SHIFTAZINE is about celebrating what is out there, already in your life, right in front of you. SHIFTAZINE aims to give some useful insights, to pose some questions, and to make you look at everything differently. Hopefully, it will help shift the contemporary perception of beauty and aesthetics. SHIFTAZINE is created by Jacqueline Hill and is associated with DESIGNASAW.
20 December 2012
17 December 2012
Come rain or come shine
A month or so ago, Sculptures by the Sea, at Bondi and the coast walk near by, as usual took our breath away with the inventive and creative efforts of a disparate group of artists .
So much money is invested in the pieces themselves_made from bronze, steel and marble.
And yet it took a large plastic bag and an old chair (which had a grass seat) to trigger such a wonderful interaction with its surroundings.
One morning was stormy with a soft grey light, the next morning, the light was golden with the dawn light.
Different effects, equally beautiful. Just LOVE it!
So much money is invested in the pieces themselves_made from bronze, steel and marble.
And yet it took a large plastic bag and an old chair (which had a grass seat) to trigger such a wonderful interaction with its surroundings.
One morning was stormy with a soft grey light, the next morning, the light was golden with the dawn light.
10 December 2012
Digging old stuff
THERE EXISTS A GREAT TROVE OF POSSIBLITIES JUST WAITING TO BE RECOGNISED, ADOPTED, ENGAGED WITH ON BOURKE STREET, WATERLOO, SYDNEY.
THE PLACE IS CALLED ‘DOUG UP ON BOURKE’ AND IT PROMISES HOURS OF ADVENTURE WANDERING THROUGH THE FINDS, THE CAST OFFS, THE FORGOTTEN.
TIN SIGNS ABOUND ON ALL THE WALLS.
THEY ARE LIKE A VOICE FROM THE PAST AND THE CHIPPED ENAMEL, AND DENTS, AND THE RUST ON THEM JUST BRINGS MORE CHARACTER TO THE OBJECT.
THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT IS TO GO AND HAVE A LOOK FOR YOURSELF.
DOUG UP ON BOURKE, 901A BOURKE STREET
WATERLOO NSW CLOSED SUNDAY.
07 December 2012
When is a jar not a jar...
A Jar is defined as a wide-mouthed, cylindrical container made of glass or pottery, especially one used for storing food...
But a single flower or a grouping of buds and blooms are all the more beautiful when placed in a simple every day jar.
It may be an empty vegemite jar, or a jam jar, even an old lemonade glass bottle which gently holds and supports the sweet bloom.
But a single flower or a grouping of buds and blooms are all the more beautiful when placed in a simple every day jar.
It may be an empty vegemite jar, or a jam jar, even an old lemonade glass bottle which gently holds and supports the sweet bloom.
Of late jars and soft drink bottles
have been popping up every where being engaged as vases, like my friend Fran,
who assembled jars and old glass medicine bottles and placed just a single bud or stem in each one.
The effect was beautiful as seen on page 1.
who assembled jars and old glass medicine bottles and placed just a single bud or stem in each one.
The effect was beautiful as seen on page 1.
Alternatively the inventive and beautiful mobile hanging floral tributes just
like this one found at Orto Trading Co. 38 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills,
Sydney, Australia
engage old soft drink bottles to create a focus to the cafe.
Moral of the story...don't throw a glass jar out just because it is empty,
fill it up with something else, like a flower and enjoy it some more. Shift a little.
engage old soft drink bottles to create a focus to the cafe.
Moral of the story...don't throw a glass jar out just because it is empty,
fill it up with something else, like a flower and enjoy it some more. Shift a little.
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