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Thursday, August 22, 2013

Wingspan

I've been wanting to knit Wingspan for a while, and eventually got round to it.  Here is the result:


I used about 3/4 ball of Wisdom Yarns Poems Socks, 75% Superwash Wool and 25% Nylon, in (obviously) a pink/purple/grey colourway.  It's a Turkish yarn that appeared in Spotlight at some point, quite cheaply, and I bought four balls of it in different colours.  The colours are all gorgeous, with long, Noro-like colour changes, but the quality of the yarn itself is pretty ho-hum, being rough and splitty.  I wouldn't want to wear actual socks made from it.  But it made a pretty scarf/shawlette.  I've given this one to my daughter because they are her colours, and I enjoyed knitting it so much that I have decided to make another one for me, out of another colourway of the same yarn.  I might make mine a bit longer though, nine or ten 'wings' instead of eight.

Wednesday, August 07, 2013

Mooving Art

I know it's a terrible pun, but it is the official name of this delightful art installation in the Victorian country town of Shepparton. There are brightly painted cows all over the town, and I haven't photographed all of them, just the ones that were in a herd and a couple of other nearby ones.

See Mooving Art Shepparton for a full explanation and details of artists, etc.



This is not a sculpture.  This was parked in the street near where I was photographing the cows.  You can't tell the contents from the photo.  When I was taking the photos I started to think that they had very realistic sound effects, until I realised that the mooing I could hear was coming from this trailer!

I have given the name of each cow where I could find it.


Worker Cow


Vine Cow


Bat Cow



Two Tribes



Rainbow Bubbles


 Strawberries and Cream


Scarecrow Cow


Autumn Leaf


Zaidee's Cow



Willow Pattern Cow


Koorie Cow


Bluey


Dripping Clock


Armoured Cow


Cow Jumped Over the Moon


Wanted Dead or Alive


Blue Healer


Patches


Skater Cow


Football Cow


How Now Brown Cow



Saturday, August 03, 2013

Mutonia

Words are not really equal to explaining Mutonia on the Oodnadatta Track, so I will say it with pictures - and a few words belonging to other people.

Mutonia is a sculpture park established by Robin Cooke, a former performance artist. It has a general Mad Max feel to it, as has the countryside in the area.


Ghan Hover Bus Service



Plane Henge



Plane Henge







Plane Henge