicely and the recipes Bron keeps emailing are month wateringly good.</span></div>
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<br />dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-66423939982214472492013-09-24T00:49:00.002-07:002013-09-24T00:56:05.155-07:00DIY Fabric Printing<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This weekend I did a short course at the local Polytech in 'beginners fabric printing'. The focus was mostly on basic screen printing using paper stencils rather than photo emulsion screens.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you haven't heard of screen printing before it's basically a way of making multiple prints by using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen. Printing ink is then squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been thinking a lot lately about getting a screen printing set up at home and now it feels more achievable than ever. Mostly it's just a case of saving up for the equipment. I'm going to try and share some of the gems of information I picked up over the weekend, mostly though this post will act as a shopping list for the basic kit you need to get set up at home.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Screen printing squeegee – you'll want a couple of sizes. I found the small (shown below and medium most useful) also cooking spatulas and plastic spoons are really useful for mixing and spreading the ink.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Paper to cut we used news print which worked really well the better quality thicker paper I also tried didn't work any where near as well so I'd say the cheaper and thinner the better.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. Craft knife or scalpel and cutting mat.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. Padded surface. The Polytech had desks covered with a hard foam top (search or ask about underfelt foam) this was covered with a blanket then everything was covered with calico, pulled tort and pinned into place.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6. T- Pins for holding your fabric in place.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">7. Masking tape</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8. Solvent free print paste and ink dyes. You mix a couple of drops of dye to a cup of the paste to make your printing ink. You can of course mix the inks to make new colours, just like painting. The paste comes in transparent, which is what I used and opaque white which is good for printing lighter colours or onto dark fabrics.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">9. Fabric or garments for printing on. Natural cottons work best.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">10. An iron or heat press to heat set the ink.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">11. newspaper and plastic sheeting to keep your house ink free. Apron, thin plastic gloves to keep yourself clean. Set up in a space near running water so you can clean your kit quickly and easily.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Draw your design onto the newsprint paper. Make sure your design is smaller than your screen. Stencils work like/as silhouettes so you can't have any details within a shape that is being cut out.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Using a scalpel or craft knife cut out your design.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. if you are printing onto a <span style="font-size: 15px;">garment or</span> item like a tote bag put a sheet of paper between the front and back to stop any ink sinking through. Then use the t-pins to attached your fabric or garment onto you desk. The t-pins should easily push into the foam top.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. Use masking tape to attach your paper stencil to your screen (you can mask of areas of your stencil to use later with a different colour ink as shown below)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">7. Holding the squeegee at a 45 degree angle. Pull it through the ink towards you (often you would be recommended to flood the screen with ink before printing but our teacher didn't recommend doing this with a paper stencil as the life of a paper stencil is limited to 5-10 good prints before degrading and becoming unusable). If your pulling your squeegee correctly it should make a zip noise when pulled.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8. Lift your screen carefully from one side like opening a book and that's you done unless, like me you want to print more colours. Really you should wait for the ink to dry before printing onto the fabric again but who can be bothered with that! Plus you have to clean the screen before the ink dries which means losing your paper stencil.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">9. I used one half of the stencil to print the blue and one half to print the yellow, masking off with paper as shown above. Once this was done I felt like it needed a third colour so i cleaned the screan basically with an old rag and did one final print in a pink ink.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">10. Clean your screen and equipment in water, the faster you do this the easier it is to get the ink off. Leave the ink to air dry on the fabric around 2 hours depending on how thick the ink is. Once it's dry heat set using an iron for around 4 minutes. Place a piece of paper between the iron and the fabric so your iron doesn't get ink on it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We also got to try out the thermal copier that makes a simple photo image screens from photo copies. Not as high quality as a photo emulsion screen but good for trying out little illustrations or motifs,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I used a mix of paper stencils and a thermal printed screen to make these prints.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love the over prints and double registration. I hardly ever play around with making pretty stuff just because. It was really good fun not to be worried about a target market or design concept for once and i'm keen to keep letting myself play with just creating for the sake of it for a while. If you're thinking of starting screen printing at home I'd highly recommend doing a short course first as getting the hang of pulling the squeegee is a bit tricky. If you can't find a course though, this etsy film is a good starting point.</span></div>
