It was the colour of the laces that first attracted
attention, then the saffron yellow of the skirt, which complemented the jaunty purple
and blue combo of the shoes’ soles, made the story complete.
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.
23 November 2014
17 November 2014
Drawn
"Graffiti means making marks on surfaces
using just about anything, be it markers, spray, paint, chalk,
lipstick, varnish, ink.
Or it can be the result of scratches and
incisions. The aim is to maintain the
energy created by disturbance or excitement in the street."
People need to create them, fill their world with them. Go and buy some chalk today, pick a bit of tarmac and DRAW!
13 November 2014
I love a bit of glitter
These beautiful tiny shoes covered in sea shells are lovingly made by a wonderful indigenous Australian artist called Esme Timbery.
The work shown on this page entitled
‘Shellworked Slippers 2008’ is a part of the MCA’s permanent collection.
It is made from shell,
glitter, fabric, cardboard and glue.
Shiftazine was fortunate to have visited Esme at her La Perous home on the north shore of Botany Bay.
Her work space, a kitchen table, was covered in tiny shells that her family had collect for her, from up and down the south coast of NSW.
Her place was totally old school suburban.
And yet some of the most endearing art of contemporary Australia is created in this simple, unpretentious
environment.
Esme’s work spans a diverse range of projects including shoes for a ‘Children of the Revolution’ fashion house runway show,
and no home is complete until it sports one of her shell and velvet covered Harbour Bridges.
(My
friend Gavin bought one for his darling wife one year...lucky girl!)
10 November 2014
Wallism_November
Take a
drive one weekend around the rapidly changing gentrified, once light-industrial
area of Wickham in Newcastle NSW.
Turning
down one small street and up the next was a constant delight with the discovery
of one mural after another.
Who does these? Don’t know.
Who does these? Don’t know.
Why do they
do them? For the joy of creating something beautiful, witty, loud, I guess.
The walls of the converted factories are groaning with huge murals and images that have been conceived, considered and constructed with great energy and execution.
Exciting!
The walls of the converted factories are groaning with huge murals and images that have been conceived, considered and constructed with great energy and execution.
Exciting!
03 November 2014
21 October 2014
Nothing Remarkable
A block of flats at dusk.
Nothing
remarkable unless you look at the rhythm of the elements, then it’s a painting,
a modernist image.
It’s an Edward Hopper. Its beautiful. But you have to look past the
surface.
It’s all there.
17 October 2014
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