tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52708644285019159822024-02-08T10:42:36.672+10:00{studio archive}of the practice of sophie munnsSophie Munnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270864428501915982.post-72430936217036543822017-10-10T19:12:00.003+10:002017-10-10T19:12:54.914+10:00NEWS UPDATE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">I decided to share a post from my other blog, Visual Eclectica, recently renamed <b><a href="http://sophiemunns.blogspot.com.au/2017/10/a-new-direction-renaming-this-blog.html" target="_blank">SeedArtLab Journal</a></b> since it's been so long since I posted here at the Studio Archive blog. </span><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-size: large;">This brings things up to date somewhat:</span><br />
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Like many of you in the blogging world have probably found ... keeping up with the last few years of changes in social media trends & options has been... well ... sometimes bewildering.<br />
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I gravitated to <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sophiemunns/">Instagram</a> a few years ago... took ages to get used to it but then gradually found it my first go-to place on the internet.<br />
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Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Homage-to-the-seed-276713165689916/">Homage to the Seed</a> I only set up when going to the UK on a Research Trip in 2011... and similarly it took a while to get used to it. I only began using the Sophie Munns feed a year or so ago... and then in a fairly low key way.<br />
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I've <a href="https://twitter.com/sophiemunns">tweeted</a> for years it seems but that's faded into the background. On Linked-in I'm so out of date its embarrassing.. I don't accept new links anymore. On Tumblr I have 5 sites but rarely visit them... and Pinterest....<br />
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... well its thanks to <a href="https://au.pinterest.com/homagetotheseed/">Pinterest</a> which I was very active on for several years that my project was found by Julie Emery, an Art Teacher based at an International School in Hong Kong... which led to my first residency in Hong Kong in May this year.<br />
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If one complains about the time spent keeping up to date online its moments like that which remind one there are indeed benefits to having spent so much time quietly building a profile a different platforms.<br />
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One can't sit and wait for the opportunities to arrive but the quiet dedication of keeping online threads of one's practice going & interacting widely in the process have enriched and provided lessons for many of us over some years now.<br />
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Recently I tuned into a week of radio programs on the National Broadcaster in this country discussing the ways the smart phone & social media have encroached on our lives. It was a timely exploration of the impact these tools are having. I was more than ready to reconsider this issue.<br />
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By 2012 I had ten or so social media sites. Given I only bought a computer in 2008, and started blogging in 2009 it was bizarre to think by 2011 how hard I was working to keep up with online posting whilst also managing my Art Practice, Artist residences, teaching and speaking gigs, home life and friendships.<br />
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To say the computer, iPhone and social media changed my life is a vast understatement. I went from being somewhat locally focused, hand-writing almost everything, extensive journal-keeping and and focus in Slow living before it was fashionable.<br />
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This image below right is from my first real studio ... 1989, Kew, Melbourne when I was 30.</div>
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After years as a fairly home-oriented artist, apart from a few bold undertakings, I nevertheless was devoted to keeping the discipline of art practice, and a journal, whether travelling, working or in a studio setting.<br />
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I liked the world of documentation, reading and thinking & my preference for ideas exchanges was to meet friends in cafes, at events and talk fests like writers festivals.<br />
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Graduating Art School in 1980 unless a female was endowed with enormous talent, huge self-belief or bucket-loads of pluck it was easier to hide behind a day job, part-time art-making or group art projects than to step up as an artist onto a public stage & take a risk.<br />
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Despite this reticence I was consistent at keeping the threads of my creative passions alive.<br />
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After a major relocation from Melbourne to Newcastle in 2000, aged 42, I began to address in earnest how my art practice had to change. I didn't need to work any harder at art, be any more serious about my philosphy or content ...but I did need to stop hiding out so to speak... and take some more risks.<br />
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Returning part time to Art School in 2000 & watching first time art students actively promote their early work, print business cards, set up exhibitions and talk about plans & expectations demonstrated a new ethos was alive & well in the Art Schools of this era & my NOT being a more a more public artist was pointless. I began to participate in group shows, entered Art Competitions & worked on showing solo. In 2007 commenced a Masters of Fine Arts at Newcastle University.<br />
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Another major relocation unexpectedly occurred in 2008 following sudden medical complications that saw me leaving work as a teacher in schools and putting the MFA on hold. I consequently moved north to live with family in Brisbane.<br />
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Unable to pursue MFA research or teaching work in Brisbane I went back to the drawing board, literally and metaphorically, read extensively, painted, started blogging & considering new possibilities ... the Homage to the Seed project was born when I realised I could bring a seed focus to me<br />
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The brought was the point when I stumbled into the world of blogging. My private journal process became a public blog process. It took me while to get over the feeling of<br />
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With a new artistic & philosophical direction to develop blogging was the means... the scaffolding... the format to do so. First this blog named then Visual Eclectica.<br />
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Then the <a href="http://sophiemunnsstudio.blogspot.com.au/">Studio Archive Blog</a> which I've not visited for a few years to post on sadly.</div>
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Then in 2010 <a href="http://sophiemunns2010.blogspot.com.au/">The Homage to the Seed blog</a> began in earnest. I'm very sad that so many images that accompanied interesting posts have disappeared form there now.<br />
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A scroll through the Instagram feed from the beginning takes you back to the time in 2013 of a significant relocation in Brisbane when I packed up my temporary Paddington Studio went through the slow process of selling the Clayfield family home and relocating with my elderly mother to a more spacious home with an excellent studio plus everything in place to suit her current needs. Although there were some very productive times during this change it was a good 9 months without a studio and managing the chaos.<br />
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Photos below are taken around the time of the launch of SeedArtLab November 2013.</div>
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The Instagram gallery therefore tracks the story from the relocation through to the setting up and launch of SEEDARTLAB and a series of residencies, the launch of my workshop program SEEDS THROUGH AN ARTIST'S LENS and all the activities and projects that have filled the period between late 2013 til now.<br />
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BELOW: Images from <a href="http://www.plantbank.org.au/">PLANTBANK</a> ... location of a series of Residencies in 2014, 2015 & 2016. This leading Australian Seed Research facility, opened late 2013 at the Australian Botanic Gardens Mt Annan in South West Sydney, was an excellent location for furthering the exploration and research for the Homage to the Seed project.</div>
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1000's of photos of seed material, notes, interviews, drawings & paintings, workshops and an exhibition resulted from this period of engagement.<br />
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Its worth mentioning that all this material has also been put to great use in various other residencies, presentations and projects that have occurred throughout that period and since.<br />
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I had hoped to put together a visual book with notes around the PlantBank experience. However I've been kept flat out with other work since April, 2016 when I completed the Plantbank stint and have not found time to get to that.<br />
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Last year preparing work for exhibition in the US I revisited the Journal from my Millennium Seedbank Residency in October 2011.<br />
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Trawling through pages of this journal it struck me how difficult it's been to process the incredible wealth of material & stimulus stemming from consecutive residencies into a form that captures precisely what I would most like to share from it all.<br />
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Setup for a workshop at Melbourne Botanic Gardens in 2016 </span></span></td></tr>
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Images from the first SEEDS THROUGH AN ARTIST'S LENS WORKSHOP at PlantBank<br />
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I'm so delighted to have shaped a course that brought together enthusiastic people from widely varying disciplines & interests, merged aspects of Seed Science with Art, artist books and new ideas in a refreshing way, growing a kind of online community as a result. </div>
