Posted by Audrey Lee on November 8, 2010
Kluster are proud to feature a series of awe-inspiring designers selling wares at the Finders Keepers Spring/Summer Markets at Sydney’s CarriageWorks this December.
It's coming up to that time of year again. When dilegent individuals begin preparing a must-do list for 2011. Who says resolutions are redundant? Not Jen Allison, it was a new year’s resolution, circa 2002, that motivated her to start exhibiting her artworks in locations across the globe. Jen puts her innovative skills to good use, churning out a vast collection of one-of-a-kind, nifty origami designs. We check in with Jen as she walks us through her artistic journey thus far.
Covered: An art & craft disciple, 3D craft: origami, metaphoric BP predatory sea animals and going back to Sydney’s art scene.
Audrey Lee: Tell us a little about your design background. When did you first decide to venture down the path of producer of creative wares?
Jen Allison: I have always been an art and craft disciple, but I decided to start selling my wares in 2002 when a friend made a new year’s resolution for me. I was only 21 at the time and I suppose she had more confidence in my work than I did! Since then I have exhibited and sold my artworks in Sydney, London, Melbourne and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I have always worked with paper and my early works were in the second dimension – collage. However for the past few years I have moved into the ridiculously exciting third dimension through the exploration of origami. More...
jen allison, origami, finders keepers, spring/summer markets, carriageworks
Posted by Audrey Lee on November 5, 2010
Kluster are proud to feature a series of awe-inspiring designers selling their wares at the Finders Keepers Spring/Summer Markets at Sydney’s CarriageWorks this December.
For those who aren’t in the know, The Mup is the lovechild of diehard indie designers, Matt Pike and Andrew Harrison. The Sydney pair has spawned a unique array of both blank and digitally printed T-shirts that are made from 100% Australian organic cotton. Word around the block is that a new range of boardies is also well on its way. Here, we go behind the scenes with Matt and Andrew as they spill the deets on their anticipated stall at FKSSM.
Covered: A combination of pleasure and business, 100% Australian organic cotton range, a story behind every tee, coming up next: board shorts.
Audrey Lee: Tell us a little about your design background. When did you first decide to venture down the path of producer of creative wares?
The Mup: In general, we're both little crafty bastards. We have formal graphic design backgrounds, but we have always been producers of creative wears. Throwing paint around or cutting stencils for little screen prints has been something we've both loved to do, mainly just for the enjoyment of it. A few years back though we thought why not do something that combines the pleasure with the business. That's the Mup. I don't think we'd be doing it if it wasn't fun.More...
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Posted by Audrey Lee on November 2, 2010
Kluster are proud to feature a series of awe-inspiring designers selling wares at the Finders Keepers Spring/Summer Markets at Sydney’s CarriageWorks this December.
In Melbourne-based designer, Anika Cook’s label, The Gently Unfurling Sneak fashion meets art meets quirky in the most organic of ways. Her diverse collection ranges from wooden accessories to printed fabric, printed canvases and paper cuts. Anika tells us more about her designing days and her upcoming stall at FKSSM.
Covered: Starting out after uni, from Melbourne to Brisbane, absurdity and surrealism, a new range in August 2011.
Audrey Lee: Tell us a little about your design background. When did you first decide to venture down the path of producer of creative wares?
Anika Cook: I studied Creative Arts at uni but found it more fun to make strange little things in my own time - things that I didn't have to explain in reference to historical and cultural contexts! I started selling a few tees at a local design market to cover the cost of some screen printing equipment I'd bought, and just kinda kept going. Those early markets were my training ground, and I eventually branched out into accessories, other clothing and small artworks. Now I run The Gently Unfurling Sneak as a small business and also do some freelance web and design work.More...
finders keepers, spring/summer markets, the gently unfurling sneak, anika cook, carriageworks