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.au Yarnologie issue 05 – Spring 2019 Ulla’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, … [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
Cabbages and Condoms
Who would ever think that I was to write about cabbages and condoms! Most of my readers will by now be shaking head, hands and hats. Most likely they will also be rattling their mobile phones and IPods and pads at the same time eager to connect to Facebook to check if this story is pure imagination or just a twitter. It all started with a visit to the Hill Tribe Museum and Education centre in Chiang Rai in northern Thailand which is a great little museum with lots of information and nice display. As part of the visit you are invited for a complimentary cup of coffee or tea at the time of leaving. This cuppa is served downstairs from the museum in a restaurant called “Cabbages and Condoms”. Trust me this is the real and proper name of the restaurant. However I did not pay any … [Read more...] about Cabbages and Condoms