tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72938991180745942262024-03-18T20:16:11.523-07:00The Crumbling Ecologies ProjectJasmine TargettJasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-36969113044650037652014-10-15T06:21:00.002-07:002014-10-15T06:32:25.024-07:00New SiteHello Tribe!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It is my pleasure to announce that Crumbling Ecologies has been shortlisted for the</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> 2013 <a href="http://www.manningham.vic.gov.au/play/home_arts/manningham_vic_award.html?s=707348531" target="_blank">Manningham Ceramic Art Prize. </a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span dir="ltr"><b>Exhibition Opening and Judge's Presentation</b><br />6 - 8pm Wednesday 10 July, 2013 - everyone welcome</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span dir="ltr"><b>Exhibition Dates</b></span><span dir="ltr">10th of July - 17th of August 2013. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span dir="ltr"> </span><span dir="ltr">You can find out more about gallery and location by clicking <b><a href="http://www.manningham.vic.gov.au/play/home_arts/manningham_vic_award.html" target="_blank">(here).</a></b></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Manningham Victorian Ceramic Art Award, developed by
Manningham City Council, was established in 2009 to support Victorian
ceramic artists and acknowledge the special place that ceramics has in
Manningham and the region’s history.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="A2">This biennial award exhibition surveys
current Victorian ceramic art practice and showcases ceramic artists
from Manningham and the other Valley of the Arts partners – Maroondah,
Nillumbik, and Banyule.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="A2">The acquisitions will assist in the development of Manningham City Council’s collection of Victorian ceramic art.</span></span></span><br />
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work had two distinct aims, the first in its concept, the second in its
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regenerate sits within a tenuous space. On the brink of crumbling, the
geraniums embody the story of their makers- the artists, teachers and students
impacted by the nationwide arts-sector cutbacks. Porcelain is a material known
for its strength; using it in this way comments on the impact the loss of
educators (and the knowledge their hands pass on) will have on the industry,
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Neon and Vinyl. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
IUCN Red List of endangered species uses the chart depicted in Weather
Barometer to categorise the rate of a species’ decline from Least
Concern to Extinct. It can be suggested that by these classifications
Craft is a Critically Endangered form of arts practice in Victoria. This
is the highest risk category and indicates a species’ numbers will
decrease by 80% within three generations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
closure of craft based studios from Higher Educational Intuitions
across Victoria will mean that the next generation of artists working in
Melbourne will no longer have the resources to learn the technical
skills necessary to practice craft professionally, dramatically altering
the diverse landscape of Australian visual art. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Weather
Barometer charts the current state of Craft as CR, perhaps ironically
CR is also the abbreviation for Craft used by state and national funding
bodies. The flickering light of EW explores the sense of urgency around
the future of craft. Traditionally weather barometers have been used to
alert the public to extreme weather conditions or in fundraising, to
chart the level of funds raised. This conceptually links the instability
of the current financial to the closure of Victoria’s Craft Studios. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">CR – Critically Endangered </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">EW – Extinct in the Wild </span><br />
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Workshop embraces the generous tradition of the Craft Community,
facilitating a free environment for sharing knowledge and skills while
getting to meet some amazing artistic people outside your circle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our first workshop was held from 10am - 3pm on Saturday 28th April in Craft Victoria's Library Space.....</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Facilitators </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sharon Clues</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Skill - Machine Knitting</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Workshop - How to machine knit Sharon's custom design Crescent Scarf. (Pictured Left)</span><br />
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- Sharon Clues is a Melbourne based textile artist with a passion for
natural fibers & fabrics. she is the owner and creator of </span><a href="http://ethelrubydesign.blogspot.com.au/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">ethelruby</a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> –a luxury knit label & is currently studying textile design at RMIT.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/ethelruby" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.etsy.com/shop/ethelruby</a><br />
<a href="http://sclues.blogspot.com.au/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://sclues.blogspot.com.au/</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Emma Grace </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Workshop
- Participants are invited to fix or re-create broken or un-loved
costume-jewellery and found objects into something new and unique.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Materials
- All your old, broken and unloved costume/fashion jewellery and any
other interesting bits and bobs you have lying about – you never know
what might come in handy!</span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">About
- Emma Grace is a maker of contemporary jewllery and founder of The
Treasury, a jewellery fixing and re-creation workshop aimed at promoting
sustainability within the fashion industry. Her work is avaialble at
Craft Victoria and e.g.etal and her next solo show will be held at
e.g.etal in August 2012.</span><br />
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<a href="http://emmagracejewellery.wordpress.com/the-treasury/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://emmagracejewellery.wordpress.com/the-treasury/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.emmagrace.com.au/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">www.emmagrace.com.au</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sandra Eterovic </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
Work Shop - Participants will be given a copy of the paper graph for my
'Rags to Riches' scarf design. They will learn how to change colours
within a row of knitting and how to follow a grid pattern. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Materials
- 2 balls of contrasting yarn in the same gauge, preferably smoothly
textured. Knitting needles to suit. A ruler and a pencil, for marking
the pattern. I am assuming that participants will have basic knit/ purl
knitting skills. It would be preferable for participants to have a
couple of rows of knitting done before we start, but it's not necessary.
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">About
Sandra - I am interested in the facades that our society encourages and
the less comfortable things that lurk beneath. I enjoy exploring
different materials, and am currently making painted wooden cut-outs,
knitting, and considering exploring clay again. </span><br />
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<a href="http://sandraeterovic.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">sandraeterovic.blogspot.com</a><br />
<a href="mailto:sandeterovic@gmail.com" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">sandeterovic@gmail.com</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We had a delightful day crafting, laughing and getting upto lots of making mischief! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here is the bounty from our first Skills Swap Meet-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If
your interested in being a workshop Facilitator or participating in
another Skills Swap Meet - email jasminetargett (at) hotmail.com</span><br />
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<br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" />Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-58157484049202798102012-05-17T00:35:00.000-07:002014-06-01T21:03:27.834-07:00Crumbling Ecologies Revealed....<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Showing at Craft Victoria till Saturday June 9th</span>.......<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><i>Crumbling Ecology,</i> 2012. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Porcelain. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The
last work to emerge from the now ‘devolved’ Monash Ceramic Studio,
Crumbling Ecology is a large ephemeral installation made from over
35,000 hand made porcelain geraniums. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On
the brink of crumbling, the porcelain geraniums embody the story of
their makers- the artists, teachers and students directly impacted.
