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Feb 27
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

please stand clear of the closing doors

On November 22nd I heard the sentence through the phone that every parent dreads to hear. "Are you James' mum?...He has been in an accident. You need to come quickly..." Our son, 19 was involved in a serious accident. We were on the scene in 6 minutes and held him until the ambulance and helicopter arrived and supported him while his condition was stabilised enough for him to be airlifted to hospital. Every minute waiting in the family room of Intensive Care was a torment that no human should endure, yet every moment waiting, ironically meant there was a greater chance that he had survived.
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Nov 02
by Julie in Inspirations 0 comments

to be remembered or to have made a difference?

I was listening to an interview the other day with a Doctor who helps care
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Oct 20
by Julie in Around Australia 4WDing 0 comments

allure of the gibber plains

I find once again the sense of space is alluring - this time the gibber plains just south of Oodnadatta.
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Oct 19
by Julie in Around Australia 4WDing, Earth and Sea 0 comments

allure of the ocean

I was going through some images of our trip to the Kimberley
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Oct 15
by Julie in Inspirations 0 comments

reflection on principles of living

I determined that 5 principles were the ones which,
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Oct 02
by Julie in Inspirations 0 comments

colour mixing fun

I have just had the best fun experimenting with getting some ‘Kimberley rust/browns/reds’ and have found that by using just 3 colours I can get so many of these beautiful shades. This is just a small sample of the selection of the possibilities available when I mixed Phlalo Blue(red), Cadmium Red Deep Hue and Cadmium Orange Hue. This is so exciting!
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Oct 01
by Julie in Fine Art Photography, Inspirations 1 comments

colour colour colour!

I am excited to be learning more about colour
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Sep 27
by Julie in Earth and Sea 0 comments

view to the mountains?

Dust storm
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Sep 15
by Julie in Inspirations 0 comments

wild and precious life

"....Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precous life?"
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Sep 14
by Julie in Around Australia 4WDing 0 comments

ocean sunset

This is an abstract photograph I took at sunset at James Price Point north of Broome
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Sep 13
by Julie in Around Australia 4WDing 1 comments

birds eye view

An Osprey has an amazing nest on top of the cliffs just north of James Price Point in Western Australia.
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Sep 11
by Julie in Around Australia 4WDing 0 comments

whispers in the chasm

This photograph was taken in Echidna Chasm at the Bungle Bungles. It was quiet. Such a special place
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Sep 11
by Julie in Around Australia 4WDing 0 comments

solar farm dish – at windorah

This is one of the dishes providing power to Windorah in a trial
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Sep 05
by Julie in Earth and Sea 0 comments

abundance in the orchard

Such an abundant harvest from the orchard!!!
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Aug 31
by Julie in Around Australia 4WDing, Earth and Sea 1 comments

sand dancers

patterns dancing in the sand
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Aug 31
by Julie in Earth and Sea 0 comments

mango blooms

Mango blooms
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Aug 31
by Julie in Earth and Sea 0 comments

frangrance and flowers

We have just arrived home from our travels to the beautiful fragrance
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Aug 06
by Julie in Earth and Sea 0 comments

natural arch

A natural arch in an amazing rock formation
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Aug 06
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

me !

me
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Aug 06
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

fascinating geology

Fascinating Geology in Australia
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Aug 06
by Julie in Earth and Sea 0 comments

amazing rocks

Amazing rocks in Northern Territory
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Jul 06
by Julie in Inspirations 0 comments

space and connection

Travelling around the deserts of South Australia and outback Queensland, I noticed
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Jun 21
by Julie in Earth and Sea 0 comments

the best camp by the warburton

the best camp by the river as the floodwaters receded
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Jun 20
by Julie in Earth and Sea 0 comments

near ‘the breakaways’

the landscape is humbling
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Jun 20
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

us together

us together having a fabulous time on our trip
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Jun 20
by Julie in Earth and Sea 0 comments

in ‘the breakaways’ area near coober pedy

Incredible colours..amazing landscape!
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Jun 14
by Julie in Earth and Sea, Fine Art Photography 0 comments

in the wind

all that is left is the thread of a root from a plant circling in the desert wind
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Jun 13
by Julie in Earth and Sea 0 comments

beautiful desert sand

Powerful ...
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Jun 13
by Julie in Earth and Sea 0 comments

one of those moments that need to be taken

stunning colours of a cloudy sunrise at coward springs
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Jun 13
by Julie in Fine Art Photography, Inspirations 0 comments