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That more that anything did prove to take a lot of time in the last few years. As many find who teach there is less time for one's own artwork. Yet... there is a brilliant opportunity to review what one values, the core material of ones own practice and teaching. And that all feeds back into the Art practice even if not in such obvious ways at the time.<br />
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A strong focus on small works, concertina books and artist's books was reignited during the intensive period of teaching.<br />
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<u>So what is happening now: </u><br />
I'm currently preparing for a November residency In Hong Kong at the Kellett British International School and working on several other projects.<br />
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<b><u>Recent artworks:</u></b><br />
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<b>Daintree River Seed Cloth</b><br />
size: 50 cm x 120 cm<br />
materials: linen, acrylic & pigmented inks, linen thread stitching. (clear medium undercoat and matt spray varnish)<br />
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'Daintree River seed cloth' references fantastic matchbox seedpods sent from Far North Queensland in June by David White who runs the 'Daintree River Wildlife & Crocodile Cruises’ near the World Heritage Daintree National Park. <a href="http://www.solarwhisper.com/">http://www.solarwhisper.com</a><br />
NB: Botanical Name: Entada phaseoloides<br />
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I was thrilled to be sent several of these stunning pods among a collection of seedpods from rainforest species in the Wet Tropics. They were mostly found in the actual Daintree River by David. He scooped the pods from the river, dried them out then shipped them to my studio SEEDARTLAB … so this work is in part a tribute to that wonderful surprise but also to the extraordinary biodiversity of the tropical north of this continent.<br />
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<b><u>Seed Diversity Cloth:</u></b><br />
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size: 140 cm x 100 cm<br />
materials: linen, linen & cotton stitching, acrylic & pigmented inks. (clear medium undercoat and matt spray varnish)<br />
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The finished artwork was professionally scanned with a 600 MB file so I can offer Limited Edition Prints. That file is too large to share even at a drastically reduced size... hence this image above.<br />
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A strong motivation behind this cloth is in part informed by my work to understand the concept and implications of preserving Seed Diversity. I gradually came to understand the role of organisations involved in this work.<br />
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When I began the Homage to the Seed project I discovered the politics around seeds frequently brought considerable negativity to the science of seeds, and the institutions & organisations working with seeds. irregardless of the nature & focus of the work.<br />
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The caretaker role of some of the most crucial mechanisms in place to conserve seed diversity was treated with as much suspicion & contempt as the transitionals profiting from their patented seeds.<br />
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For this reason I pursued the public discourse around this work, asked many questions when on residency in laces like the KEW Millennium Seedbank ... until it became clear that Seed Conservation and the concept of Seed Diversity was simply not widely understood ... I found I talk to that through my work.<br />
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I have an project with the Crop Trust at the moment ... an international organization working to "safeguard crop diversity, forever."</div>
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This organisation has been a ongoing isourse of information since 2011. My artwork was shown in their Annual General Report for 2014 and in a Xmas card in 2014.<br />
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Based in Bonn, Germany they collaborate with many key organisations to preserve seeds … specifically Crop Diversity around the globe, partnering with organisations like the KEW Millennium Seedbank in the UK and crucial gene banks holding genetic diversity of wild relative species as well as cultivated crops and landraces.</div>
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So for now... on with the preparation for Hong Kong and completing work over the next month before I leave.<br />
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This morning I had a visit from Photographer Margie Bender who took this Studio panorama shot which I do rather like. Often when people visit the studio and its been a busy time I feel like I have to clean up first. Neither the studio nor myself were particularly well groomed but I like how it worked out... and looks a hell of a lot more organised than it feels.</div>
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I started this blog in winter 2009 ... and I didn't really have a studio when I started, had been very ill & was just getting things going again. So its great to be in a whole different phase where much has taken shape... although it must be said in 2009 it was easier to sell paintings, the economy in Australia hadn't fallen over from the GFC, global ecological disasters and Climate Change were less dominant in the general public's psyche even though many knew then that ignoring it was at our great peril. </div>
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I spend more time on the <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Homage-to-the-seed-276713165689916/" target="_blank">Homage to the Seed page at Facebook</a></b> and <b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/sophiemunns/" target="_blank">Instagram </a></b>these days. So if you wonder what I am up to find me there... Homage to the Seed is alive and well.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #073763;">Most of the work we do will be on various kinds of paper … </span></span><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #073763;">or</span><span style="color: #990000;"><b> </b><span style="font-weight: bold;">in your Journal!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: small;">Because I do promos on Instagram and Facebook what is occuring is people who live in other states are requesting workshops… so that means I'm creating numbers for a group in other places as well as having organisations book me to travel to them. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #073763; font-size: small;">Its been absolutely fantastic doing this… great fun and we get to know each other easily working like that. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #e32400;">Studio workshops are small but have to the advantage of getting to see my Seed collection, Journals and paintings which are always around for inspiration here.</span></div>
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Its been a very long time since I posted here.<br />
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As the <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Homage-to-the-seed/276713165689916">Homage to the Seed Facebook page</a> , </b> <b><a href="https://twitter.com/sophiemunns">Sophie Munns Twitter</a></b> and <b><a href="https://instagram.com/sophiemunns/">Instagram/sophiemunns</a></b> profiles have becomes busier blogging has receded from focus. Something I was reluctant to let happen but one can't keep all sites active that's for sure.<br />
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One thing in the works is the setting up of an online shop. I'm half-way there... so stay tuned if this is of interest. Of follow me t FB or Instagram for regular updates!<br />
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Ive just added a fresh post to the Homage to the Seed post which sums up the recent focus of work.<br />
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Click to read that post here: <a href="http://sophiemunns2010.blogspot.com.au/2015/02/catching-up-february.html#.VOrK8sFfQqQ.blogger">homage to the seed weblog . . .: CATCHING UP : FEBRUARY</a><br />
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From late June to late August considerable hours were dedicated to painting three large works for a Textiles exhibition currently being held in the US, at <b><a href="http://mobilia-gallery.com/" target="_blank">Mobilia Gallery</a></b> in Cambridge, Massachusetts.</div>
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During the painting phase I updated often on <a href="http://instagram.com/sophiemunns" target="_blank">Instagram</a> and<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Homage-to-the-seed/276713165689916?ref=stream" target="_blank"> FB page</a>... and below are images of the works which have been professionally photographed and are now available as Limited Edition Archival prints. Enquiries <b><a href="mailto:sophiemunns@iinet.net.au" target="_blank">here</a> </b>... I'll add a link when formal online sales are organised.</div>
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Sophie Munnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270864428501915982.post-39007574274491911122014-07-18T16:16:00.000+10:002014-07-18T16:16:00.493+10:00Winter in the Studio !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The sun streams in and the studio is bathed in light!!<br />
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Summer is quite another matter ... if its extremely hot I decamp to the State Library or somewhere sure to be cool and catch up online, writing or researching. Late afternoon and night-time then become the crucial time to be busy in the studio which catches the breezes quite well.<br />
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Today studio photographs taken by wonderful Elizabeth Santillan were posted at her site: <b><a href="http://www.walkamongthehomes.com.au/creative-brisbane-artist-sophie-munns-studio">Walking among the Homes</a></b> which profiles interiors in Brisbane, the city where I live!<br />