Porcelain is a material known for its strength; using the material in
this way comments on the loss of educators and the knowledge their hands
pass on. Commenting on the beauty and integrity of craft that is soon
to be lost, the ecology unable to regenerate, sits within a tenuous
space. The outcome of the work and its value will be determined by the
audience’s response... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Viewers are invited to take a leaf and pay what you think it is worth. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">This
work has been made by Jasmine Targett with the assistance of over 100
volunteering artists, crafters, students, teachers, curators and
creative fellows in Victoria and New South Wales. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Makers – </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">VIC </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Jasmine
Targett, Sharon Clues, Sally Cleary, Rebecca Mayo, Anthony Conway, Caroline Brandt,
Jacinta Richardson, Stephanie Watson, Thomas Ryan, Atika Fraval, Janice
Kent-Mackenzie, Rebecca Norris, Phoebe Norris, Shelley Grayden, Susannah
Larritt, Cat Finnerty, Ian Wadley, Rebecca Delange, Adele Macer,
Annette Martin, Julia Storey, Wen Shobbrook, Annie Quail, Elise Sheehan,
Naomi Troski, Ri Van Veen, Lucy Hall, Sophie Harle, Ella Leoncio, Susan
Frisch, Georgia Lancaster, Rosanna Cladwell , Kobie Nel, Ulla Britta
Westergren, Kathryn de Jesus, Di Richardson, Jenna Wilson, Gabbie Hoff,
Beka Hannah, Pauline Meade, Carmen Couche, Yanrong Wu, Simone Steel,
Suse Scholem, Sinead Kennedy Tammy Warner, Annie Dowd, Miriam McGarry,
Sari Harris, Sharyn Masson, Kristen Miller, Dee Strandly, Rachel Berry,
Jacqueline Vermer, Cindy Leech, Declan Donald, Friederike
Heinsdorff-Neill, Kim Davis, Sue Lawson and Laura Elphinstone.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> NSW </span></span> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Liane
Rossler, James McCallum, Bridget Kennedy, Corrine Fisher, Hannah
Fisher, Emilie Fisher, Jude Belnick, Maddy Ghosh, Ximena Tapia, Zeynep
Bayraktar, Canbora Bayraktar, Rose Daridis, Brooke Thompson, Beau
Thompson, Lucie Macany, Zoe Brand, Melanie Ihnen, Nina Still, Tilly </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">For more details on all of the works check out the new work's gallery</span> -<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Regenerated plant waste, hand blown glass and salvaged furniture from ‘devolved’ studio space. </span></span><br />
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Thanks for the shout out guys, its an honour to be in <i>Lip !</i></div>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-48261700215466581372012-05-16T03:15:00.000-07:002013-10-12T06:37:40.039-07:00Curator Grace Cochrane opens Crumbling Ecologies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Grace gave an amazing speech to open the exhibition. It meant a lot to me to have someone that I look up to so much from within the industry give insight into the works and commentary on my practice. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtdZKhI8-5-_fjU2GoMOEtl3FPcVrmWQDJkUQcyRkKpVhVPMLwMp4R6m1c_NcBBxUqEqmFqLhTkaCZw-cLsHF18PTKt1f3RgRNtmldz-6WU47VQRNs3oWz0icTQuuVkamj2ZPjexKLWeh/s1600/Grace+-+opening+speech.jpg" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></a><i><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Speech Notes by Grace Cochrane</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"> Crumbling Ecologies</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"> Jasmine Targett, Craft, 26 April, 2012</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thank you Joe and Debbie from Craft Victoria for inviting me to speak about this exhibition. And congratulations to Jasmine Targett for the works she has made on the theme of ‘crumbling ecologies’. </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ecology – that’s a word we usually associate with the well-being of an environment, specifically a natural environment. We tend to think of ecologies as things that are precious, worth defending, and worth nurturing because we know that their well-being and continuation is to our benefit and, in a world worrying about the effects of climate change, worth nurturing to the benefit of the future of the planet.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But we also extend the meaning of ecology to the well-being of any kind of environment where the parts are mutually dependent, and exist to mutual benefit. So in talking about an arts ecology, we understand it to mean the infrastructure made up of makers, writers, dealers, galleries, museums, co-operatives, suppliers, funding bodies, related industries and education institutions. A healthy arts ecology needs them all.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It also needs a healthy economy, and what makes a healthy economy is a matter of debate. Is the link between ecology and economy always a good one? Or can there be elements of destruction as well as benefit, in favour of special interests – large or small?</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And where does someone like Jasmine Targett, who started as a painter, and then moved towards working with glass in her honours year and is now completing her PhD, find her place in the art world talking about ecologies – in particular crumbling ecologies?</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This isn’t the first work she has made along these lines. Last year she showed works on the theme of Life Support Systems, in an exhibition called Making Sense. Here, she used dichroic glass originally developed for NASA space suit helmets to examine what was described as alarming data about environmental issues to do with ozone layers, atmospheric conditions and greenhouse gases. These were then shown in Taipei in February. Professor John Gregory, in his essay Making Sense:from the Sublime to the Meticulous, discussed how these pieces presented ‘complex, disturbing data in lucid, evocative, even surprisingly beautiful form.’ </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">But what have geraniums got to do with this? These ordinary, common pot-plants; this familiar, domestic tough and hardy perennial? It turns out, in terms of ecologies, that while in some places of the world particular geranium species are endangered, in others, including some parts of Australia, it runs rampant though indigenous plant habitats and is in the Alert List for Environmental Weeds! Is it plant or weed? Is it friend or foe? How do we place value on it? Is it old-fashioned and out of date in the garden popularity stakes? Or is it still keenly sought-after? What is its place in our environmental ecology?</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Here, in Crumbling Ecology, the geranium is recreated as a mass on the floor, of beautiful porcelain shells cast from the originals, which have been sacrificed in the process of making. Do we walk around them, or trample on them? Do we covet them or destroy them? What does that say about us, either way? </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At the same time, cuttings that weren’t used after the leaves were detached, appear here in Beauty of weeds, as new plants, propagated in Jasmine’s garden. The unusually bright red of the flowers is significant: this strain was developed by a local nursery and is noticeable in many gardens in her suburb. But however ‘new’ these plants might be, they are now planted in bell-jar containers whose usual purpose is to cover precious museum objects and relics. Blown by Jasmine, with colleagues Laurel, Tegan and Kirstin, these jars nurture something new, while being embedded in well-worn work benches which have been discarded from her university’s defunct ceramics studio. This whole project, in fact, was made on these benches.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And the wall-mounted Weather barometer – this is a real measure for the rate of decline for certain species according to a scientific scale from those of Least Concern, at one end, to Extinct, at the other. Where does the geranium feature here?