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<br />dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-25652354579254741012013-08-27T16:28:00.001-07:002013-08-27T16:55:55.901-07:00What the Hell to Buy Your Dad...<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you're anything like me, buying for your Dad is always the hardest. With Fathers day just round the corner I though I'd ask my Partner, <a href="http://ajollygoodshow.com/under_construction.html" target="_blank">Scott </a>(a real life man) to pick some affordable gifts that would make even the grumpiest Dad smile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Shameless plug alert my <a href="http://littlehelpproject.com/shop/LITTLE+HELP+PROJECT+SHOP/2043+2PAC+ON+A+UNICORN+BY+DEAR+COLLEEN.html" target="_blank">'More Awesome that 2Pac on a Unicorn' </a>t-shirt has just been restocked in all sizes and is a pretty neat gift for telling Dad how cool he is. However if 2Pac's not your Dads' bag. Here's Scotts list. Most of these are NZ finds so you should still have time to sort for Sunday.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A huge thanks to my lovely better half <a href="http://ajollygoodshow.com/under_construction.html" target="_blank">Scott Savage</a> for taking time out of his day to write this.</span>dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-49097958751155556032013-08-19T23:30:00.001-07:002013-08-20T04:05:31.519-07:00How to Make a 16 Page Zine from One Sheet of Paper!<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I taught this simple class on how to make a zine at 'Wellington Handmade' back in June (along with a few other tips and tricks). Once you get your head around <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagination" target="_blank">pagination</a> it's all really simple and a lot of fun.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course you can use this technique for making more than just zines! It's idea for making little info booklets particularly if you're on a budget. It's also a great way to put together family or holiday snapshots to send to loved ones or strangers if you like; who am I to judge. Today I'll refer to it as zine making though, as zines are often about producing multiples of a publication in a cheap and easy way.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. You'll need a few bits and pieces. Most importantly access to a printer or photocopier. Scissors. Stapler (all the better if it's long armed). Paper, standard sizes such as A4 or A3 work best.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. We'll start by making a master template. You can later use this to make your photocopies/prints from. Take a piece of A4 (this will fold down to make an A7 zine) or A3 (folds down to make an A6 zine) sheet of paper...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...fold it once longways...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">...fold it again vertically across the centre...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. Now comes the tricky bit. You need to number the pages 1-16 in Sequence. Start on the front page and work back. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some of the pages are folded/hidden but these need to be numbered as well. I recommend using a pencil so you can rub out the pages once you have finished designing.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. Unfold the sheet of paper and you'll see that both sides have numbers on them. The numbers show where the pages will end up once the zine is folded again. Trust the numbers, even though it seems odd that they are often not sat near the pages you want them to be.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's now time to get creative and start placing your designs/text/images onto the template. This is important - make sure what every your putting on the page is orientated to the same direction as the numbers you draw on earlier.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. Now your pages are all laid out (on both sides) you are ready to photocopy (or scan in and print). You'll need to print 'duplex' (on both sides of the same piece of paper). Do a test run to see if you need to <a href="http://belgium.oki.com/printing-ideas/printing-guides/detail.aspx?id=tcm:125-19710-16" target="_blank">duplex on the short or long edge</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/tlnl1qrfubbs6y7/DearColleen_zinehowto.pdf" target="_blank">The free downloadable 'how to make a zine, zine'</a> is flipped on the short edged (this means you turn it over on the short, rather than the long edge of the paper). Just play around to work this out or ask for help in the copy shop, they deal with this everyday so will easily be able to give you a hand.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6. Once you have a print out ready fold it up the same way we did at the start (step 2). My zine is pink because I chose a pink paper stock.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">7. Now it's time to bind. This is where the stapler come in. Open the zine up to the centre pages and staple twice along the fold line. Binding done, it's that easy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">8. Now close the zine back up and cut along the top and non bound long edge using a strong pair of scissors. That's it you have a zine. Repeat for as many editions as you like.