The following story was written by Megan Price. The story featured in Yarnologie issue 05 – Spring 2019. Megan writes columns for Yarnologie. She is an artist and illustrator.Yarnologie is a quarterly digital magazine own by Sarah Price who is also the editor of this amazing magazine. The magazine is an Australian made and owned magazine for knitters, weavers, people who crochet and yarn lovers as such.Yarnologie is now going to print. How awesome is that!www.yarnologie.com.auYarnologie issue 05 – Spring 2019Ulla’s friend, Maria, calls her ‘Ulla the Doula” (A Doula is a birth companion who helps and supports women giving birth) citing that Ulla is a Doula because she gives birth to creative entities.The connective rhythm between Ulla’s work as a textile artist, and her journey through … [Read more...] about Making as a Way of Life
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Welcome to Japan – Cherry Blossom Wrap
Textile Artist Ulla Melchiorsen Requested in Japan. Dear readers you are accordingly invited to be part of the official opening of Cherry Blossom Textile Exhibition in Osaka. If you like to see the invitation or download and print the poster please click this link for details. For those of you who can’t make it to Japan please have a read of this interesting article. Heading off to Japan for the Cherry Blossom Season I am all excited buying a new suitcase and thought to myself now what to bring for this festive season. Knowing it will still be cool compared to the hot and sometimes humid tropics of Mareeba I thought I better get cracking and make a Cherry Blossom Wrap. My friends have by now high expectations as to what I create especially after some of them spotted an article in … [Read more...] about Welcome to Japan – Cherry Blossom Wrap
Cherry Blossom Textile Exhibition in Japan
“Under the Cherry Tree” Renowned Australian textile artist Ulla Melchiorsen takes her Cherry Blossom Textile Collection to Japan. Join Ulla on her magic journey unravelling the cocoon of an awesome on the far out edge and definitely fringed exhibition with stunning and sometimes overwhelming installations. The exhibition which is a two week travelling exhibition will be officially opened in Osaka at Osaka Castle Park on the 7th April 2018 at 4.30pm. All welcome. The exhibition will furthermore be showcased in Kyoto at Daigoji Temple in Nara, at Koriyama Castle Park in Kobe, at Egeyama Park in Hiroshima, at Hiroshima Peace Park and finally in Fukuoka at Fukuoka Castle. Please check the local paper for exhibition updates. View, download or print official poster here. … [Read more...] about Cherry Blossom Textile Exhibition in Japan
Olga Brolga
Welcome to Olga Brolga. Ever since I created my Crocodile Wrap I thought I would like to fashion something similar but very different. Don’t ask where I went to school but this is exactly what I wanted to do. Same, same but different! So I looked high and low and in between garbage bins but impossible for me to put my hands on another beautiful jumper to cut up and then put together at random and on impulse. I never give up and for years I have been looking at every op-shop possible including market places to locate the right jumper for the right job. Before I keep rattling on I just want to know if you are familiar with my Crocodile Wrap! If not please have a look at “My Crocodile Wrap” but don’t get lost in my beautiful web page. Please return to this story as it is breaking world … [Read more...] about Olga Brolga
The Inside Out Jacket
My friend Lindy gave me a classic grey jacket it was probably a part of a suit trouser gone missing. She found it in an op-shop and was going to give it to one of her daughters Liana to use for an outfit come fascinator and other accessories. She paid $ 2 for the jacket. That was the bargain of the day I dare say! I graciously received the jacket not knowing what to do with it my first thought was to pass it on to someone else as grey is not my colour. You want to know why? Grey is a colour squashed in between black and white. I can’t wear any of those colours. Black drains me of energy; white makes me feel pale and slack! Grey makes me depressed. Now that we are at it I can’t even wear denim very likely as my mother use to say:”Blue suits any fool”. Grey represents conformity, … [Read more...] about The Inside Out Jacket
A Creative Writer’s Travel Guide
Travelling the world is a serious business. You stuff your backpack with all different guide books, road maps, maps of the world more glossy Phrase booklets you might think you need until your are loaded to the eyeballs. However you never seem to have the right directions anyway on how to get lost in a hurry. Many a time I find travel books a bit boring and those with the glossy pictures of all the fancy places you can go visit doesn’t appeal to me. It is too upmarket and the places are crowded as this is where all the readers go. Some travellers follow the travel guides to the fingertip. Some travellers won’t even enter a restaurant if it is not mentioned in Lonely Planet, The Rough Guide, Eyewitness Travel Guide or on Trip Advisor etc. Now with such a critical view of the travel … [Read more...] about A Creative Writer’s Travel Guide