</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is all very interesting and insightful. But it is not the only story here, of either ecology or economy. In fact, as you have no doubt realised already, the entire exhibition is a metaphor for the Crumbling Ecology of professional crafts education courses in Victoria – and indeed, in many other places. Particular reference has been made to the closure, or threat of closure, in many institutions, of full specialist courses in the crafts. At Monash University for example, ceramics and textiles have closed, while glass and jewellery (along with other art media areas) are offered within broad undergraduate BFA or BVA courses, with the opportunity of some specialisation there, as well as, in Jasmine’s case, in later postgraduate study.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There is such shared concern for the further decline in serious education of skill, knowledge and history of these fields of work, and its effect on the future, that Jasmine’s search for others to attend workshops and make geranium leaves to demonstrate their concern about this direction in education, met with an extraordinary response. Around 100 teachers, students and others who were enthusiastic about the opportunity to comment in this way, from Victoria and other states, have contributed to this installation over many months; many of them returning to make pieces and to talk about issues. Meanwhile, important parts of the ecology in the form of sponsors such as the City of Melbourne through an Arts Projects grant, Clayworks (through contributing porcelain clay) and Northcote Pottery (through contributing kiln-firing facilities) have supported the project and the exhibition.</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Are the crafts endangered? Is the ecology of the crafts under threat? Is the education ecology diminished? What are the factors – economic, social and cultural – that contribute to a changing ecology in this field? Is it just to do with government funding systems of universities? Is it to do with the marketplace? Is it to do with our perceptions of vocational and personal aspirations, and the choices students make? And, moreover, how much can we influence the ecology in which all these issues exist, if we care about them?</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Returning to the question of metaphor, and considering the educational questions in relation to each of these works, we could again ask of: </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Crumbling ecology: Do we trample on it and crush it, or carefully walk around it, or preserve important parts of it, as with these leaves?</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Weather barometer: The crafts are identified here as ‘critically endangered’. How do we measure the rate of change, and how do we place a value on it? What do we do then? </span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Beauty of weeds: Can we grow something new in the crafts from the experiences of the past? How? Whatever will that be?</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And will we still have the traditional skills to put together with new technologies to express ideas about a future, of crafts practice within art, design and industry, that might be based on the best of the past and present? In short, how do we maintain an exciting and sustainable crafts education ecology?</span><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This work is provocative, topical and inspirational – congratulations to you Jasmine, and to all the people who have worked with you on this project.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I would like to thank Grace for her fantastic speech, I am so grateful that we have someone with her kind of wisdom and discernment to guide the industry into the future.</span>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0Victoria, Australia-37.4713077 144.7851531-40.6973747 139.7314421 -34.2452407 149.8388641tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-88088186020340800572012-05-16T00:28:00.000-07:002012-05-16T00:29:48.477-07:00Reviewed! Crumbling Ecologies in The Age<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
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<i><b>A Dying Art? </b>Across Australia's universities, specialist craft departments - glass, ceramics, tapestries, metals and jewellery - are being shut. The situation has become so bad that according to artist Jasmine Targett, when she applied for an arts grant for her current Craft Victoria exhibition </i><i>Crimbling Ecologies (opening tomorrow night), Monash University - where she is doing her PHD - had a ceramics department; by the time she came to make the work, it did not. Targett worked with students, teachers and artists over a three-month period to create thousands of fragile porcelain geranium leaves (pictured) symbolising this fragile craft ecology. And Targett is going further to ensure specialist skills don't die out. This Saturday she has organised a Skills Swap Meet for sharing knowledge and skills. "The idea of the Skills Swap Meet is to get away from the institution, to learn from each other the old-fashioned way of passing down skills person to person," Targett says. craftvic.org.au</i></div>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-4102957725260957822012-05-15T23:51:00.001-07:002012-05-15T23:55:38.806-07:00Crumbling Ecologies Opens at Craft Victoria!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I was thrilled and overwhelmed by the floods of people that came to the opening of Crumbling Ecologies at Craft Victoria. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The exhibition was opened by Grace Cochrane, former senior curator from the Powerhouse Museum Sydney. Grace gave insight into the unfolding story behind the works. To read Grace's Speech click <a href="http://www.crumblingecologies.blogspot.com.au/p/speech-notes-by-grace-cochrane.html">here- http://www.crumblingecologies.blogspot.com.au/p/speech-notes-by-grace-cochrane.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It was great getting to see all of the makers from the project come together for the opening and finally get to meet!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All of Melbourne's art school community of movers and shakers filled the space with lively debate about the ongoing issues the work raises....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Above, one of the Project participants artist Suse Scholem talking about how the work was made and the delicacy of the porcelain leaves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I visited the work today at Craft Victoria and was delighted to see that lots of the leaves have been collected and taken home by the audience. Its exciting to see the work evolving and taking on a new life as it reaches out to the community. If you happen to have taken some leaves, please email us an image of where your lives have found their home in your life - jasminetargett (at) hotmail (dot) com </span><br />
<br />Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-12276086737459456872012-05-03T00:09:00.003-07:002012-05-03T00:09:41.646-07:00Installation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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The crew from the neon and vinyl lettering place went to work installing the components of <i>Weather Barometer. </i></div>
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It suddenly got very busy in the space... a hub, a hive of activity... I had a moment to stop, take a breath observe from a distance and eat a piece of carrot cake. </div>
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Onto the floor layout and setting out <i>The Beauty of Weeds</i> piece. The hand blown glass domes ended up fitting seamlessly into the reclaimed studio tables. I was trying to create a sense of being displaced, a class room that has been displaced. I was completely chuffed when Joe from Craft Vic walked through and said<i> 'the lay out reminds me of a classroom'</i>, fewf... my work here is done! </div>
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The end of day two, and our first visitor to the space! Tony, the artist exhibiting in Gallery 3's current show 'the Green Room'. Make sure you drop by and have a chat with him next time your in at Craft Vic. You can see the beginnings of <i>Crumbling Ecologies</i> installed on the gallery floor. It was amazing how many hand made leaves we had from the one hundred artists that donated their time and hands to the project. Each one completely unique and entirely beautiful. </div>