“I’ll take that photograph later”

After returning from an amazing journey through outback Australia, I learnt to
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May 26
by Julie in Fine Art Photography 0 comments

finalist in Churchie National Emerging Art Award, and Sunshine Coast Art Award

This has been an exciting year for me. This week my entry from the series Beneath and Beyond will be shown in the Churchie Art Award.
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May 26
by Julie in Inspirations 0 comments

trying something new

It was an absolutely amazing experience. I wasn't ever scared, and
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May 25
by Julie in Earth and Sea, Fine Art Photography 0 comments

experimenting with landscape

I am exploring how to portray through my photography
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May 23
by Julie in Earth and Sea 0 comments

a week in Gariwerd – the Grampians

Off to the Grampians – the Aboriginal name for this region is Gariwerd. We are
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May 22
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

on the road again – first days to Lake Eyre

After a great catch up lunch with friends in the Yarra Valley, we had a bit of trouble
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May 07
by Julie in Fine Art Photography, Inspirations 0 comments

play

I was asked at an artist talk which I presented recently how I came up with all my ideas. I think what is really important for me is play. There are many different aspects of play in my life. Laughing and having fun with my husband, boys and friends, and then there is playing through exploration of subject matter, location, equipment and settings. I’m always exploring a new way to look and think about things, and I continue to do this through the lens by experimentation. A lot of the time the images are duds, but every now and then a gem appears, and something in my belly knows I have touched on something which deserves further exploration.
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May 01
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

aftermath

Several weeks after the devastating fires
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Apr 27
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

it’s a long road

mirage
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Apr 16
by Julie in Fine Art Photography, Inspirations, Photography Teachings 0 comments

to ‘hear with the eyes’

"At the root of creativity is an impulse to understand, to make sense
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Apr 01
by Julie in Uncategorized 0 comments

home from melbourne day 3

There was one light on at the shallow end and in solitude I swam. My alarm went
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  • Your weaving isn’t valued because it looks like it was made by a machine.
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  • Just realised that perfection in your weaving isn’t the goal? Perfection isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. Machines can do that. Soul-less. What you create with your own hands is unique and unreplicable. 
Come join me as we weave our own life stories through our own hands.
  • You want it to be perfect? Use a machine. You want it to be loved. Use your own hands.

Have a look at how I create with my hands; and follow along for more creative tips and inspiration. 
  • Want perfection? Use a machine. Your hands are the whole point. Your hands leave traces that your pieces are made by a human. Your own lived experience. Soul-filled! 

Want your own handmade - creative inspiration, tips and ideas? 
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  • Your hands are the whole point! Machine-made is human-less; soul-less. Handmade carries traces of ourselves, which in turn enrich the lives of others. 

Do you try to create work that is ‘perfect’; like a machine? 

I weave stories from my global adventures into my handwoven blankets; and yes - an exceptionally high level of artisan expertise; but you can see and feel that they are woven by my own hands. 

Want creative inspiration? Share with your creative bestie and come follow along.
  • Wished someone had told me this when I started weaving. 
What NOT to do with your gorgeous Indie dyed singles from the festival; or for that project that didn’t quite get made! Excited about using them in your weaving? 

STOP - before you start warping!! 

You can use any yarns you like for your warp; BUT, with awareness. Discernment is necessary.

Shredding it - is a thing! 
Save this in your weaving ‘note to self’ folder, and share with your creative bestie, so you avoid broken warp yarns!
  • Your hands ARE the point.  The variations in what you create with your own hands are the traces and evidence that it was created by a unique human.
  • Machines “...copy the way, but can’t copy the soul”. FLORÉN FLO Beats
Your fingertips create traces that your pieces are made by a human. Everything that you create with your hands; Weaving; Art; Cooking; Music; Touch. Every gesture and movement uniquely yours. Extraordinarily human. Unreplicable
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If this doesn’t look like you running to your studio to weave, perhaps you need some creative inspiration? 

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Want perfection? Use a machine. Your hands are the whole point. Your hands leave traces that your pieces are made by a human. Your own lived experience. Soul-filled! 

