Jan Mullen – Page 14

background trials

19 Jun

WEEK TWENTY-THREE – (june 8-14) I’ve stopped short of my plan to finish more feathers than I need. Another full day would have nailed this task but too much time was spent on other projects and preparation for a trip ... Read more »

my feathers, pelican feathers

8 Jun

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-TWO – ( june 1-7) In between other commitments this week I managed to print out more Weldon photos and to make a pile, nay, a beautiful array of feathers. Starting with the biggest size that I anticipate I’ll ... Read more »

the photo in my head

2 Jun

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WEEK TWENTY-ONE – ( may 25 -31) It fascinates me that on a new work there is a disconnect between what is in my head – that is, what I actually see like it has been photographed already – to ... Read more »

the wonder of weldon’s

25 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY– (may 18-24) Decision made….sort of. At the start of the week I decided upon two new art works to enter in exhibitions in a few months. By the end of the week a few lovely impositions on my ... Read more »

a week of time spent

18 May

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WEEK NINETEEN – ( may 11 – 17) It has been an unusual, unusually busy week and I have known that it was going to be this way for quite a while. My bloke was away and usually after I ... Read more »

hilarity and materiality

11 May

Jan Mullen

WEEK EIGHTEEN – (may 4 – 10) I’m continually tweaking or re-inventing systems to help keep me on track. I am a list maker, a filing tweaker, a time-tabler, a shelf re-organiser, an anytime spring cleaner and, I suppose this ... Read more »

baby bunting & cosey corner

4 May

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WEEK SEVENTEEN– (april 28 – may 3) As you are now likely aware from recent posts, I have been working, very slowly for a couple of years and very quickly of late, to re-edit my older STARGAZEY quilt patterns, updating ... Read more »

a trumpet at mid morn

28 Apr

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WEEK SIXTEEN – (april 20 – 27) When I set up this Black Swan project, and this blog, I did it like all the proper business plans I’ve written ….ooops that would be none! These formulaic plans, this way of ... Read more »

a glorious link

20 Apr

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WEEK FIFTEEN – (april 13 – 19) Disaster on the feathering front. I have run out of Posca pens and so has every store vaguely close to me. I have ordered online but they won’t be with me until next ... Read more »

crayon on brown paper

13 Apr

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WEEK FOURTEEN – (april 6 – 12) Exhibition time this week was spent at Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery (UWA) to see Yirrkala Drawings. Interestingly I went prepared to not enjoy this show despite friends, whose opinion I value, lauding it. ... Read more »