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Now, onto opening night! I hope people rock up... gosh what if its just me and the geraniums & the Craft Vic team. What if people come but they trample all of them, what if its just a pile of dust?! I so hope the audience gets the work... too late now. Fingers, toes and everything else crossed... here we go! </div>
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<br /></div>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-76434052426544475942012-04-19T23:46:00.008-07:002012-04-20T00:05:29.699-07:00Crumbling Ecologies in Vogue!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMki99-shGX8p1h7mVJpzFP90f6iTYvNGsPY_mk0LyufN_BiKHvrGAErtRL3xOcaf98M7iMwGduwFcRxOVymb9jxLfE8xSgS46CwCuS3Uctnt1PJW6yunagzCiDAzruJiJwuDfzIPZmor/s1600/385-4_nr.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLMki99-shGX8p1h7mVJpzFP90f6iTYvNGsPY_mk0LyufN_BiKHvrGAErtRL3xOcaf98M7iMwGduwFcRxOVymb9jxLfE8xSgS46CwCuS3Uctnt1PJW6yunagzCiDAzruJiJwuDfzIPZmor/s400/385-4_nr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733375409351655282" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Check out this Months edition of Vogue Living and you will find a lovely shout out to the Crumbling Ecologies Project on Page 97.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyWRCfuhyphenhyphenWfVLQtXAQ3kqZtsERpVdEOF_jsuVy69Z8_d_a9TobaeZX9wIssTGpT_Kvh4gfPNCCS_VJFtwPS5UiMsEaIsgSeZZXcYbxVTqaxVfPXWcRfuMBi-Ji9hC8SkyJCs-cIPja06s/s1600/+-+Blog.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnyWRCfuhyphenhyphenWfVLQtXAQ3kqZtsERpVdEOF_jsuVy69Z8_d_a9TobaeZX9wIssTGpT_Kvh4gfPNCCS_VJFtwPS5UiMsEaIsgSeZZXcYbxVTqaxVfPXWcRfuMBi-Ji9hC8SkyJCs-cIPja06s/s400/+-+Blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5733372723525877106" border="0" /></a><br />The text reads-<br /></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The closure of Numerous Melbourne Art Studios inspired Jasmine Targett's installation of more than 35,000 Hand-Cast, Fine Porcelain Geranium Leaves. In a nod to the fragility of the art community, almost 100 artists have contributed leaf castings to The Crumbling Ecologies Project. Until 9 June at Craft Victoria, 31 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC; crumblingecologies.blogspot.com.au</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Make sure you make it down to the opening next week to see what all the hype has been about!<br /><br />Exhibition Opening - 6-8pm, Thursday 26 April at Craft Victoria.<br /></span>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-32403864975342783412012-04-15T03:25:00.014-07:002012-04-15T04:20:25.844-07:00a sneak peak at the Crumbling Ecologies Project....<span style="font-family:arial;">I have had a few requests for a sneak peak into the goings on at Crumbling Ecologies Head Quarters .... you may have heard me talking about a series of solo works called </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-family: arial;">The Beauty of Weeds</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> that will accompany the other works in the exhibition.....<br /><br /></span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IhDrbnzq8MEbjwsZkH5cTX77iiaj8NeGwljpgkg4iIfNxrbk83YieRT9RlKozvVC5XihS6UA3y9Lhru0WJKR0-Jt-18I25RmY2GTjTzr0QuFBUSTKHLfmh7goV3GBRuXCqfhuhH8_QvP/s1600/the+beauty+of+weeds.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4IhDrbnzq8MEbjwsZkH5cTX77iiaj8NeGwljpgkg4iIfNxrbk83YieRT9RlKozvVC5XihS6UA3y9Lhru0WJKR0-Jt-18I25RmY2GTjTzr0QuFBUSTKHLfmh7goV3GBRuXCqfhuhH8_QvP/s400/the+beauty+of+weeds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731576579054427762" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br />the sketch quick sketch- hand blown glass museum domes, fused into the surface of the tables from my studio that we have been making the bulk of the project on.<br /><br /></span><br /> <div style="text-align: left; font-family: arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZdAubjnP-3h5WOLh2Ni7jGV5HP9QZTsGMK1LbVlrWxFAj5P8EBoDo85vms1DbXXOgYgSFPn1DBRIzgDHBEH8VUJGi9Gf5EfqTHJBKIAXj5M1xWEApphCUl_DN8JF344yifanYq5Lygh8/s1600/laurel.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiZdAubjnP-3h5WOLh2Ni7jGV5HP9QZTsGMK1LbVlrWxFAj5P8EBoDo85vms1DbXXOgYgSFPn1DBRIzgDHBEH8VUJGi9Gf5EfqTHJBKIAXj5M1xWEApphCUl_DN8JF344yifanYq5Lygh8/s400/laurel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731584663333601586" border="0" /></a><br /></div> <span style="font-family:arial;">Blowing the Glass Museum Domes... A special thank you to Laurel, Tegan and Kirstin for their help with these big mama domes - you were amazing, I think we broke the Monash hot shop record for the size of bubbles being blown! Laurel your skills are amazing!<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ycdx3zZtvTQLrHvth7lC1Lnmtx6Mea83XjoXOEoroE7CvmLEfu99aYvfIW-DRSPTlgaV9rvDvUbg0mbHN6sKJszy7l6ha5WK06tv6cYAc_e8DhCVyZLQqryPQhImB4LRDIgXnT_aHaqJ/s1600/JPEG1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ycdx3zZtvTQLrHvth7lC1Lnmtx6Mea83XjoXOEoroE7CvmLEfu99aYvfIW-DRSPTlgaV9rvDvUbg0mbHN6sKJszy7l6ha5WK06tv6cYAc_e8DhCVyZLQqryPQhImB4LRDIgXnT_aHaqJ/s400/JPEG1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731584456934389618" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">The tables from the studio have evolved as the project has. In a way the studio</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> space in which the work was created has become so much a part of the work that it has become infused with the work itself. Check out its transformation in progress from the studio to nearly being completed....<br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOLVSRx-zSwmBFC3SJCGOzefIrA2o4Hqog_CBBhHleSa548hcblF75rdkUztI3MMZr0NgxonMjL5hsEl82_fFQp7_TCeKY9DyhDZsRJCgzq9Ky80pJQLmQOEh9vdtu3QQt0Bi-CX7iKG3/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-15+at+9.08.42+PM.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLOLVSRx-zSwmBFC3SJCGOzefIrA2o4Hqog_CBBhHleSa548hcblF75rdkUztI3MMZr0NgxonMjL5hsEl82_fFQp7_TCeKY9DyhDZsRJCgzq9Ky80pJQLmQOEh9vdtu3QQt0Bi-CX7iKG3/s400/Screen+shot+2012-04-15+at+9.08.42+PM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731584162527206322" border="0" /></a></span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ByyIYhyP-aRTFH4dezuokoMdQLUjyhiz89GI-anS-f0nvjXnkr0RwNfIRkSV3mCv9a-v9vyqddJnpIoAqjSmY0TuI7KF7os9S7gyhFDydTTPyWOGTsHTNWNwkVf9A91R_sTvncM4VmNr/s1600/dd.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ByyIYhyP-aRTFH4dezuokoMdQLUjyhiz89GI-anS-f0nvjXnkr0RwNfIRkSV3mCv9a-v9vyqddJnpIoAqjSmY0TuI7KF7os9S7gyhFDydTTPyWOGTsHTNWNwkVf9A91R_sTvncM4VmNr/s400/dd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731582721894827826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Inside the domes will sit the plants I have been growing from the excess plant waste salvaged from the rest of the project. The next stage of the work will happen all in the gallery space on installation day, the fusion of - Art School - Studio Space - Gallery and Museum will become complete!</span>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-61041440989765415972012-04-15T03:09:00.006-07:002012-04-15T06:45:29.018-07:00Skills Swap Meet - Call out for Workshop Leaders<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Free Workshop</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Skills Swap Meet</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">10am - 3pm</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Saturday 28 April, 2012</span><br /><br /></span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }@font-face { font-family: "Calibri"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }a:link, span.MsoHyperlink { color: blue; text-decoration: underline; }a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { color: purple; text-decoration: underline; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family: Cambria; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;">Do you have a unique skill you can pass on to other makers?</span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;">Want to learn some mad new skills with out going to art school?</span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;">We want you!