Category: Journal

• Manganese Bricks

  

  A brick is a brick when you can hold it in one hand. It’s not a brick when you need two hands.

  2011-09-09

• Pretty Pavilion in the Park

  

  A while back I mentioned the work of Architect and City Town Planner extraordinaire Mr Frank Stapley.

  2011-09-08

• The MacRobertson Girls’ High

  

  It is possible that if you were educated at MacRobertson Girls’ High in Melbourne you may not like this building.

  2011-09-07

• Bluestone with Magnolia

  

  Thinking about bricks and places of prayer I was reminded of this lovely bluestone tower that is the remains of St Patrick’s College in East Melbourne.

  2011-09-06

• Magnolia Days

  

  A shift to spring in Australia brings a shift back to Melbourne.

  2011-09-05

• Technical Textiles of Reiko Sudo

  

  Another textile artist featured in the Museum of Modern Art, New York, is Reiko Sudo. ‘I am always looking for beauty, for mystery, for a heightened awareness.’ A relentless experimenter of all things textiles and technics. And again the merging of the old and the new. In scattered rubber bands acrylic and silicone provide the…

  2011-09-02

• Issey Miyaki

  

  I’ve always been attracted to this sculptural image of Miyaki’s minaret dress.

  2011-09-01

• Think indigo, think Japan

  

  There’s an artist in Japan called Hiroyuki Shindo who is determined to keep the art of indigo dying alive.

  2011-08-31

• Yohji Yamamoto

  

  ‘Fabric is everything. Often I tell my pattern makers, just listen to the material. What is it going to say? Just wait. Probably the material will teach you something.’

  2011-08-30

• Kamiko Kimono and Junya Watanabe

  

  There is a beautiful kimono on display at the National Gallery of Victoria here in Melbourne.

  2011-08-29

• Form + Function = Armrest

  

  When I visited the NGV recently I was struck by this elegant little piece of furniture.

  2011-08-26

• Sofu Teshigahara

  

  Mirei Shigemori and Sofu Teshigahara felt ikebana was so important as an artform they created the New Ikebana Declaration.

  2011-08-25

• Kogawa Residence by Mirei Shigemori

  

  Seems a natural progression for this man to move from ikebana to garden design.

  2011-08-24

• The Dignified Pine Tree

  

  Youth, longevity, and dignity. That’s one very symbolically laden Japanese pine tree.

  2011-08-23

• Japanese Stripes

  

  The woven stripe has a long history in Japan and this history was passed on from generation to generation.

  2011-08-22

• Don’t Read Books!

  

  Don’t read books! Don’t chant poems!

  2011-08-19

• Hilda Rix Nicholas

  

  Sometimes I don’t know which is more interesting – the artist or their work.

  2011-08-18

• Marion Hall Best – from Decorator to Designer

  

  She became very good at bouncing walls apart.

  2011-08-17

• I wish I could draw like Thea Proctor

  

  I’m in awe of the talented artist Thea Proctor.

  2011-08-16

• The Art of…

  

  Need to share this list from the always intriguing Lapham’s Quarterly.

  2011-08-15