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These are the images she has posted although I am thrilled to say she will be dropping off a CD full of photos. Given that artwork is never easy to capture, especially the sensuality and texture of materials used I am very happy with the way she has managed to shoot some of the paintings. Great angles and viewpoints refresh my jaded viewing given I am here most days and its easy not to notice the familiar.<br />
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This photo of an early 2014 painting above was what impressed me about Elizabeths images. The paint is a dusty subdued palette in a chalky acrylic which in real life can appeal to someone interested in this more raw aesthetic. My photos have not delivered the subtle colour or feel of this work so I was early certainly pleased with this result.</div>
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I've gone through so many colour phases in my work over the years. When living in Melbourne I often painting in a bright palette as if missing the north where I grew up and have since returned to.</div>
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Red oxide has crept in since 2010, blue frequently and various browns and blue blacks.</div>
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The Biodiversity Plate series really ran with blue, blue black and browns.</div>
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Then there are the works which play with colours reflective of the dark shaded Wet Tropics Rainforests of the north ... like this seed capsule cross-section motif of the Cheery Beech. </div>
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In the midst of the dark greens of shadowy dense forests there is always the sudden burst of colour from berries, fruits and seed vessels scattered amongst the lively growth.</div>
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Texture and collaged fabric on these works have features often not noticed unless one looks closely. the cropping is interesting... perhaps makes one more curious to see the work.</div>
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Tucked into the photos was one of the artist at work. Usually I present the artwork or spaces I'm working in but remain camera shy... at 56 the 'selfie' phenomenon looks fun but I can live without it.<br />
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I've been doing OPEN STUDIOS again lately on Thursdays... Friday this week as I was out yesterday. Since launching Seed.Art.Lab last November I opened each Thursday til Xmas and had a many visitors which was fantastic after the months of house hunting for a place with an ideal studio.<br />
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When I returned from my <b><a href="http://sophiemunns.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/what-happened-to-may.html">May Residency at Plantbank</a></b> in NSW I decided to hold OPEN STUDIO afternoons once a week again as requests to visit come in and its such a lovely tradition.<br />
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Midday to 5 or by appointment works well as I can keep working and that way I am not concerned it some weeks are really busy and some quiet. I'm inspired to do a simple clean up and that <i>NEVER </i>hurts. When there's a special Studio event I will advertise more widely whereas I currently use my <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Homage-to-the-seed/276713165689916?ref=stream">Homage to the Seed Facebook Page</a></b> and <b><a href="http://instagram.com/sophiemunns">Instagram site</a></b> at the moment as the interaction and frequency of posts is very lively.<br />
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Ive been painting quite flat out since late May so have many images to download. I'm really missing time spent blogging but painting calls and bookings to teach and be involved in other projects makes it sometimes necessary to streamline online interactions even though I do have misgivings considering the fine exchanges Ive had here over recent years.<br />
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Best wishes to all!<br />
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Sophie Munnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270864428501915982.post-34196286737631220092014-06-14T02:33:00.001+10:002014-06-14T02:34:31.211+10:00April - May - June<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Friday 13th, full moon... interesting timing to write a post here... especially since I've not been here since April! But since I couldn't sleep tonight I decided to put on the light and tap away on my computer and why not visit this sadly neglected blog.<br />
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Its two months since my previous post and why so long?<br />
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Simply busy. Non-stop busy!<br />
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Two months have been jam-packed with new experiences and projects, deadlines and must-do lists, travel and residency experiences. Routine things like sleep and daily life get thrown and one can easily start to feel like focus on only the essentials is a good idea. And even then time is limited.<br />
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Ive posted consistently on my <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Homage-to-the-seed/276713165689916">Facebook page</a></b> HOMAGE TO THE SEED which resembles a very abbreviated daily diary...<br />
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I like that one can start a conversation so spontaneously and exchange just a few details and (quite easily) choose to continue the conversation in this light manner bit by bit. <br />
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Blogs by comparison are rather like the slow food of the online sites... Instagram at the other end of the spectrum... fast and constant... in your face... but curiously not as soulless as it first seemed to me... because of the particular people I find myself connecting with some of the time.<br />
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So that is where I have kept up to date online!<br />
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At my blog <b>Visual Eclectica </b>I did recently post <b><a href="http://sophiemunns.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/what-happened-to-may.html">reflections of the Plantbank Residency</a>, </b>a simple account of my time there. Once home from that brilliant few weeks down south I immediately stepped into an incredibly fast pace of work commitments... some of which were more involved than previously imagined.<br />
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At <b><a href="http://sophiemunns2010.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/images-from-plantbank-residency.html#.U5smldxZHLQ">Homage to the Seed blog I posted on Plantbank</a></b> earlier on.<br />
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Despite being flat out these two months there has been some slow time and certainly times Ive pondered what I discovered on residency and conversations that have been important.<br />
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I've just been finessing plans for our wee Pop-up cafe on the side of the Studio plans.... and went back to a favourite book of mine by <b><a href="http://dianahenry.co.uk/books/" target="_blank">Diana Henry</a></b> for the recipe for Yoghurt and Walnut Cake with Coffee Syrup last night. Perhaps the Orange Almond Cake pictured above will be our gluten free offering.... the Walnut cake is not gluten free... but has substantially less flour being laden with walnuts! I go really light on the sugar in it as well... have made this many times and the flavours are sensational without loads of sweetness.</div>
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To read all the details about the event go to the <b><a href="http://sophiemunns.weebly.com/" target="_blank">website home page here</a></b>.</div>
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Also on the home page is the link to the<b> <a href="http://eepurl.com/R1QVT" target="_blank">Latest Newsletter which you can read here</a></b> telling you about my next residency at the brand New Plantbank Seed Research Facility in NSW and this event.</div>
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12 + 13 April, 2014</div>
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Sophie Munnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270864428501915982.post-2529233291822296942014-04-01T11:02:00.000+10:002014-04-01T11:02:06.562+10:00March in the Studio <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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March at the studio was purposely quiet and perfect for painting with the kind of focus I'd not enjoyed in a long time. Moving last year and the period of 6 months without a studio meant starting again in September was slow and gradual... although I held a major Launch and was making the most of the new space. See the post I wrote recently at <b><a href="http://sophiemunns.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/interior-things.html" target="_blank">Visual Eclectica</a></b> on new work.<br />
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This year I've loved the feeling of feeling of being much more at home in my studio ... and gradually getting into my strides again. I toyed with running workshops but in the end felt it beneficial to focus quite deeply and simply paint whist the chance was there for uninterrupted hours.<br />
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Now I am a month away from a residency at <b><a href="http://collections.ala.org.au/public/show/co186" target="_blank">PLANTBANK</a></b> in NSW, south west of Sydney at Mt Annan. I'm really looking forward to this ... it always brings so much input and new material that is takes a while to integrate all that in my work so to have have a quiet period beforehand has been ideal. More on Plantbank <b><a href="http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/annan/Australian_plantbank" target="_blank">here</a></b> and <b><a href="http://plantbank.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">here</a></b>.<br />
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Above is work carried out for a deadline on the weekend... it was for a Local Art Prize that I entered... the first time I've had time to actually enter an Art Competition in the last 8 years. I started work in January on these 2 works above and had to send images and local them in as the entries before they were resolved works... so it was interesting last week completing them with a deadline...</div>
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and wondering if they were the best choice.</div>