</span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><i style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></i></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Artists and crafters are invited to contribute to a Skills Swap Meet day in the Library at Craft Victoria.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Embracing in the generous tradition of Craft and Arts practice, the Crumbling Ecologies Project offers the opportunity for Makers, Crafters, Artists, Teachers and Students to participate in a <i style="">Skills Swap Meet.</i> The event will take place in Craft Victoria’s Library Space on Saturday 28 April. 4 workshops will be offered between 10am – 3pm. Participants will be able to register for a half or whole day. The aim of the <i style="">Skills Swap Meet</i> is to facilitate a free environment for sharing knowledge and skills while getting to meet some amazing artistic people outside of your circle.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Workshop leaders – bring enough materials to demonstrate your craft.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Participants – register to participate and get the list of things you need to bring.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">How to become a Workshop leader – </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">Send 3 pictures and a short description of the skill you want to pass on to </span><a href="mailto:jasminetargett@hotmail.com"><span style="font-size:10pt;">jasminetargett@hotmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">By Friday 20th<sup></sup> April</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-size:10pt;color:red;" > </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">*Art and Craft activities need to be suitable to the Craft Victoria Library space – no wet activities allowed.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="mailto:rsvp@craftvictoria.com.au"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10pt;"> </span></b></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">To register to be involved and for more details go to - </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://craftvic.org.au/whats-on/exhibitions/skills-swap-meet">http://craftvic.org.au/whats-on/exhibitions/skills-swap-meet</a></span>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-85127863642524014672012-04-14T23:34:00.008-07:002012-04-15T02:37:22.845-07:0020 Sydney Artists join in the Crumbling Ecologies Project<span style="font-family:arial;">I was delighted to receive an email from Bridget Kennedy a few months ago titled 'i love your beautiful project'. A NSW based artist, Bridget banded together a group of passionate artists to spend a Sunday in Sydney making a large batch of porcelain geranium leaves to contribute to our growing installation.</span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW88LOB9Gwmo8INEbxUD_cnFmC_C4gjSM5Bye7rxufTvKuKJsFLVVuCYXmm5Kir_MSNXVoV9VPuRr51HGMnNT5X0OSMDBcJru0Q71Ah1qb2sqzEt-q3UDTezl_8dFOcknj0HgGFe4lO6Ed/s1600/goup.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 394px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW88LOB9Gwmo8INEbxUD_cnFmC_C4gjSM5Bye7rxufTvKuKJsFLVVuCYXmm5Kir_MSNXVoV9VPuRr51HGMnNT5X0OSMDBcJru0Q71Ah1qb2sqzEt-q3UDTezl_8dFOcknj0HgGFe4lO6Ed/s400/goup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731553956352621954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The team of makers included - </span><style>@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "MS 明朝"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; }p.MsoNoSpacing, li.MsoNoSpacing, div.MsoNoSpacing { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family: Cambria; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">James McCallum, Szilvia Gyorgy, Bridget Kennedy, Corrine Fisher, Hannah Fisher, Emilie Fisher, Jude Belnick, Maddy Ghosh,Helen Earl, Ximena Tapia, Zeynep Bayraktar, Canbora Bayraktar, Rose Daridis, Brooke Thompson, Beau Thompson, Lucie Macany, Vicki Grima, Zoe Brand, Melanie Ihnen and Nina Still.<br /><br />The merry bunch worked for hours through the piles upon piles of geraniums. I was delighted to see them using some good new techniques...<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79hJ8c6B8jt-LrbN9ViRIqYQP8xRtDgkxSoL5w8eFkYLPMHwFmOMkyOX9-HBdhvNN-Mn13nTeZIRNr6Z4wbcdYg-6WdIu4Y21FN55GeK5U0jnNcGBxmg93PtXVwTf7TI_mdp0Ghyphenhyphen1DR2n/s1600/hanging.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi79hJ8c6B8jt-LrbN9ViRIqYQP8xRtDgkxSoL5w8eFkYLPMHwFmOMkyOX9-HBdhvNN-Mn13nTeZIRNr6Z4wbcdYg-6WdIu4Y21FN55GeK5U0jnNcGBxmg93PtXVwTf7TI_mdp0Ghyphenhyphen1DR2n/s400/hanging.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731555984011641746" border="0" /></a></span></span><br />The day took place in ceramic artist </span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">Szilvia Gyorgy's studio in Sydney. They filled her studio kiln to the brim with geraniums. Here are some fantastic images from before and after firing from inside the kiln. <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1IgRyZxAjB4gGJpCzFi86E9u5FfZh_dR5HNHuFBz23ouYg6EDmzELbbIH27nJayqoUzH4CsMk4586bAQxLcVXEyMwEJg3ks_fUjHXp2bWkntCcJNv9jE688N-wHWQfGdPdhPRAHWUJKK/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-04-15+at+7.14.29+PM.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq1IgRyZxAjB4gGJpCzFi86E9u5FfZh_dR5HNHuFBz23ouYg6EDmzELbbIH27nJayqoUzH4CsMk4586bAQxLcVXEyMwEJg3ks_fUjHXp2bWkntCcJNv9jE688N-wHWQfGdPdhPRAHWUJKK/s400/Screen+shot+2012-04-15+at+7.14.29+PM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731556881924684802" border="0" /></a><br />I can't wait to rec</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">e</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">ive Bridget's parcel filled with the bounty of their porcelain beauties. I would especially like to thank Bridget and Szilvia for their generosity and time, for donating their </span></span></span></span></span></span><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;">materials and studio.<br /><br /><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdwnEirV_SZILxIx-MpdQ1xrlAUyYLguBS7xM-Vi4O4h2b0EAUSzUWW6MXHQcif_UpIjShK7dbpOK-fgCM34ggZrxkrMgn9ftFFt7BiBN3LF7X4xMrca-epr-eVp-dfB_vgiPCpoXbLTm/s1600/table+long.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdwnEirV_SZILxIx-MpdQ1xrlAUyYLguBS7xM-Vi4O4h2b0EAUSzUWW6MXHQcif_UpIjShK7dbpOK-fgCM34ggZrxkrMgn9ftFFt7BiBN3LF7X4xMrca-epr-eVp-dfB_vgiPCpoXbLTm/s400/table+long.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731558337567882786" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />Where will the Crumbling Ecologies Project go to next?<br /></span></span></span></span></span></span> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-4399594696612689222012-04-14T00:05:00.017-07:002012-04-25T03:59:35.230-07:00Grace Cochrane Former Senior Curator Power House Museum Sydney, to Open Crumbling Ecologies!<span style="font-family: arial;">We are delighted to announce that Craft Victoria will be flying </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 180%;"><br />Grace Cochrane</span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: 180%;">,</span> </b><span style="font-family: arial;">Former Senior Curator of Australian decorative arts and design at the </span><a href="http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/" style="font-family: arial;">Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia,</a> to open the exhibition! <span style="font-family: arial;">Dubbed the 'Grand Mother' of Australian Craft, Grace has been an advocate for highlighting and supporting Craft as a diverse form of Contemporary Arts Practice in Australia for over 20 years.<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">A little more on Grace...</span></div>
<span style="font-family: arial;">Since starting at the Powerhouse Museum in 1988, Grace has had a key respo</span><span style="font-family: arial;">nsibility for the development of the holdings of contemporary Australian crafts and design, has worked on numerous exhibitions within the museum and is currently co-ordinating teams developing a permanent collection-based decorative arts and design gallery for mid- 2005 and a major exhibition on the theme of design, industry and the handmade, in 2006. </span> <br />
