Wander Lust, Nautilus

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Wander Lust

Latest musings and scribblings. It has been a little while since I have posted anything. But, I have been very busy! I can now say I am a proud mum of two bright little buttons. Gotta say that having 2 munchkins under 5 is a busy job and I take my hat off to all the other mums of little ones out there. I understand your sleepless fogginess and your perpetual exhaustion. The chaos is pretty full-on at times but when they are bigger we will reminisce about the snuggly cuddles with fuzzy baby hair brushing against your cheek. Apart from homelife, I’ve been working away on some fab commission pieces! I’m very excited to share them with you but I have to wait until they go to their new homes. So, until then I’ll be posting photos of my visual diaries and other little bits and pieces. Let me know if you keep a visual diary and, if so, what inspires you.

Chat soon,

Flulia x

Southern Boobook Owl

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Southern Boobook Owl
Southern Boobook Owl

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I have finally picked up a pencil again after having my first child. Being a mummy is the best job in the world and it is lovely to be able to have quiet time to draw again. This quiet time is only possible when ‘T’ is asleep!

This piece above is only just getting started but it still amazes me how something so lifelike can emerge from a crisp white sheet of paper. Michelangelo used to say that it was only his job to free the figures slumbering in the stone and that it wasn’t he who put them there:

“The best artist has that thought alone which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor’s hand can only break the spell to free the figures slumbering in the stone.” ­–– Michelangelo (Brainy Quote)

I hope that if you have had a break from something you love that you will enjoy it again soon.

Flulia

Humble Object 2

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I love autumn colours! Our Liquid Amber is just about to start dropping all its leaves and I can’t wait. They create a beautiful, gold, crunchy carpet for the garden and it’s magical to watch them making their halting, swaying way from branch to ground. And, who doesn’t love kicking up a big pile of leaves and making a mess? I think I might have to do some pieces that feature these leaves.

 

Flulia x

Humble Object 1

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Even the most humdrum everyday seemingly boring object can be pretty sometimes. This photo shows the shadow of an empty wine glass. The photo was taken at a restaurant I shall not name, at time not specified and after I had drunk the contents of the glass but think it’s quite beautiful! What do you think?

Flulia x

PaperCut Princess

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This is my first attempt at papercut! I’m very pleased. It fits in with my love of all things bird-of-prey and I had a great time doing it. All you need is a cutting mat, a good scalpel and some paper. I just used normal paper for this one as it was my first go. But, unfortunately, the paper I chose marked very easily (you can see the oil from my hands has left marks)! Normal paper also tears when you try to cut very thin sections. So, for the next one I’m going to use some thicker art paper. Have you tried papercut art before? I’d love to hear how it went.

To see some really talented artist’s work, have a look at weburbanist.com. The pics on the site are really AMAZING! I’ll have to keep practicing.

Flulia x

Little Owl Dream

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This is my latest piece. It’s titled ‘Little Owl Dream’. It’s a bit of a departure from the more detailed work that I do and I wasn’t even going to put it up here but people keep telling me how much they love it so I thought I’d share it! The Athene noctua is commonly known as the Little Owl after its small size. As far as I can gather, it’s not found in Australia but it was introduced in New Zealand in the early 20th century. The Little Owl was sacred to the goddess Athena, from whom it gets it genus name of Athene.

Flulia x

Internet Bread Crumbs

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I’m always stumbling around the Internet. I say this because my traipsing round the Net is not graceful. It really is stumbling. I flit from here to there and then back to here again. All the while, I’m following links like little sugar-coated breadcrumbs until I have no way to get back to where I started.

Anyway, on one of my stumbles I found Juxtapoz Magazine and I really like it. That’s where I found out about Lizzy Stewart (my Laughing Lion post). She was on the illustration page. Here, have a little squiz at Juxtapoz and let me know if you like it too.

Flulia x

Laughing Lion

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It’s been a while since we’ve talked so I thought I’d show you something to put a smile on your dial. This is a piece by one of my new favourite artists. Look at him! It’s titled ‘The Lion’s Laugh’ and it’s by Lizzy Stewart. I’m liking Mr Lion’s blissful  smile.

 

Flulia x

Low Ceiling Challenge.

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I promise that this will be the last blog about the new house. Well, maybe not but I’ll put some more arty farty stuff up next. 🙂 I just had to blog about low ceilings! Our new place has quite low ceilings but they’re not really, really, really low. Just a smidge. It is actually starting to worry me and it turns out that it worries quite a few people. It might be the fact that in our new place the last owners had installed ceiling fans. Maybe that’s what makes us think that they’re low.

Who votes to get rid of the ceiling fans?

Anywhoo, I’ve been thinking about what you can do to your ceilings to make them look higher without too much fuss. The photos above are some funky rooms with low ceilings from Manolo for the Home, My Design Dump, and the tiny bathroom pic is from here. My favourite is the ceiling with the detailed molding but that doesn’t really fit my definition of ‘not too much fuss’. Maybe we’ll go with subtle striped curtains instead. That molding is on my wish list though!

Got any tips for low ceilings?

Flulia x