Want your own handmade - creative inspiration, tips and ideas? 
Come follow along!
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Want perfection? Use a machine. Your hands are the whole point. Your hands leave traces that your pieces are made by a human. Your own lived experience. Soul-filled! Want your own handmade - creative inspiration, tips and ideas? Come follow along!
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Your hands are the whole point! Machine-made is human-less; soul-less. Handmade carries traces of ourselves, which in turn enrich the lives of others. 

Do you try to create work that is ‘perfect’; like a machine? 

I weave stories from my global adventures into my handwoven blankets; and yes - an exceptionally high level of artisan expertise; but you can see and feel that they are woven by my own hands. 

Want creative inspiration? Share with your creative bestie and come follow along.
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
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Your hands are the whole point! Machine-made is human-less; soul-less. Handmade carries traces of ourselves, which in turn enrich the lives of others.  Do you try to create work that is ‘perfect’; like a machine?  I weave stories from my global adventures into my handwoven blankets; and yes - an exceptionally high level of artisan expertise; but you can see and feel that they are woven by my own hands. Want creative inspiration? Share with your creative bestie and come follow along.
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Wished someone had told me this when I started weaving. What NOT to do with your gorgeous Indie dyed singles from the festival; or for that project that didn’t quite get made! Excited about using them in your weaving? STOP - before you start warping!! You can use any yarns you like for your warp; BUT, with awareness. Discernment is necessary. Shredding it - is a thing! Save this in your weaving ‘note to self’ folder, and share with your creative bestie, so you avoid broken warp yarns!
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Your hands ARE the point.  The variations in what you create with your own hands are the traces and evidence that it was created by a unique human.
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Your hands ARE the point.  The variations in what you create with your own hands are the traces and evidence that it was created by a unique human.
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Machines “...copy the way, but can’t copy the soul”. FLORÉN FLO Beats
Your fingertips create traces that your pieces are made by a human. Everything that you create with your hands; Weaving; Art; Cooking; Music; Touch. Every gesture and movement uniquely yours. Extraordinarily human. Unreplicable
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
•
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Machines “...copy the way, but can’t copy the soul”. FLORÉN FLO Beats Your fingertips create traces that your pieces are made by a human. Everything that you create with your hands; Weaving; Art; Cooking; Music; Touch. Every gesture and movement uniquely yours. Extraordinarily human. Unreplicable
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@skeinydipping

𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 | 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 Luxury Handwoven Blankets 🌏Stories from life & global adventures 🧩Woven into unique collector pieces Explore ⬇️
  • If this doesn’t look like you running to your studio to weave, perhaps you need some creative inspiration? 

Come follow along and see if you can find yourself some tips and creative mojo to get you running to your loom like I do!
  • Your weaving isn’t valued because it looks like it was made by a machine.
It is valued because it didn’t! 
Come along for tips, ideas and inspiration; as we create what is valued - together.
  • Just realised that perfection in your weaving isn’t the goal? Perfection isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. Machines can do that. Soul-less. What you create with your own hands is unique and unreplicable. 
Come join me as we weave our own life stories through our own hands.
  • You want it to be perfect? Use a machine. You want it to be loved. Use your own hands.

Have a look at how I create with my hands; and follow along for more creative tips and inspiration. 
  • Want perfection? Use a machine. Your hands are the whole point. Your hands leave traces that your pieces are made by a human. Your own lived experience. Soul-filled! 

Want your own handmade - creative inspiration, tips and ideas? 
Come follow along!
  • Your hands are the whole point! Machine-made is human-less; soul-less. Handmade carries traces of ourselves, which in turn enrich the lives of others. 

Do you try to create work that is ‘perfect’; like a machine? 

I weave stories from my global adventures into my handwoven blankets; and yes - an exceptionally high level of artisan expertise; but you can see and feel that they are woven by my own hands. 

Want creative inspiration? Share with your creative bestie and come follow along.
  • Wished someone had told me this when I started weaving. 
What NOT to do with your gorgeous Indie dyed singles from the festival; or for that project that didn’t quite get made! Excited about using them in your weaving? 

STOP - before you start warping!! 

You can use any yarns you like for your warp; BUT, with awareness. Discernment is necessary.