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In the end however I enjoyed the process as the work I carried out in February and March was on a greatly subdued and limited palette... as seen in most of the work below.</div>
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The January work provided the impetus for the work that followed in the limited palette... yet when I went back to the more colourful canvases it felt easier to tackle the challenge of resolving the work given the routine of focus and opportunity to discuss work with several people.<br />
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Weekend after next, April 12th and 13th I will have an OPEN STUDIO WEEKEND ... so watch this space if you wish to know about that... or contact me <a href="mailto:sophiemunns@iinet.net.au">here.</a><br />
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Sophie Munnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270864428501915982.post-10143927580041893962014-02-19T04:32:00.002+10:002014-02-19T04:32:37.362+10:00catching up!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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February has had its slow moments... but that was more about starting to feel restless more than anything. Maybe the heat... it makes one feel with summer around why not be off on a holiday somewhere... not trying to keep in good humour on long hot days!</div>
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Daydreaming aside its been mostly a very productive time.</div>
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I've been taking shots on the iPhone... rarely using my other cameras at all now.</div>
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I've been through various painting phases already this year in the studio ...<br />
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I've been playing around with this simple visual idea lately</div>
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On the weekend I moved onto some large canvases... 100 cm x 150 cm approx.</div>
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I spent time Saturday applying gesso... and almost 12 hours on Sunday working on under-painting each canvas in a certain colour palette ... to become immersed in the ideas I have for these works.<br />
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These are the three works by the end of the day... ready for the next stage of working into the canvases... pushing the ideas and paint around!</div>
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Summer begins to get to me as it goes on ... the heat and the lure of the water. I drove up the Bay (Moreton bay) on Sunday morning and decided I will return soon for a day... bringing supplies and settling under trees and really enjoying this place.</div>
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This pool was in the back area next to an art studio at a tropical Garden I visited nearby in Brisbane recently. Although this looks like watercolour it is a photo I took which has then been altered using a Watercolour App which I was really taken by tonight and have subsequently played around with quite a bit!</div>
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Heres are some recent seed photographs which have been snapped on the iPhone, then put through the watercolour app and on <b><a href="http://instagram.com/sophiemunns" target="_blank">instagram</a></b> to come up with these variations.</div>
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I liked these images of favourite chairs... above on the back verandah of the previous family home where I lived for 5 years till last August. Below is the back outdoor living space of the new home.</div>
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Late last December SEED.ART.LAB Studio interns Jane and Sam helped me draw up this survey which I was so delighted to see so many participate in … the first ever Homage to the Seed Survey!</div>
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Names/email addresses went into a basket this evening and were drawn by Olivia, my 83 year old mother (and long-standing Art Patron) who was honoured to be given this task!!!</div>
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<span style="color: #ffaa00;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">AND THE <u>WINNER of the </u></span><u><span style="font-size: large;">ORIGINAL ARTWORK</span></u><span style="font-size: 36px;"> </span>goes to:</b></span> </div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"> Mary Robb! </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Olivia drew <b><span style="color: #9929bd;">Robyn West</span> </b>so we look forward to hearing from Robyn!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Back on Day 1 of the Survey … our first lovely respondent <span style="color: #9929bd; font-weight: bold;">Nat Billing </span>will be sent a tiny seedy something!</span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #e69138;"><u>YOUNGEST PERSON TO ENTER</u>:</span><span style="color: #3a88fe;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span>It was very interesting for Sam, Jane and I to note that responses were coming from the over 30’s…. well... from the over 40’s actually. So when I realised only one young person entered I decided to give 21 year old <b><span style="color: #9929bd;">Jacqueline Wallis</span></b> a small seedy surprise too. So do send us your details please Jacqueline!</div>
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A new video put together in the last week by <b><a href="http://www.croptrust.org/" target="_blank">The Global Crop Diversity Trust</a></b> in Bonn, Germany features my artwork with a discussion of Seed diversity and the Homage to the Seed project. Late last year a section of one of my paintings was used on the Crop Trust's Holiday greeting card.<br />
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The artwork featured was the painting 'Perennial Symbols from the Botanical Realm' and I wrote about that <b><a href="http://sophiemunns2010.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/perennial-symbols-of-botanical-realm-i.html#.UuBceJEm7ow" target="_blank">here at the Homage to the Seed blog</a></b>.<br />
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A conversation about doing a video ensued from this. Ten questions were sent for me to consider with instructions to record my responses on my iPhone to send back to them. I then assembled a range of images for the video sent along with the audio material.<br />
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Its something I'd been meaning to do for a few years ... put audio and visual together in this format. They've done a brilliant job in sorting through a load of images and recorded aspects of my story... without any previous introduction to myself or my work ... its therefore quite something for them to have done this without a lot of to-ing and fro-ing.<br />
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The New Year has arrived and so does another issue of Crop Topics. Executive Director Marie Haga discusses the recent strategic decisions taken by the Executive Board; the Crop Trust shares its experience at the 2014 Green Week and Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin, Germany; and we underscore the importance of potatoes as we try to feed a growing world amidst climate change. Enjoy!</td></tr>
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Marie Haga discusses the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014. She also discusses some very important decisions made by the Crop Trust Executive Board...<a href="http://www.croptrust.org/content/new-year-renewed-drive" style="color: #ee7d11; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">read more.</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif;">More than a billion people eat potatoes, the world's number three food. Protected by the Crop Trust, the genetic diversity of potatoes from South America helps fight disease...</span><a href="http://www.croptrust.org/content/underground-heroes" style="color: #ee7d11; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif;">read more</span></a><span style="font-family: lucida sans unicode, lucida grande, sans-serif;">. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Marie Haga (Executive Director), Michael Koch (Director of Partnerships and Communications), Hannes Dempewolf (Scientist), Luis Salazar (Communications Manager), Brian Lainoff (Communications Assistant), and Stefan Thyen (Contracts and Grants Manager) are in Berlin this week for the 2014 Green Week. <a href="http://goo.gl/6AHexY" style="color: #ee7d11; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Check out this video to see the team in action</a>. </span></td></tr>
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Last week I posted at length on new work from the studio...<b><a href="http://sophiemunns.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/working-large-again.html" target="_blank"> here at Visual Eclectica</a></b> ... the focus being two new large canvases.</div>
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It had been a while since I had really sustained focus for this kind of painting and now feeling much more settled in the studio it was time to work on a larger scale. I'm adding these new images but for the background notes on the works go to the above hyper link.'</div>
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Drawn to work in colours I associate with the rainforests of far north Qld I began this work by creating blocks of colour onto which I began by hand-printing the motifs in alternating colours. </div>
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<b><i>'Ode to the Cherry Beech -</i></b> <i><b>Ternstroemia cherryi'</b></i></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The attraction to this symbol is partly in the balance of the 4 sections containing the seeds... and that in this abstracted interpretation of the actual seed capsule they form loosely a figure 8 or, one could say, an eternity symbol.</span></div>
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I found it virtually impossible to get a photo that gave the correct proportions ... so with these shots I didn't worry about that. The composition is defined by the horizontal selvedge in the top section of the work. I had some linen fabric that wasn't quite the right size so in the end I made the fabric selvedge joins part of the composition ... something that's been a compositional device in my work for a number of years in some works, emphasising the natural fibre and a certain rawness.</div>