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Born in New Zealand, Grace Cochrane has a background in both art and education. She gained a B.Ed (1976) from the Tasmanian College of Advanced Education, and BFA, MFA (1984, 1986) and PhD (1999) from the University of Tasmania. Her professional appointments have included membership of both the Crafts Board and the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council. </div>
<span class="style50" style="font-family: arial;">She is the author of the <i> The Crafts Movement in Australia: a History </i>(NSW U</span><span class="style50" style="font-family: arial;">niversity Press, 1992); has contributed to a number of other publications; given lectures and papers in all fields of the crafts; and has a long record of judging awards, opening exhibitions and assessing graduating students. Following exhibition and collection research in SE Asia in 1994 she co-ordinated museum training workshops for ASEAN museum professionals in Malaysia in 1995. She received the Australia Council's Visual Arts/Craft Board's Emeritus medal in 2001. </span> <b style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfSew7mWJRNWGUPc2arggBEoQzWHW2vIq7J4E2LqEG3IHPdSCOGY6PnrcJfY4EQ-aHb8ksLGBR_Q8UrZ8dHC1EKirvx-fVSyD9fQFvtld2MN_k527-oRSUR9UGrpYD6u0elAyVs00Xm4u/s1600/RW_JazFolio_090830_2078-Edit.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731157572890988258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfSew7mWJRNWGUPc2arggBEoQzWHW2vIq7J4E2LqEG3IHPdSCOGY6PnrcJfY4EQ-aHb8ksLGBR_Q8UrZ8dHC1EKirvx-fVSyD9fQFvtld2MN_k527-oRSUR9UGrpYD6u0elAyVs00Xm4u/s400/RW_JazFolio_090830_2078-Edit.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 188px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></b></b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 180%;"><b>With the opening night just around the corner, is is time to.....</b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;"> S</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">ave the Date, mark it in your Diaries!!</span><span style="font-size: 180%;"><b style="font-family: arial;"><br />Crumbling Ecologies Opening: 6 - 8pm, Thursday 26th April</b></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 180%;">.</span> <span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />It will be a fantastic evening where all of the makers will finally get to see the installation come together ! Everyone Welcome !!</span>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-46442569171867873372012-03-11T01:20:00.003-08:002012-03-11T01:40:00.972-08:00Crumbling Ecologies Unearthed<span style="font-family:arial;">A few weeks ago the new curator from Craft Victoria Debbie Pryor visited the main studio where the Crumbling Ecologies Project casting has been happening. To check out her awesome behind the scenes view - click on the image below. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.thecraftblog.org.au/2012/02/28/underneath-the-crumbling-ecologies/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNr4RXaxu8thFQ-92NMMkU6Ht0m8G6zdZbD7U17QO09xw1sGNU_gkZks2IEUAi7v0ZR4rTzP8UNdeSXJ3Bk2DNRyaQZv8vl6YczUBA5wwm63SO9KAXfa-tFLFGexJIpK1hps131P_8gm8/s400/Screen+shot+2012-03-11+at+8.22.05+PM.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718567997571394674" border="0" /></a><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.thecraftblog.org.au/2012/02/28/underneath-the-crumbling-ecologies/">http://www.thecraftblog.org.au/2012/02/28/underneath-the-crumbling-ecologies/</a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It has been a crazy couple of weeks, I have been swimming in an ocean of geraniums and meeting some truly extraordinary creative people.... </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">One of those talented people is Mary Pomfret, a creative writer from regional Victoria who wrote this beautiful response to the project - </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }@font-face { font-family: "Calibri"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; }p.MsoNoSpacing, li.MsoNoSpacing, div.MsoNoSpacing { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; }.MsoChpDefault { font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri; }.MsoPapDefault { margin-bottom: 10pt; line-height: 115%; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i style="">Snob Value</i></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:85%;">My friend is a snob. Not a real snob perhaps, but most definitely a garden snob. She hates geraniums. She refuses to have them, not even in terracotta pots, not even the red variety that look so French and rustic.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:85%;">‘They are so, so common,’ she says.<span style=""> </span>‘Vulgar little weeds. Old hat, out of style.’</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:85%;">‘But they are colourful and elegant in their own way,’ I say. She shakes her head.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:85%;">‘Not in my garden,’ she says.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:85%;">Me, I love geraniums. Their vibrant green leaves with perfectly crimped edges and dark variegations for relief are like velvet to the touch: they are beautiful. They are hardy. And they are survivors.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:85%;">Drought resistant, they struggle on in harsh circumstances and continue to flower even in the driest of summers. Geraniums are tough.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:85%;">And yet, the hand cast porcelain geranium leaves in the <i style="">Crumbling Ecologies Project</i> seem vulnerable. As part of an ephemeral floor-based project, these fragile leaves are the mercy at those who walk around them; at the mercy of a careless boot or stiletto spike that might crush them entirely. The product of the care and skill of the artist creator, invalidated, annihilated in a single step, a single crunch.</span></p><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><p style="text-align: center;font-family:arial;" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">How tenuous the fate of the handmade artefact in an industrial world dominated by economics and perceived progress. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>But if those who walk near these leaves take care not to crush them underfoot, take time to appreciate their fine beauty and feel the strength of the presence of the maker, these leaves will survive.</span></p> <br /></div></div>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-8500815147766041102012-03-01T20:42:00.006-08:002012-03-01T20:56:13.759-08:00Northcote Pottery sign up to sponsor Crumbling Ecologies<span style="font-family: arial;">We are delighted to announce that Northcote Pottery will be sponsoring the Crumbling Ecologies Project.</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.northcotepottery.com.au/Home/home/Home"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 87px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieAWGXiDi55l2lbqagU9QkP7sBgF43LKL-pkUw00Q9W0B1IayPORkAFi8XrYHzqLC65xF-9aNQBQbFrj1H6q5wcrQU6kBxciDpfxp79zuZqqk7WnyzqpI36psQ_dKhXOYjMCU8cV221Dwg/s320/NP+LOGO.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715157251579280674" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This week I got to meet Ray and the team from Northcote, they helped me load and unload their enormous kiln. I was filled with pride seeing it flooded with hundreds of porcelain Geraniums.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: arial;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6JpL2E0EQFtxpH6PREBWACLnDWMY2mUWTa1tvtcOfjlALnPrhLCGFQVXS8o-bhyuMi9r0X_rVVCWyp9LJkvNTydBttzJUpn3eydxO8ybakRVYMw9Vppk3JDenOevxiYqc0z8loUyNkXj/s1600/Photo0308.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6JpL2E0EQFtxpH6PREBWACLnDWMY2mUWTa1tvtcOfjlALnPrhLCGFQVXS8o-bhyuMi9r0X_rVVCWyp9LJkvNTydBttzJUpn3eydxO8ybakRVYMw9Vppk3JDenOevxiYqc0z8loUyNkXj/s400/Photo0308.