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/tlnl1qrfubbs6y7/DearColleen_zinehowto.pdf" target="_blank">Download your how to make a zine, zine here!</a></span>dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-35922946554374079862013-08-15T12:38:00.002-07:002013-08-15T15:37:02.888-07:00Seasons' Eatings 2014<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's very weird to be thinking about calendars in August but believe it of not, in giftware circles, i'm behind the game. Luckily for a small business like mine there's still enough time to get it all illustrated and printed before Christmas.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To build on the success of last years seasonal food calendar I have teamed up with a friend and fantastic cook Bronwyn Mason (<a href="http://rw-scissors.blogspot.co.nz/" target="_blank">you might also know her as R.W. Scissors</a></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">) to create a seasonal calendar-cum-recipe collection. Unlike most calendars, this one carries on having a purpose once the year is done. Simply tear along the perforation to remove the dates, and you are left with an illustrated cookbook and guide to season produce. Even the torn-off dates have a second use as a shopping list for the ingredients used.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bronwyn and I are both taking a bit of a leap of faith as we don't yet have the funds to produce the calendar. That's where New Zealand 'crowdfunding' site <a href="https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/1286" target="_blank">PledgeMe </a>comes in. We're aiming to raise $1,500 to get a run of 100 of these calendars professionally printed to the highest quality on 100% recycled paper.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am running this PledgeMe as a pre order and there are some great rewards up for grabs. Here's a wee gander of the rewards list:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">$30 </span></b><span style="color: #666666;">- </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 16px;">Seasons' Eatings calendar/cookbook, including free shipping within New Zealand</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; line-height: 16px;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">$50</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> - Two Seasons' Eatings calendars</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">$80</span></b><span style="color: #666666;"> - Two Seasons' Eatings calendars and two tote bags</span></span></span><br />
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<br />dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-36736885927225423052013-08-10T22:25:00.001-07:002013-08-10T22:52:58.547-07:00My Name is Earl(wolf)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you follow me anywhere online you would have noticed my partner Scott and I have added a puppy to our family. I still feel a little shocked that we opted for a Chihuahua. Having grown up in a house with German Shepherds and Newfoundlands </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">both huge breeds </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newfoundfriends.co.uk/" target="_blank">(here's a link to my parents dog rescue</a></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.newfoundfriends.co.uk/" target="_blank"> group, yep I come from a dog crazy family)</a>. I've literally gone from the biggest of dogs to the smallest. Lucky Scott and I met a tiny Chihuahua when we were up in Wellington and all our preconceived ideas were washed away.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Earlwolf (named after Earl Sweatshirt of <a href="http://www.oddfuture.com/" target="_blank">odd future</a> in a round about way) is a smart and loving little cookie. I never know Chihuahuas were among one of the oldest, and are one of the brightest dog breeds around. So despite the fact he's a 20th the size of our border collie he is proving to intellectually be his equal. They had a bit of a distant first week but now, three weeks down, they are firmly the best of friends.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This year has been pretty full of worry and heartbreak and it's been so lovely to have this happy ball of fluff in our lives. Scott and I are so lucky that we mostly work at home and are able to look after and be with the pups so much, it sure makes the day job more fun.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On a side note, we planned pretty carefully getting a second dog and have been weighing it up for a couple of years. Also I just found out that Mickey Rourke is a Chihuahua enthusiast... which makes me like Chihuahuas and him all the more.</span>dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-5267222510740702272013-07-30T15:44:00.000-07:002013-07-30T16:26:12.940-07:00Amanda Wachob<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I don't usually wright much about other artist, mostly because I keep this blog as a journal for my own creative journey. But last night I stubbled across <a href="http://www.amandawachob.com/" target="_blank">Amanda Wachobs'</a> work and was really blow away. She's one of those modern creatives crossing the line between tattooing and painting. </span><br />
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dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-9614679009779881502013-07-28T18:59:00.002-07:002013-07-28T18:59:43.620-07:00A Date with Ryan Gosling (Sort of)<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh goodness it's been a couple of months between posts. Mostly down to getting my gallbladder taken out... Turns out I was pretty sick and my gallbladder was fairly close to exploding or what ever it's medically called (rupturing I think). Anyway it ended up being a bigger op than planned and a longer recovery. I'm doing great now though.</span><div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Anyway on a positive note I got a lovely email from Tina Gephart a few weeks ago, Sorry Tina for being so slow in sharing this. Tina and friends have been taking the Ryan Gosling tea towel on a number of exciting adventures. These girls must be very good friends as they seem happy sharing him on their dates, I'm not sure I would be so kindhearted.</span></div>