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Onto large colour blocks I used the link-cut of the seed capsule to print and build up a rich textured surface. I need to tinker a lit more with this work to feel happy that its somewhat complete ... but its usually only after some time that i am really sure about that.</div>
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The other canvas I actually worked on first and found it painstaking, slow and deliberate work. Here's the finished work with the stages imaged below.</div>
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<b><i>'Seed collector's notations'</i></b> 90 cm x 100 cm, acrylic and ink on linen</div>
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This is the painting more or less finished... four days later. I'm tempted to finesse a few areas... so I say more or less finished... lightly!</div>
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The title struck me early one morning. I was thinking how these small symbols, dots and marks are like records, the documentation of seeds saved and counted, but not just in one place, by one person though. These notations are like inscriptions across time... the act of recording that countless people through history have done in order to take stock of seeds being saved. Long time inscribed in notations representing seeds.</div>
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In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistics" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Linguistics">linguistics</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotics" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Semiotics">semiotics</a>, a <b>notation</b> is a system of graphic or symbols, characters and abbreviated expressions, used in <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_disciplines" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Artistic disciplines">artistic</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_discipline" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Scientific discipline">scientific disciplines</a> to represent technical facts and quantities by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_(norm)" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Convention (norm)">convention</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notation#cite_note-1" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[1]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height: 1em; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notation#cite_note-2" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup> Therefore, a notation is a collection of related symbols that are each given an <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbitrary" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Arbitrary">arbitrary</a> meaning, created to facilitate <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured_communication" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Structured communication">structured communication</a> within a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_knowledge" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Domain knowledge">domain knowledge</a> or <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_study" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Field of study">field of study</a>.</div>
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Standard notations refer to general agreements in the way things are written or denoted. The term is generally used in technical and scientific areas of study like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Mathematics">mathematics</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Physics">physics</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Chemistry">chemistry</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Biology">biology</a>, but can also be seen in areas like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Business">business</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Economics">economics</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music" style="background-image: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Music">music</a>.</div>
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January this year has been interesting. Quiet, mostly home bound and working much of the time.<br />
A new studio makes it rewarding ... and a good start to the creative process came by having spent the week between Xmas and New Year up in the mountains at Springbrook National Park where a mini-residency got me drawing and thinking about the Rainforest habitat of the area.<br />
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I've just purchased three canvases that are 120 cm x 150 cm... bigger than the usual size I work on when it comes to stretched canvas on frames. Last year I did work on fabric that was hung for an exhibition... but these stretchers are much larger than my usual work.<br />
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The challenge is to keep focused on the various admin and organisational tasks for the business side of the art practice and project.... and to still find time to tackle the large canvases. The interesting think I always find is the bigger the work the more I'm pulled in to another kind of head space. It seems to release/unleash something in the brain that I would actually quite like to understand. Small works and works on paper don't tend to have this affect on me.<br />
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But large dense paintings demand a whole other layer of self and can sit at cross-purposes with the other stuff I necessarily put a value on too. I find this quite an enigma ... and there's often a price to pay for the journey into that deep space.<br />
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Everything brings with it some bigger element or challenge or obstacle. Worthwhile undertaking have substance and demands that can't be taken too lightly.<br />
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Recently I decided closing off comments at this blog was the best way to manage blogging with less time for the reciprocation process. I do apologise for the fact I'm breaking off from one of the most exciting and enriching aspects of blogging... my online sites are numerous and as the project I'm doing requires more of my time as it develops then somethings must change.<br />
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My very best to all who've been popping in here from time to time and may 2014 be a year that brings you much to cherish and be very pleased by.<br />
Sophie</div>
Sophie Munnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270864428501915982.post-64050161150296913172014-01-06T15:38:00.002+10:002014-01-06T15:38:26.267+10:00From the cool of the mountains to the summer heat of home!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Really missing the vistas of <b><a href="http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/springbrook/" target="_blank">Springbrook Mountains and the National Park</a></b> since arriving home on Wednesday... New Years Day. Its uniqueness, this region known as;<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/node/19758" target="_blank">The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia</a></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> (formerly known as the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves) include the most extensive areas of subtropical rainforest in the world, large areas of warm temperate rainforest and nearly all of the Antarctic beech cool temperate rainforest. Few places on earth contain so many plants and animals which remain relatively unchanged from their ancestors in the fossil record.</span><br />
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The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia were one of 15 World Heritage places included in the National Heritage List on 21 May 2007.</div>
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Having time to muse on this recent trip and the work being done by the <b><a href="http://springbrookrescue.org.au/TheSpringbrookRescueProject.html" target="_blank">Springbrook Rescue Project</a></b><br />
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One of the highlights of the week was meeting Aila Keto whom you can read about here at <b><a href="http://janeelix.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/aila-keto/" target="_blank">Jane Elix's blog </a></b>or below here:</div>
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<strong>Australian born Aila Keto is the founder and President of the Australian Rainforest Conservation Society (ARCS), an NGO Member of IUCN. She has made a sustained and major contribution to conservation science, policy and practical programmes over several decades, and is widely acknowledged for her leadership, influence, knowledge and experience. <a href="http://www.iucnworldconservationcongress.org/member_s_assembly/iucn_awards/honorary_membership_of_iucn/?10352/Dr-Aila-Keto-Australia" target="_blank">Continue reading here.</a></strong></div>
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The work of Aila Keto, husband Keith Scott and supporters of the Australian Rainforest Conservation Society have played a massive part in building recognition and awareness of this region's global uniqueness as a biodiversity hotspot.</div>
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<span class="HeaderText" style="font-size: 14px;"><strong><br />About ARCS</strong></span><br /><br />Founded in 1982, the Australian Rainforest Conservation Society (ARCS) is a national, non-government, not-for-profit organisation with headquarters in Brisbane. Its goals are to protect, repair and restore the rainforests of Australia through research, lobbying, public education and grass-roots support. ARCS has succeeded in achieving protection for large areas of Australia’s rainforests and continues to play a leading role in the ongoing work required to conserve this rainforest heritage.</div>
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Through 2013 I kept coming across whispers, news articles and reports from this region about Springbrook National Park's future. The work of the Rescue Project and in particular Aila Keto was being challenged in the media and my concern over the politics of this state, change of Govt plans and more led me to spend time in Springbrook at Xmas to find out for myself what was at stake. The possibility of a longer residency was discussed and when there is something to report I will of course post on it.</div>
