Ever had one of those days….
Folly & Whim
The images and musings of the world of textile designer and illustrator, Sarah Strickland
www.sarahstrickland.com.au
Preview for “Finn Can Do Anything”
(personal project for my newest nephew)
Like any proud parent, I think my cat Neko is the most beautiful ever! Here are a couple of Neko inspired illustrations.
I managed to get out my paints and double sided sticky tape this week, as I am working on an illustration for an exhibition titled “This is Melbourne”, which will be part of the Fringe Festival. My first idea was much grander but as I had left only 3 days to do it I had to make it much simpler. What is more Melbourne than talking about the weather?
DIA Design Gallery
My WINNING AGOTYA entry is currently on show at the Design Institute of Australia Gallery.
If your in Melbourne town and need to kill some time, head here:
Level 1
175 Collins Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000
It’s fun just to go to that swanky part of Collins street and slip in between the security guarded shops!
I have my own domain name!
Holyrood at night. High Summer 2008. The Loch had flooded after 3 days of continuous rain but the Swans were loving it.
See, there are some nice parts about Winter.
AGOTYA and me.
One regular monday morning a couple of months ago I went to check my emails and came across this message:
Dear Sarah
Congratulations!!
You are a JOINT WINNER of the AGOTYA Award for Excellence, the top prize in the DIA’s 2012 Australasian Graduate of the Year Awards.
As it was a Monday morning, initially I was a bit puzzled and confused by the whole thing, but after re-reading the message about four times and getting verbal confirmation from one of my lecturers at RMIT, I realised what I had won!
After winning the Victorian Graduate Of The Year Award for Textile Design from the Design Institute of Australia a couple of months prior to this I then went into the Australasian pool of graduates for the next round of the competition. I really had no idea that I could possibly win such a prize and was really chuffed at winning the Victorian category as I had very stiff competition from my fellow Textile Design graduates (and mates).
I still can’t believe I won! It sure does make all those sleepless nights a bit more worth it when I receive recognition such as this.
So congratulations to my fellow winner, Mark Wu and thank you very much to the DIA for your recognition and prize!!
It’s official, here I am in the DIA’s newsletter, Spark!
The Inspiration of Handsome Steve
I recently heard the sad news of the demise of Handsome Steve’s House of Refreshment which was tucked away inside the Abbotsford Convent. About this time last year I created a series of illustrations focusing on the no-nonsense establishment for a uni-project.
The charismatic barman was a lot of fun to draw and I thoroughly enjoyed the hour I sat doodling in my sketchbook and eaves-dropping on the passing trade. I am sad I didn’t get to go again before the House of Refreshment’s untimely demise.
The man himself
