Tea Cosy Books...

I have to say a huge thank you to all the lovely people, family and friends and new acquaintances, who are very generous and continue to send me books about tea cosies and tea cosy patterns...this Killer Tea Cosy book is a wild one, I love some of the cosies, like the tea cosy made with circuit boards from a computer and silver fabric, tres moderne!



I have two copies of this book and I'm wanting to give one away to anyone who would like one? Please leave me a comment here and I'll get in touch with you to get your mailing address, wherever you are in the world!

Great book from New Zealand

I found out about this book through a talented young lady who interviewed me for Triple J Arts in 2007, when I had my Teacosy* Revolution Exhibition in Melbourne, and so I finally got hold of a copy last year...its a treasure trove of the handmade, and the very personal, iconographic creations of an era and a certain generation...and now that t.v, the internet and mobile phones are more distracting and time-consuming, AND modern life is becomming so throw-away and streamlined, so many of the objects in this book appear antiquated and irrelevant, which is VERY sad!





This tea cosy is quite fascinating...



To continue along the crazy patchwork theme of my previous post here:

Going back through my archives of tea cosy history...

I have been meaning to upload images for months, of the second tea cosy I ever made, a crazy-patchwork number I made to use up a bundle of fabric scraps from art projects and patchwork projects (that are long defunct and never really suited me in the first place!)

I've also posted an image (possibly a very naughty thing to do without prior permission form the publishers), of the tea cosy that inspired me to make this crazy patchwork cosy in the first place. The book contains a huge project in northern Tasmania which my artist mother, Claire, worked on and we all helped from time to time as well. Its called Yarns Artwork in Silk, and represents the four seasons in the Deloraine area.






This tea cosy was my everyday cosy when I lived in Battery Point, Hobart seven years ago and I haven't used it since then! I didn't take it with me to France when I went to live in Paris, so that's a strong reason why I started making very different cosies in Europe and gave birth to the Revolution!

Its a nice thing to do to go back and look at what has come before, and to asses what the future can hold...

My tea cosies at Stitches & Craft Exhibition, Melbourne showgrounds, 2009

tea cosy
Originally uploaded by Clementine's Shoes

I sent five tea cosies away for the year to be exhibited at the series of Stitches & Craft Exhibitions which will pop up in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this year.
Inside the box displays the tea cosies are sitting on are teapots and tea cups...and I supplied my favourite tea cosy quote in the whole world!

The listing with info can be seen at: http://www.stitchesandcraft.com.au/brisbane/

And more info about the host organisation, Living Creatively: http://www.livingcreatively.com.au

I have borrowed this photo from 'Clementine's Shoes' Flickr site.
Thank you!

We all want more time, don't we?

I'm feeling quite flat today because of an injury I sustained at the gym over a week ago! Its not healing as fast as I'd like it to (of course), and I'm getting tired of hobbling around and feeling grumpy with a flu coming on! I really don't want to get sick now, I have so much work to get done by the end of April, for three exhibitions!

I don't even feel like making any tea cosies, so I know things are getting serious and I need to 'snap out of it' and 'give myself a break', etc...enjoy being poorly and make myself a pot of Mariage Freres Ceylon tea...

I've also been checking out my sister Shannon's Live Journal site where she reviews books and films and found this stunningly good value Advertisement from New Zealand.


I hope you all had a relaxing Easter break?

Imagine a very noisy tea cosy...

This is the film clip I've been looking for, I love love love the dress!

New Tea Cosy thoughts...

While I'm working on a batch of orders for people, my mind is always turning over my tea cosy project and ways to extend and investigate the meaning of tea cosies and their very practical, physical usage...

This video of Kate Moss modelling as a hologram for Alexander MacQueen is really inspiring and prompts me to think of making a series of 'disembodied' cosies, or little shadow plays and films....

I need to think about it more..