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715158128673273058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I am so grateful to everyone that has opened up their classrooms, homes and kilns to help out with the project! </span>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-67962914927989578632012-02-28T23:53:00.012-08:002012-03-01T20:40:29.566-08:00Artists come all the way from Sydney to work on Crumbling Ecologies<span style="font-family:arial;">At our first weekend casting session the mercury climbed to 38c! </span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMN842X10avqwR46nd7ru-dWAjYKt9BRWbclAEPKj5Lgv5SgAUVywhnRnSGK4t7F-lT6meR2sjIBi_yfubO2md-60UkDjyXtASjQXEB96hbpFpCvqj5SMIBdSf5wV_sCGVz1MUYp11rhO/s1600/photo%252812%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMN842X10avqwR46nd7ru-dWAjYKt9BRWbclAEPKj5Lgv5SgAUVywhnRnSGK4t7F-lT6meR2sjIBi_yfubO2md-60UkDjyXtASjQXEB96hbpFpCvqj5SMIBdSf5wV_sCGVz1MUYp11rhO/s320/photo%252812%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715141524989084370" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Undeterred by the hot weather, 16 artists, makers and crafters came to join in the festivities of porcelain Geranium leaf making last Saturday. A merry bunch, </span><span style="font-family:arial;">I was</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> delighted to meet so many wonderful people that were passionate about the Crumbling Ecologies Project. Some even came from regional Victoria and Sydney to participate.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://moleskine-diary.blogspot.com.au/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 341px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwU8f5cVlIECm19Dgbb2fuWiIY87-48krTqRdEJgLQfeK9_uwq3pWDB5KTnp2UQizGok0GJjkHveK6pN5RjqSnz9R73g9EF-pKPc5VJC-VNxg85VHmrm5EsdfdCw_M8bpD7vEGkQR48481/s400/Screen+shot+2012-03-02+at+3.31.14+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5715153990912795442" border="0" /></a><a href="http://moleskine-diary.blogspot.com.au/">http://moleskine-diary.blogspot.com.au/</a><br /><br />You can check out Ella's experience of the project on her blog, click on the image or link above.<br /><br />Just got an email from an artist in Ireland wanting to participate in the project, I think this means we have gone viral!<br /><br /></span>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-26634170433808966132012-02-14T01:42:00.003-08:002012-03-11T01:20:25.727-08:0070 new artists sign up for the Crumbling Ecologies Project<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "MS 明朝"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family: Cambria; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >3 Weeks ago the Crumbling Ecologies Project was me, a pot of clay and a bunch of Geraniums, now thanks to the help of over 70 generous artists and creative people the project is sprouting and growing in new, exciting and unexpected ways.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >We are please to announce Clayworks will be sponsoring the proje</span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >ct. The team at Clayworks have been really generous with their time, effort and products. It is so good to know there are great people willing and wanting to help in any creative endeavour... no project too small (1 geranium leaf) or big (100,000 geranium leaves)! <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.clayworksaustralia.com/"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 61px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-4Qu5KJzbL95erpD6UycLYLsFByx9-JlJ383-_S_q5LxWGyOsj2B-y6wotvIE3gzTB61FMOrW3kCcH8Y-QLhKs_AiuEOoMnf-BT6tHzdsIMx8H4E-spYf_-4z7x2cXpgE5jhXKwWPIoH3/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-14+at+7.04.58+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708924422468395106" border="0" /></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Click on the image below to see contributing artist Sharon Clue's blog post with some recent action in the studio.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ></span></a><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiq3E_PxZWBlvwahj5YdtjlAdyF27om9g7bxzFKpdJ4FSOQsG15TQ1rse87Uslcgzc-V85yQwBUUZTGzO4I3yJLTswVwOKBfB7vNmLVMos7KvsLn46rRjW22vPlpznoiWEnGpFsgNwZWNH/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-02-14+at+8.43.23+PM.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiq3E_PxZWBlvwahj5YdtjlAdyF27om9g7bxzFKpdJ4FSOQsG15TQ1rse87Uslcgzc-V85yQwBUUZTGzO4I3yJLTswVwOKBfB7vNmLVMos7KvsLn46rRjW22vPlpznoiWEnGpFsgNwZWNH/s320/Screen+shot+2012-02-14+at+8.43.23+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5708924809946388162" border="0" /></a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >Sharon and Margaret Boyle’s new artist statements are up on the <a href="http://www.crumblingecologies.blogspot.com.au/p/artists-involved.html"><span style="color:blue;">artists involved page.</span></a> Margaret had a strong response after casting some geraniums with me one afternoon and responded with these prose-</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;" > </span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><i><span style=""><br /></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><i><span style="">My Inter subjective Response</span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><i><span style="">I cannot see you in my garden. Have you died? Are you extinct? I think I see your pink flowers. Yes – I smell your perfume - You are still there - Hidden, over grown, intertwined with others. But still there, growing towards the light - You survived the drought. Your perfume attracts the bees - You are the background of all existence in the garden. You are not extinct, nor will you ever be - You are just sleeping</span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Margaret Boyle</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:85%;" >We will be casting geraniums till mid March, if you would like to get involved, email me for the latest casting roster - jasminetargett@hotmail.com</span></p>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-39442906219863008312012-01-27T01:51:00.000-08:002012-01-31T00:34:38.619-08:00Crumbling Ecologies Project contributing artist Jess McCausland's exciting new work<span style="font-family:arial;">Our first contributing artist Jess McCausland has been busy drawing and writing and making things.... after working on the Crumbling Ecologies Project, Jess created this delicate and delicious illustration. I want it!<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4aHZNAyzgPg0bOnf_w5tKvExZSbICAohHGWj-xlvl_-JaYuTfmF5FYnh41lYmfRwZr2diS4pwrCNZwqrSEWbX79WaUXHgPRqv0w9WW-42-pBUVUCTrdnlZXg1PX2TKPAbRf7tiQaD2EG9/s1600/jess+mccausland+geraniums+small.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4aHZNAyzgPg0bOnf_w5tKvExZSbICAohHGWj-xlvl_-JaYuTfmF5FYnh41lYmfRwZr2diS4pwrCNZwqrSEWbX79WaUXHgPRqv0w9WW-42-pBUVUCTrdnlZXg1PX2TKPAbRf7tiQaD2EG9/s400/jess+mccausland+geraniums+small.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5702250682879736050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />her bio is in the <a href="http://www.crumblingecologies.blogspot.com/p/artists-involved.html">artists involved page</a><br /><br />here is a little preview of Jess on - Jess<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" >is on a visual and textural journey/mission. she liked ceramics already and now likes porcelain too. she has a lot of drawings that are waiting to be transformed from just visual into also textural and put into a kiln. she is also interested in fabric disguises....</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-80737752422489437422012-01-23T22:16:00.000-08:002012-01-23T22:49:43.299-08:00The Crumbling Ecologies Project goes National<span style="font-family:arial;">We are pleased to announce <span style="font-style: italic;">the Australian Ceramics Association's </span>support of the Crumbling Ecologies Project. Since publicising the project nationally I have been getting emails every few hours from artists across Australia wanting to get involved. This is completely unexpected and very exciting!!<br /><br />The ACA will be monitoring and contributing to the project through out it's development. We will be working together to publish an article in the Australian Journal of Ceramics later in the year.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">New from the studio today....our first batch of Porcelain Geranium leaves have come out of the kiln and they have cast beautifully!<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkKEakNSIG2dXIvQeJTkyzONfQQPcLnkFs-ctu_IHNYQmVhoTd9xSfALCu119f_gZnSP_g_dMUPz7mp_SCzqMHUtjNxKXxg-E5-hwZhyphenhyphenUXFlsXA6NDBGRjpZ0rBKR6ZeOBuLrzII2y8sd/s1600/80.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkKEakNSIG2dXIvQeJTkyzONfQQPcLnkFs-ctu_IHNYQmVhoTd9xSfALCu119f_gZnSP_g_dMUPz7mp_SCzqMHUtjNxKXxg-E5-hwZhyphenhyphenUXFlsXA6NDBGRjpZ0rBKR6ZeOBuLrzII2y8sd/s400/80.