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Anyway today, incase some how you have missed it, it's Mother's day (here in New Zealand at least) and I wanted to take a moment to talk about that. Mother's day this year is feeling like a hard day for me. My Mum is in hospital on the other side of the world recovering from a hip replacement op. I wanted/want desperately to be in the UK with her to help out and just genrally hug her and let her know she's loved. Sadly due to work commitments and lack of money it's not posible. Luckily as it turned out it was fortunate I didn't up stick and disappear as my partners Mum was taken unexpectedly and gravely sick at the start of the week. For the first time ever I had a scene of what Mother's day would be like without your Mum and it's given't the day a whole new edge. Not to take anything away from all those amazing mums out there being celebrated but my thoughts today are with all those who don't have their mothers anymore. Sorry if that's a bit of a sad note I just know it must be a very hard day for lots of people. It's been a tough week in my world but at least we got happy endings.<br />
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Above is an awful out of focus picture of my parents when they were much younger than I am now. I'm very much a louder, fatter, worse version of my Mum (we look, sound and think alike) so even though we are apart I carry her with me in my genes and in my heart. My partner and I are working incredible hard at the moment to save the funds to visit my family before the end of the year, I can't wait to see them again. Although I love New Zealand I wish it wasn't quite so far away from my family, it's definitely the hardest part of living on the other side of the world.<br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This blog post has nothing much to do with anything apart from the fact it's a lovely Autumn Sunday here in Dunedin and we walked back there this morning to take some pictures. The space is very peaceful, placed on a hill looking out over the city. There's something about the idea of a vegetable garden for the community that I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge. I'm not sure if you can read the sign above <i>'Please give a little of your time and labour if you wish to harvest- THANKS'... </i>Seems more than fair to me!</span></div>
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dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-31811543211986035222013-04-03T15:09:00.002-07:002013-04-03T19:38:01.145-07:00Making Zines and Public Speaking<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is a really short post just to let you know I've been asked to do a couple of talks in the coming months. What feels like I life time ago I used to work as a tutor and had to talk to room full's of people on a daily basis but boy I'm feeling rusty. I'm mostly looking forward to it though or will be once I have my images sorted.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">On <b>Wednesday 8 May 1pm-2pm</b> I'm speaking at the <b>BNZ Business Centre, Dunedin</b> for </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/shesmotivated" target="_blank">She's Motivated</a>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> It's free of charge, you can find out more </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/shesmotivated" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">here.</span></a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">I'm also giving a talk about the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;"><a href="http://www.handmadenz.co.nz/programme/first-hand-handmade-lecture-series/" target="_blank">ins and outs of running a online creative business</a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">with plenty of insider tricks and tips and teaching a </span><a href="http://www.handmadenz.co.nz/programme/world/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #3d85c6;">zine making class</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. I used to teach the same class at Edinburgh College of Art and it was always great fun and kind of magical how you can make a perfect little booklet from one sheet of paper. I hope some of you will be able to join me.</span></span>dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-4725390824026573082013-04-02T21:38:00.000-07:002013-04-02T21:40:28.833-07:00Tigershark: April, Printable Freestanding Calendar<span style="color: #666666; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Damn it I'm so late with this post, lets blame Easter and no print shops being open. So here's April (can you believe it's April already). He's half tiger, half shark. Yeah you're got it this months little snapper is a tigershark, complete with strips and tiny fin.</span></span><br />
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dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-33169618993879345992013-03-24T21:57:00.002-07:002013-03-24T21:59:08.196-07:00Pimp My Bride - Paper Doll Printable<br />