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In the mean-time I am pouring over the images I took whilst up there and thinking my way around this very critical topic as I draw in the studio back at home again. I've also been revisiting the Flickr sites of a couple of keen photographers, especially by <b><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/australianrainforestplants/" target="_blank">Black Diamond</a> + <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/australianrainforestplants/pool/97974874@N00/" target="_blank">here</a></b>, who's extensive background in Australian Rainforest Fruits, seeds and such has long informed my own work at Homage to the Seed. Please note the COPYRIGHT NOTICE if you visit his professional flickr site. Images are not shared without permission and I've had excellent communications when I've written so I ask you respect this request.</div>
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Through the flickr page I found the link to the <b><a href="http://www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/science/Horticultural_Research/Rainforest_seeds" target="_blank">Rainforest Seed Project</a></b> which was put up by the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney which is something I definitely wish to learn far more about.</div>
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Australian rainforests cover only 0.3 % of the land and yet contain more than 50 % of the plant biodiversity of our nation. Three significant World Heritage listed areas that occur on the east coast of Australia have large rainforest components. In NSW and southern Queensland, the so-called <a href="http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/places/world/gondwana/index.html" style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153) !important; font-weight: bold;">‘Gondwana Rainforests’</a> occur as a ‘discontinuous chain of islands in a sea of fire prone eucalypt and agricultural lands’. They contain more than 200 species of rare and threatened plants and animals.</div>
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There is much to absorb and attempt to somehow bring to my own project. Drawing is good thinking time and last night I cleared space to get into drawing with Sepia ink.</div>
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The four images below are all inspired by images found at Black Diamond's Flickr site. Each is a species I wish to learn more about</div>
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This species is the Australian Native Peanut tree, <b><i>Sterculia quadrifida</i></b>, and the photo below was taken by Denise Rivers ... see post at Homage to the Seed <b><a href="http://sophiemunns2010.blogspot.com.au/2010/04/denise-rivers-volunteering-in-seed-lab.html#.Uso1m5GJLLQ" target="_blank">here</a></b>. I recently planted this species at my new home, in a pot as instructed, especially as I was unsure how large a tree it might grow to be.</div>
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I was drawn to some images of the Native Wisteria or <b><i>Callerya megasperma.</i></b><br />
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Here is a very simplified version of this seed pod. It like to take time to really get to know a species and do many drawings, simple and complex in order to build some familiarity.</div>
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Below is the same pod, drawn in ink and aquarelles.<br />
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Each time I visited a viewing point on the mountains and gazed out to the coast (in this image below you can see high rise buildings through the haze ) I could help but wonder how many people have travelled to the Gold Coast to visit, or been enticed to stay without even stopping to ponder these ancient mountains, let alone visit and acknowledge their importance and value.</div>
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I spent New Years eve in the temporary Studio I set up at the mountain retreat. Only 4 of us were left onsite that night...and we shared a simple meal of Avocado on toast and various nibbles. And chocolate! We talked about the places we value and have travelled to. I then returned to the studio and did some drawings and pondered the year coming in.</div>
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May 2014 see more people on this planet awakening to the life-giving value of the environment beyond real estate prices and development possibilities. Every day and every conversation counts if we are going to succeed in keeping this planet sustainable for human life. Not caring and not acting on this is as much a problem as anything being done out-right to destroy the natural ecosystems that preserve our future. I wish I could say otherwise!</div>
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From Boxing Day to New Years I'm staying at <b><a href="http://www.koonjewarre.com/" target="_blank">Koonjewarre</a></b> in the <b><a href="http://www.nprsr.qld.gov.au/parks/springbrook/" target="_blank">Springbrook National Park</a></b>.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've not been here but this <b><a href="https://open.abc.net.au/projects/water-is-60kn5vc/contributions/natural-bridge-springbrook-national-park-96ks8gm" target="_blank">image</a></b> is of a well loved place nearby.</td></tr>
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Koonjewarre is one of the locations currently undergoing an ecological restoration project with the <b><a href="http://springbrookrescue.org.au/" target="_blank">Springbrook Rescue Project</a></b> an arm of the <b><a href="http://springbrookrescue.org.au/AboutARCS.html" target="_blank">Australian Rainforest Conservation Society's</a></b> work.</div>
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I arrived on Thursday afternoon and it was a warm summer's day. Waking up the following morning, yesterday, at 5.15am I took this photo from my verandah and thought how wonderful to be in this peaceful setting.</div>
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The mist lingered day and night creating a mysterious yet gentle mood ... quite inspiring in fact. Lulled into a state of great relaxation an afternoon nap compulsory... however I worked till 10.30 that evening and have posted some journal pages here.</div>
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The temporary studio set up for the stay... also where I am doing several workshop for some here for the camp that kindly included me in their program.</div>
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I worked in several journals and used mainly Sepia ink and twigs from an acacia tree with wonderful pods I also drew.</div>
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If you pop over to my <b><a href="http://sophiemunns.blogspot.com.au/2013/11/weekend-launch-in-pictures.html" target="_blank">VISUAL ECLECTICA blog post</a></b> you can see all the Studio LAUNCH photos from the weekend just gone and learn a little about the purpose of the SEED.ART.LAB!<br />
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CAll if you are in Brisbane and would like to visit...<br />
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Sophie Munnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270864428501915982.post-11327117322202339522013-11-21T17:12:00.003+10:002013-11-21T17:12:41.924+10:00New direction for workshops and classes!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'ArialRoundedMTBold'; font-size: 16.000000pt;">ITS GETTING HOT AROUND HERE : The Seeds and Bio-diversity story.
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">In the 21st Century no longer can we take for granted continuation of life for thousands of plant
species... including some of the 30,000 known edible species and countless other highly useful
species we rely on. In fact we don't even know what remarkable seeds might be lost to us given that
scientists are still discovering species, particularly in fragile Rainforest eco-systems. Certain plants
have long been commodified for use as fuels, glues, plastics, fibres, textiles, papers, rubber, building
materials, medications (traditional to bio-molecular), beverages... and the list goes on.
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Chocolate and coffee lovers around the planet are waking up to the rude fact that their favourite of
tropical crops does not like it getting hotter. This has demanded swift response from plant science,
farmers and a growing sector of coffee and chocolate companies to shift focus from quick-growth
profit margins to the crucial step of increasing sustainability in the way coffee and cacao crops are
grown, delivered to market, and understood by the public... all in the effort to ensure these potentially
endangered species are maintained for the long term. This story is repeated over and over with many
other species we like to put on our tables.
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Seed viability, the capacity of seeds to produce new life, is indeed a concern not always understood.
Artist Residencies undertaken by Sophie Munns in Seed Bank Labs and Botanic Gardens since 2010
have led to ongoing exchanges with plant scientists, with access to an expanding field of scientific
knowledge revealing precisely how changes in climate go on to impact the capacity of plants to
survive in particular locations that for hundreds, even thousands of years, saw plants prosper in
those very same regions.
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">All around the globe the up-scaling of research on complex impacts on plants and eco-systems is
bringing out a plethora of profoundly significant material that rarely reaches a general public
audience. Dispersing information to the broader public has become an increasingly important task for
the Science community and all who recognise the difference quality education makes. This is without
doubt a potent and invaluable role the Arts can play in aiding the communication of critical material
to a wider audience.
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Bringing ‘Seeds and Biodiversity’ to the </span><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Jump Start project </span><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">the artist spent 4 sessions with a group
of students examining key issues around Seeds and Biodiversity informed by current global research
across Plant Science, Agriculture and related social, political and cultural issues. Students were given
an overview of the role seeds have played across time, going back to the earliest known civilisations.