Shredding it - is a thing! 
Save this in your weaving ‘note to self’ folder, and share with your creative bestie, so you avoid broken warp yarns!
  • Your hands ARE the point.  The variations in what you create with your own hands are the traces and evidence that it was created by a unique human.
  • Machines “...copy the way, but can’t copy the soul”. FLORÉN FLO Beats
Your fingertips create traces that your pieces are made by a human. Everything that you create with your hands; Weaving; Art; Cooking; Music; Touch. Every gesture and movement uniquely yours. Extraordinarily human. Unreplicable
View on Instagram
If this doesn’t look like you running to your studio to weave, perhaps you need some creative inspiration? 

Come follow along and see if you can find yourself some tips and creative mojo to get you running to your loom like I do!
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
•
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If this doesn’t look like you running to your studio to weave, perhaps you need some creative inspiration? Come follow along and see if you can find yourself some tips and creative mojo to get you running to your loom like I do!
5 hours ago
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Your weaving isn’t valued because it looks like it was made by a machine. It is valued because it didn’t!  Come along for tips, ideas and inspiration; as we create what is valued - together.
10 hours ago
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Just realised that perfection in your weaving isn’t the goal? Perfection isn’t what it’s cracked up to be. Machines can do that. Soul-less. What you create with your own hands is unique and unreplicable.  Come join me as we weave our own life stories through our own hands.
10 hours ago
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You want it to be perfect? Use a machine. You want it to be loved. Use your own hands. Have a look at how I create with my hands; and follow along for more creative tips and inspiration. 
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Want perfection? Use a machine. Your hands are the whole point. Your hands leave traces that your pieces are made by a human. Your own lived experience. Soul-filled! 

Want your own handmade - creative inspiration, tips and ideas? 
Come follow along!
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
•
Follow
Want perfection? Use a machine. Your hands are the whole point. Your hands leave traces that your pieces are made by a human. Your own lived experience. Soul-filled! Want your own handmade - creative inspiration, tips and ideas? Come follow along!
11 hours ago
View on Instagram |
5/9
Your hands are the whole point! Machine-made is human-less; soul-less. Handmade carries traces of ourselves, which in turn enrich the lives of others. 

Do you try to create work that is ‘perfect’; like a machine? 

I weave stories from my global adventures into my handwoven blankets; and yes - an exceptionally high level of artisan expertise; but you can see and feel that they are woven by my own hands. 

Want creative inspiration? Share with your creative bestie and come follow along.
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
•
Follow
Your hands are the whole point! Machine-made is human-less; soul-less. Handmade carries traces of ourselves, which in turn enrich the lives of others.  Do you try to create work that is ‘perfect’; like a machine?  I weave stories from my global adventures into my handwoven blankets; and yes - an exceptionally high level of artisan expertise; but you can see and feel that they are woven by my own hands. Want creative inspiration? Share with your creative bestie and come follow along.
12 hours ago
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Wished someone had told me this when I started weaving. What NOT to do with your gorgeous Indie dyed singles from the festival; or for that project that didn’t quite get made! Excited about using them in your weaving? STOP - before you start warping!! You can use any yarns you like for your warp; BUT, with awareness. Discernment is necessary. Shredding it - is a thing! Save this in your weaving ‘note to self’ folder, and share with your creative bestie, so you avoid broken warp yarns!
14 hours ago
View on Instagram |
7/9
Your hands ARE the point.  The variations in what you create with your own hands are the traces and evidence that it was created by a unique human.
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
•
Follow
Your hands ARE the point.  The variations in what you create with your own hands are the traces and evidence that it was created by a unique human.
1 day ago
View on Instagram |
8/9
Machines “...copy the way, but can’t copy the soul”. FLORÉN FLO Beats
Your fingertips create traces that your pieces are made by a human. Everything that you create with your hands; Weaving; Art; Cooking; Music; Touch. Every gesture and movement uniquely yours. Extraordinarily human. Unreplicable
View Reel on Instagram
@skeinydipping
@skeinydipping
•
Follow
Machines “...copy the way, but can’t copy the soul”. FLORÉN FLO Beats Your fingertips create traces that your pieces are made by a human. Everything that you create with your hands; Weaving; Art; Cooking; Music; Touch. Every gesture and movement uniquely yours. Extraordinarily human. Unreplicable
1 day ago
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