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dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-71725713675498759102013-03-14T23:00:00.000-07:002013-03-14T23:16:25.555-07:00Next<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's been another fast couple of weeks for me. I'm still up to my eyeballs with work and I still haven't been able to take that much needed step back to process everything that's happened. I seem to be muddling through one way or another though. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In between all the freelancing and teaching and packaging I've been planning out all the fun creative stuff that I'll be doing next. It might be a few weeks before I can really get my teeth into drawing and designing but I thought I would share some of the ideas/projects you can expect to be seeing in the coming months.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. More Dishes. Firstly I'm already working on a James Bond one or actors who have played Bond would be a better description. I am also planning to do a small NZ release of a 'Gay dishes' in celebration/suport of marriage equality. I'm always really keen to hear other people thoughts so if you have any requests for hotties you would like just leave a comment below and I'll start taking note in my workbook.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. This is a biggy. Plans are very much underway for a whole new business in partnership with my better half with a focus on custom pet art and products. Including work like the zines shown below.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3. A reprint of the 'skills to pay the bills' tote, only this time in a beautiful metallic ink. I'm doing test runs with my printer at the moment and it's looking sick. I'm only planning on doing a very limited run of between 10-20 so it'll be first come, first served.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4. Limited addition tees, which will only be available through pre-order. So if you think you might be interested make sure you subscribe to my newsletter. Buttons at the top of the side bar. Don't worry it's not going to be the design in the sketch below! I wanted to make the 'young, gifted and fat' tee for myself to wear well doing press but didn't get the time to make one. I figure no body apart from me would wear that slogan so no point doing a commercial print run.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">5. The top secret item that I keep talking about but haven't had the money to produce. I nearly have the money! It's only been in my sketchbook for 13 years!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">6. Ultimate Pirates zine. Sketches under way. Very silly hopefully other people will find it as funny as me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">7. More teaching. Fingers crossed I'll be doing some extra work at the local collage but also I'm booked in to teach a class and give a lecture at this years <a href="http://www.handmadenz.co.nz/" target="_blank">Handmade</a> in Te Papa Wellington. I'll write more fully about this once the programme it available to share. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Sorry this is such a boring post. I just wanted to let you know that there's lots of new work on the way. Sadly being a one woman business everything takes a bit of time.</span><br />
<br />dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9079917014970125238.post-85032571016902535462013-03-02T21:20:00.000-08:002013-03-02T21:27:10.387-08:00Insane...<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I couldn't think what to title this post but I just wanted to write a little something about the experience I've just gone through. A week after Gosling gate things in my tiny world are getting back to normal. The past seven days have been full of highs and lows. On Monday our puppy dog Castro turned 3.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There was cake and singing and frisbee, basically all the things Castro loves. Luckily Castro loves people as well because just before this photo was taken we had the <a href="http://tvnz.co.nz/" target="_blank">TVNZ</a> news round filming me and the photographer and journalist from the <a href="http://www.odt.co.nz/" target="_blank">Otago Daily Times.</a> Monday was kind of an awful day before any of this happened I had committed to doing some regular freelance work as well as taking on some teaching and commission work through Dear Colleen. Basically I was and am already incredibly busy. Monday was spent sat at a desk trying to focus on setting type all the time my phone ringing and emails filling my inbox. I know I have missed more opportunities than I have grasped in regards to TV, Radio and Print within New Zealand but there is a limit to how much you can do within the 24 hours you have where the media is interested in you.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The Ryan Gosling film got featured in some amazing places, I don't know the full extent yet. Living in New Zealand and making the home page of <a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/8347886/Kiwi-dish-towel-freaks-out-Gosling" target="_blank">Stuff</a> was pretty amazing. As was the <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/personalities/news/article.cfm?c_id=72&objectid=10867579" target="_blank">NZ herald</a> feature. The piece of media coverage that thrilled me most though was getting a story on the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/24/ryan-gosling-towel_n_2755817.html" target="_blank">Huffington Post</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's bad saying this but right now I just feel a bit empty. I know it's shock and pressure and stress and that one day I'll look back and be 'oh wow that was a really cool thing that happened'. My partner Scott was talking to one of his very bright academic friends about this/me yesterday and they said something that seemed to hit the nail on the head 'that we often prepare for failure but not success'. I feel so paralyzed now by what I do next and ill equipped to handle the opportunity I have been handed.</span>dear colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00297782682713159741noreply@blogger.com5