our little house – Page 6

short week squished

2 Nov

WEEK FORTY-THREE (october 26- november 1) This week starts with me still in Geelong. It is check out day, travel day and getting back to my bloke and my bed day. It was also a day made more lovely, quite ... Read more »

simply empty the fridge

30 Sep

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTY-EIGHT – (sept. 21-27) If you’ve been reading my blog of late you will have noticed an increasingly stressed undertone….but not this week.… Ages ago I promised to take a few friends to our little house, to get together ... Read more »

visiting haunts whilst my team launched

22 Jun

Jan Mullen

WEEK TWENTY-FOUR – (june 15-21) The week started in Melbourne and finished up back home in Perth. I did miss a big event whilst away – the launch of a WAFTA (Western Austalian Fibre & Textile Association) project that my ... 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 »

a trumpet at mid morn

28 Apr

Jan Mullen

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 »

easter, eaters, art

7 Apr

Jan Mullen

WEEK THIRTEEN – (march 30 – april 5) I’ve feathered another set of samples this week – this time Formica – a small and rather ugly sample set of my fathers. They were slippery-shiny and the black pen has improved ... Read more »

paint chip repetition

13 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK SIX – (february 9-12) I’m still in the captivating flow of stitching paint chip feathers. I hurry back to the machine repeatedly – it is left on the ECO setting during the day so I can quickly push some ... Read more »

quietly, slowly

12 Mar

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WEEK FIVE – (february 2-5) In-between attending to other commitments I quietly and slowly whittle away my pile of paint chips – transforming them into feathers. I love this stage of a project when I am obsessed with wanting to ... Read more »

the decorator in me

11 Mar

Jan Mullen

WEEK FOUR – (january 27-29) I have a little container of paint chips – leftovers from choosing colours for the first two bedrooms ‘our little house’ – a weekender down south for our growing family to share. We have owned ... Read more »