We explored the cultural heritages of each individual in our group ... noting, wherever possible, links
to family and ancestors from all over the globe and the unique relationship to plants and food growing
they may have had or perhaps still have. We thought about how this shaped the cuisines and
traditions we may have inherited or perhaps have some inkling of.
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Also discussed was the extraordinary number of ways that humans work with seeds and plant
material, use them for hobbies and leisure, or pursuits with artistic or cultural purpose. Crucially, we
considered </span><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">why seeds need our protection right now in order to ensure our own well-being into
the future.
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">For inspiration the artist brought examples of her artwork, seed collections and items made from seed
and plant material. Additionally we explored with work of two key artists ... Brisbane painter Robert
McPherson’s series of bold graphic painted signage in large wall installations provided an ideal visual
strategy and NY artist Keith Haring who rose to prominence in the 80’s for his strong grafitti style and
extraordinary 'symbol + text' images.
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">The graphic work exhibited here may at first glance appear simple, even unsophisticated. Look
further at the ideas and thoughts being expressed and a potent truth may be revealed. These year 7
students are emerging into a very different world than the one familiar to those currently in the driving
seats of our communities, organisations and institutions. Thoughtful students can often see a different
world to the one their elders see. They possess enthusiasm for wide-ranging questions given the
opportunity, and its evident they may not think it’s smart leaving nature and the environment out of
planning strategies and decision-making. A desire to discover more on the complex, often
contradictory aspects of how our world is evolving is heightened wherever interest in ideas, research
and sharing of thoughts is encouraged.
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Given the young are inheriting a world slow to learn or act on changes already proven necessary its
crucial they be able to explore and evaluate ideas and information. The case of Tobacco companies
maintaining the fight to exist in the market-place despite conclusive medical science research and
Govt public health campaigns demonstrate s clearly that where economics is concerned its up to
each of us to question what the ads and headlines are telling us! </span><span style="color: rgb(1.176471%, 1.176471%, 1.176471%); font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Education has never been more vital
if we want young people to be informed in taking on the challenge of climate change and the
increasing call for sustainable practices that are effective, pragmatic and life-preserving.
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">The capacity to think creatively, to bring both passion and critical thinking to the finding of new
solutions is championed in this program which recognises our future is here... that the thinkers and
creators of the future are here in this room tonight!
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue'; font-size: 12.000000pt; font-weight: 700;">Bravo to all the students taking part in JumpstART!
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'; font-size: 12.000000pt;">Sophie Munns wishes to thank the excellent JumpstART team for this unique and highly stimulating
opportunity to engage with these young thinkers and creators before us. Their insights and efforts to
navigate the changing conditions of this planet demand our encouragement, sustained interest and
respect as we all learn what it means to tread more carefully around this home we all share. </span><br />
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I've returned over the years many times to working with children of all ages for one reason or another. Teaching posts and substitute teaching for one, then there have been classes given due to requests from parents for quality lessons not so easy to come by these days.</div>
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Recently I had two very alert students come for a 4.5 hr intensive in the holidays .... drawing and thinking about plant science. This is the direction I intend to keep on with... small groups sessions with people of all ages, focused on seeds and biodiversity and ways to think and interpret this material visually.</div>
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More on that soon. For now I am delighted to share a small image of my new glass cabinet for seed collections taking pride of place in the new studio.</div>
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And a reminder that if in this part of the world you are welcome to come along to the launch next weekend... contact me if you need to find out more.</div>
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Sophie Munnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02797068983613314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5270864428501915982.post-30710019346184643332013-10-21T23:20:00.001+10:002013-10-21T23:20:13.784+10:00The Seed.Art.Lab to open in November!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Tonight I've been working in invitations and plans for the November Launch of the new Studio which will be known as Seed. Art. Lab.</div>
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I've taken the address off this invite and my mobile number ...the home number is there so if you have any desire to come along or find out about this event please contact me by phone, through this blog or another online site.</div>
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For a longer post update visit the <b><a href="http://sophiemunns.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/responding-to-words-and-ideas-that.html" target="_blank">Visual Eclectica blog</a></b> where I added recent news the other day. The new business card arrived by mail today with 4 new postcard designs and a banner. </div>
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Today I was delighted to have energy to return again to the studio after a rugged 5 days fighting a most unpleasant virus. Eyes and nose running, bad cough... exhausted... basically I had to knock off work and lay low... so today, feeling up to it, I sat in the studio working on a quiet, not-so-demanding small series of paintings on 300 gm cotton watercolour paper 100 x 210 mm ... as below.</div>
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I started about ten am and worked through till 9pm with only a few breaks to prepare meals etc.</div>
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Getting depth and energy into these small paintings was a great challenge</div>
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I liked creating variations of mood, texture and approach. As an exercise it was really successful to reflect on how a simple motif becomes such a wonderful point of departure! </div>
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More soon... November 23 I will open my studio to the public... so lots to organise. Bye for now!</div>
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Saturday morning was a flurry of activity making sure the studio was really organised for the first workshop in this new space!</div>
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I took time to find a niche for everything to belong somewhere useful ... divying up art materials into precise keeping places according to kind of product and frequency of use.</div>
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The night before I'd worked on canvas... one of a number of recycled canvases a friend recently dropped off for me to use as they'd been left behind by his Uni class and he was keen they not be thrown out. Taking on discarded stretcher frames can be too much at times... but all the hyper-organisation of late meant there was room and I decided to use them for these initial sessions getting back into painting after an unusually long break. Its liberating to be working over a previously used canvas... one is not precious about the results which is very freeing.</div>
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This 40 cm x 120 cm work below is a case in point. Working in colours slightly outside the usual palette was great for a start... and getting into the flow in a very organic way allowed it to emerge as i went along... watching, or moreover, listening to a brilliant doco on the life of extraordinary pianist, musician Glen Gould.</div>
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As for the result... its too soon to determine whether it will stay as is. Playing with the idea of seeds across millennia, pouring out into the endless emerging now... this is an idea ... the intimation of endlessness... that I return to time and again.</div>
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Opportunity presented itself for me to offer an Intensive class on Seeds and Plants to a young student... a very keen 12 year old boy ... it seemed important to find someone to invite to join with him to do a special holiday class. A friend's 9 yr old daughter was the first thought and class started at 10am Saturday going through till 2.30pm which allowed us to cover some fascinating material trying numerous visual approaches.</div>
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And then there were the books which he was keen to pour through. His memory of the species he's seen before is really evident as he talks about forays into the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane , Cairns and elsewhere. What struck me was that he had been frequenting these places from his earliest years and... as the only child of two devoted parents had quietly been given the chance to constantly further his interests in a way that struck me as quietly dilligent and without unnecessary fuss. </div>
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Jackson in a really solid, grounded way ... balancing these passions of his for the world of nature with Piano lessons and connections with others his age.</div>
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Subsequently he's a very motivated 12 yr old who would easily already be most at home in a Science lab ... despite his young age. This is his work above and below... revealing great attention to detail and a love of plants in their various configurations. </div>