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701081741932755010" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />a few hundred more batches and we should be nearly there : )</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />a big thank you to Sharon and Jess for their contribution.</span><span class="st"><em><br /></em></span>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-54183144276098418402012-01-19T15:22:00.000-08:002012-01-19T15:37:29.276-08:00the Casting has begun!<span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:100%;" ><span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}">its time to MAKE things happen, and so the crumbling ecologies project begins! Makers, Crafters and Artists its time to GATHER!</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuryLEwbSDVOun-3ogL4g_PduAhExXGO9CEMVjrsygNxw7i5ZQ9B6wIjdq7VH2JA_AtuEyrQyFfe-DsRsSTtMmd06mG4DdW-N6Du-AriGc8uyws16BLgv9l3H_EIr0wSadXEhbbLCORfmc/s1600/IMG_1433.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuryLEwbSDVOun-3ogL4g_PduAhExXGO9CEMVjrsygNxw7i5ZQ9B6wIjdq7VH2JA_AtuEyrQyFfe-DsRsSTtMmd06mG4DdW-N6Du-AriGc8uyws16BLgv9l3H_EIr0wSadXEhbbLCORfmc/s400/IMG_1433.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699489244978001826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />It is a new year, and the Crumbling Ecologies Project has finally begun.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />The first casting session was with Sharon (RMIT Textiles) and Jess (Monash Visual Arts-Painting). We had a very productive session and filled the entire kiln with Geraniums. They are cooking as I write! I can't wait till they are ready in a few days.</span> <span style="font-family:arial;">The next casting roster is up, we have had a little re-jig with some of the times due to public holidays, so there are some new times available next week-</span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://whenisgood.net/37ytmsp"> http://whenisgood.net/37ytmsp. </a><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Jess and Sharon's bios and artist details will be up on the website soon. </span><br /><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" ft="{"type":1}"> <span class="messageBody" ft="{"type":3}"><br /></span></h6>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-86400184581727841102011-12-04T17:24:00.000-08:002011-12-05T17:48:09.508-08:00Tethered<style>@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman"; }.MsoChpDefault { font-size: 10pt; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "MS 明朝"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family: Cambria; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style> </p> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "MS 明朝"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family: Cambria; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><i><span style="font-family:Arial;">Crumbling Ecologies </span></i></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >explores the idea that our life support system is tethered to an ecosystem of universal proportions from which no part is immune from the changes of its counterparts. There is an inescapable explosion of reaction through out the natural system that marks the shape of things to come.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7Qd5yxgv3LyGcv0HSwLCmnL9MZ-xUE6OQPMQzaOOzRkF6cn27vTIxNbIYkpyB-a7PV0Kg8UrXEjc14U7x_-fkDU7wf8G5bwzx0BSU9NBkmgzvlbmvWv74c5dd2E3dxOZe0U7mtf97fdA/s1600/RW_JazFolio_090830_2004.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 276px; height: 413px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc7Qd5yxgv3LyGcv0HSwLCmnL9MZ-xUE6OQPMQzaOOzRkF6cn27vTIxNbIYkpyB-a7PV0Kg8UrXEjc14U7x_-fkDU7wf8G5bwzx0BSU9NBkmgzvlbmvWv74c5dd2E3dxOZe0U7mtf97fdA/s400/RW_JazFolio_090830_2004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682823703393345762" border="0" /></a><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 3pt;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "MS 明朝"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family: Cambria; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style> <style>@font-face { font-family: "Arial"; }@font-face { font-family: "Times"; }@font-face { font-family: "MS 明朝"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }@font-face { font-family: "Cambria"; }p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Cambria; }.MsoChpDefault { font-family: Cambria; }div.WordSection1 { page: WordSection1; }</style> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >In times of such economic crisis both art and environmental conservation funding is often limited. As a result the learning infrastructures that support artistic practice in Melbourne have changed, raising questions on the relevancy of craft within contemporary arts practice.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:100%;" > </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >On closer inspection these delicate hand crafted leaves on the brink of crumbling embody the story of their makers. Porcelain is a material known for its strength; using the material in this way comments on the loss of educators and the knowledge their hands pass on.</span><span style=";font-family:Times;font-size:11pt;" ></span></p> <p></p>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7293899118074594226.post-6688357625978571552011-12-01T05:49:00.000-08:002011-12-01T05:52:21.778-08:00why geraniums<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfMjQqZSuDEBrHGbZxOvX-RSATzXHzgrt9TerLZ_Ngdc4nUFV4zYVPnZIUo1jgbi5cZCSq9ZcWbSJzb-hbVnI4mBoiO-sb-GUO9iKz3Z1lcqfLlwA1r9dSaKeMUt-BgLLw2VRuf1sanMF/s1600/tumblr_l33w15f3ME1qbyk5qo1_500.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGfMjQqZSuDEBrHGbZxOvX-RSATzXHzgrt9TerLZ_Ngdc4nUFV4zYVPnZIUo1jgbi5cZCSq9ZcWbSJzb-hbVnI4mBoiO-sb-GUO9iKz3Z1lcqfLlwA1r9dSaKeMUt-BgLLw2VRuf1sanMF/s400/tumblr_l33w15f3ME1qbyk5qo1_500.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681156987792398754" border="0" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:arial;">In many parts of the world there are species of geranium that are critically endangered or extinct. The garden geranium is on the Australian National Heritage Trust’s </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Alert List for Environmental Weeds</i><span style="font-family:arial;"> that threaten biodiversity and cause environmental damage</span><a face="arial" href="http://www.blogger.com/page-edit.g?blogID=7293899118074594226#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[1]</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">. Soon to become a huge pest to Victoria’s native flora and fauna, they are one of the most popular commercially sold garden plants. In Victoria, geraniums sit ambiguously between a plant and a weed, deriving connotations of being out-dated and old fashioned. One of the key arguments used to justify the closure of media based studios including glass, ceramics and metals is that they have become out-dated and no longer relevant to contemporary arts practice and research. Geraniums signify the economic impact on the ecological equilibrium and the importance of preserving craft as a diverse form of contemporary arts practice within Victoria. </span></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:small;" ><span><span></span></span></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></div><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:small;" > </span> <hr align="left" width="33%" style="font-family:arial;font-size:78%;"> <span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:small;" ><a href="http://www.blogger.com/page-edit.g?blogID=7293899118074594226#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span><span><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span>[1]</span></span></span></span></span></a><a href="http://www.weeds.gov.au/publications/guidelines/alert/p-alchemilloides.html">http://www.weeds.gov.au/publications/guidelines/alert/p-alchemilloides.html</a>, <em>Australian Government, Department of Environment and Heritage- </em><acronym><i><span lang="EN">CRC</span></i></acronym><em><span> Australian Weed Management.</span></em></span>Jasmine Targetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04611639734050956410noreply@blogger.com0