Author: christobel

With winter finally making its appearance in Perth I am spending more time indoors in my cosy workspace trying out some more new ideas.

This is a beautiful bird in a nest made from found objects which I bought from one of my favourite Fremantle artists.

Post – Unwrapped South Perth I have been attempting to restore order to my workspace.  As usual I got sidetracked and decided to try out a new idea with s...

Here is a sneak preview of some more goodies which are going to Unwrapped. A vintage bakelite buckle brooch A string of paper hearts Another vintage brooch A st...

I have made some more tiny nests, and here they all are – ready to go to Unwrapped South Perth. I will have some more sneak previews soon.

The countdown to Unwrapped South Perth is on and I am busy putting all sorts of things together for my stall. My most recent efforts include this miniature bunt...

My first new work for 2011 is tiny handmade wire bird’s nests.  Each nest is about 4 cms. I have a collection of real bird’s nests which was my insp...

Fremantle Bazaar 2010 was last weekend and I was lucky enough to have been selected to participate as a stallholder. The weather was perfect and the atmosphere ...

It never fails to surprise me how many things you can make with paper from old books. This week it is paper houses…..

I have made these card holders (which could be used for photographs, invitations or anything else you wanted) out of old wooden cotton reels. I will have some a...