Todays Stallholder Profile belongs to Adorn You
Growing up I was a bush bower bird..collecting
bits of broken china and glass, feathers and anything bright that caught my eye… spending time in
the bush with my pony, using wire to fix things, picking up stones…I began to
see the sometimes hidden beauty of nature at an early age..even now when the cabbage gums drop their silvery, purple
bark to become bright orange continues to
fascinate me. I remember having a collection of broken egg shells just because
I liked the patterns.” Making Do” in the
bush led me to believe, as I still do, that there are no real right ways to do
things....just what works best at the time…This is the basis of my
innovativeness ..I put things together in a way that work .
I am
the proud daughter of an amazing artist and my mother was a fabulous dressmaker
and fashionista . So she drafted and sewed the latest designs and I was
always dressed in the latest
fashion. Jewellery and accessories in the
bush were very rare so I made mine to match each outfit. I still have all my long dresses that I hand
beaded and the accessories that went with. So adorning is as natural as
breathing to me.
I studied school
at home , art and business at university
and then have been a potter, a bead store
owner, art teacher [also did I mention a fish farmer, grazier and am currently
a safari operator in another life.. I am
a mother but our kids have grown and
gone from home but I still have
‘precious collection
of beads and stuff but now I also now have a collection of opinionated animals....birds,
dogs, deer and a camel .
Some
of my favourite highlights have been runner up in the Australian Wool awards,
pieces selected and exhibited in the prestigious for Santa Fa Bead exposition and winning the title of Southern Downs ABC Rural Woman
of the year” and being runner up for the state in 1997 because of my reinventing objects of the drought and giving
them new life … I find it hard to throw
”interesting” things away and I often have things stashed for a while
until they come to life again with a new story of creation .making it truly
special.
I
love the joy people have when they wear a piece of my jewellery and how special
they say they feel when other people comment on their jewellery. I think people
respond to colour and my work is colourful, especially my hand-painted beads, it’s
whimsical nature naturally spreads joy and smiles. Life is for living, why not make it a
colourful one too!
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