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It was an excellent pairing ... nothing was forced or expected of them in terms of connecting but it seemed that the level of conversation that ensued did satisfy their intellectually ripe natures. Sophie wasn't coming from a place of having being immersed in a deep passion for nature from the year dot like Jackson clearly has been ... but what they shared was a marked curiosity for thinking and engaging on topics of interest.</div>
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Sophie investigated the patterning in this seed pod below... producing a drawing I was taken with for the way it demonstrated close observation of both the structure and patterning in this object. </div>
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The highlight of the day for me was the dialogue between all three of us. The outstanding level of engagement really stemmed from the busy mind of Jackson as he shared with us his surprisingly vast wealth of knowledge and experience of the world of Plants, Funghi, Etamology and even Marine Biology.</div>
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Since yesterday I've considered the way the two students interacted and fed of each other's curiosity and commentary... pausing to respond to my questions, comments and challenges. Both were so receptive, open to being nudged along if it made sense to them why. It confirmed for me that learning happens best when focus can be 100% an distractions aren't coming from the noise of unengaged others in one's space.</div>
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A lot of talk at one point in the day's conversation was on the annoying stuff that school brings... it reminded me that bright children can deal with a lot of bullying ... and if not direct bullying ... then certainly undermining by those who begrudge this uniqueness in their peers. Both children are interested in others and like having close friendships. Yet both were having to be quite cavvy about how to deal with the messages they get from those around.</div>
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It reminded me of certain experiences I've encountered over the last 5 years where a growing passion to explore and think deeply about Seeds and Plants in my Art Practice has aroused some remarkably stiff competition seemingly out of the blue... moments of confrontation with less than pleasant attitudes tha can be bewildering in their intensity and pointlessness.</div>
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It would make pure economic sense to scale up class sizes but my interest is not in what size fits all learning no matter how tempting it might be to generate the all-important funds that keep things moving that way. What I find is at stake is a much deeper interest in learning what is at the heart of children's lives and thinking now.</div>
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Its been a busy week which I wrote in part about <b><a href="http://sophiemunns.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/connecting-dots-once-more.html" target="_blank">here at Visual Eclectica</a> blog</b> and <b><a href="http://sophiemunns2010.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/local-focus.html#.UjvGJKVm2lI" target="_blank">here at Homage to the Seed</a> blog. </b>Ive been sensing my brain firing up again as I go between meetings with various people, online engagements and studio hours.</div>
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Its a good feeling even if its makes for feeling a bit scattered. I remind myself this is how getting going again feels... lots of chat, darting about and trying to sort which ideas deserve be brought to fruition and is of integrity and value!</div>
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A new micro project with a local seed collector and land-care steward Denise Rivers yesterday was food for thought. Took photos of Lomandra seeds she's saved as well as accompanying her to the creek where she has spent ten years working to rebuild species diversity restoring habitat for birds and animals.</div>
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Liked this photo below put up on Instagram by Jo Cook whom I sent postcards to in Tasmania to say how much I liked her contribution to the <a href="http://fairfoodweek.org.au/fair-food-week/" target="_blank">FAIR FOOD WEEK</a> Photo competition I recently helped judge. Jo is a freelance chef and Food Curator in Tasie who tweets her news<b><a href="https://twitter.com/JoHCook" target="_blank"> here</a></b>.</div>
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It was simple work that was more about getting the feel of paint and brush again after months out of action.</div>
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I so enjoyed working the paint with a clean, dry brush so as to get a textured line. It was basic stuff today... and it took a bit of getting started! I knew it was important to begin without concern for what exactly I needed to be doing and any outcomes... it reminded me of practicing scales on the piano every day for years whilst learning piano... only more fun... simple exercises to get into the flow of working again!</div>
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Its so good to report that I am getting closer to starting studio work again with the process of unpacking and sorting out what goes where coming together.</div>
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And its been happening in fits and starts since we moved here July 28th due to other demands on time. It's quite one thing to unpack all the books and materials of the studio... but despite the shelving and space itself being generous ... the task is to make things fit yet still have the space remain as uncluttered as possible. The studio for me is such a dynamic space with many functions and new things coming in all the time... it leaves one hankering for a huge studio to spread out at will.</div>
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However... this is not a small space and I am incredibly fortunate to be settling into what is in many ways an ideal space even if it will keep me on my toes making it do what I need it to do!</div>
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These shelves can't carry too much weight at the top so the bottom row has the heavy books. I'm so conscious of what happens as the studio becomes busier and how the practical aspects of working here become all important... hence Ive really tried to think about the work stations and zones for things to belong to... as in the reading, musing zone below which has the painting area to the left and a large piece of linoleum laid over the tiles for a more practical wet-zone.</div>
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I'm so happy to have a place for this 1920's armchair that came from the large old house where I had my first real studio back in 1990. Its getting awfully worn ... but after thinking I would get it recovered finally it seems just right as is... and sitting here on the kilim I brought back form Turkey in 1988 its feels so at home. This home studio is in house built in 2004... so the presence of the old and well worn really adds some soul to the place. </div>
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Its exactly one month since the last post here and its been eventful to say the least. A new home and studio slowly being set up!<br />
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Unpacking took precedence for a fair part of this month ... setting up the domestic side of life first then moving onto the studio! A few boxes had remained unpacked since the 2008 move from Newcastle... so I was very excited to discover some pieces that I've collected over years... rocks and odd eclectic things that store a lot of memory and make me feel at home just looking at them!<br />
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This string bag which I was given by someone living in Papua New Guinea many, many years ago containing small shells ... traded by local people for something they required. Its more or less a totem to me... like many things Ive saved not valuable in money terms but imbued with meanings that have come to me quietly and instinctively... making up a collection of things that have enriched my sense of what is important in life...often against the tide of regular notions of value and trade!</div>
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This whole process of packing up one home... waiting 5 weeks in limbo between homes and then slowly, slowly unpacking in the new space has brought with it hours of reverie and processing everything all over again. And again it would seem! It begs not just the physical movement but a very deep reconciliation with change and movement...dealing with all that is stirred up along the way.</div>
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I struggled to remember more than I cared to realise! Dislocation it was ... even in the name of a good cause it was disconcerting!<br />
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An interesting undertaking has been collaborating in a brief artist residency project with 5 other artists on a school program at a special Art-Design Faculty in a Brisbane secondary school. This involved first up presenting on my homage to the seed project then going on to develop a simple but potent related visual exercise that could be developed into something suitable for exhibition at a special School event in October.<br />
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Lightening up the room was a must... and making use of 4 good windows for which I ordered off-white blinds to be delivered in a couple of weeks! Since this image was taken I seem to have made more mess again in more unpacking and trying to find room for everything! Still its a good process and their is a lot of motivation to have a fully functioning studio again!</div>
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Patience has been called on a lot... sticking at the time-consuming set up and tackling constant challenges in all this. I lost my wallet Sunday and after a huge weekend up the coast for a family weekend was feeling hazy about it. The police phoned to say they had it and today I rang the cafe on the highway who took it in to the Police to say thanks and ended up discussing the prospect of doing something about seeds for their new direction with roasting coffee beans.</div>
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Thats the funny thing about life at the moment... nothing is going in a straight line... but curiously some things are working out really well! Out of the blue, and quite mysteriously, some things seems to be lining up well... but just can't assume anything!</div>
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I'll be back as more takes shape... so see you then!</div>
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