Mitchell & Dent's Tittle Tattle

Fleur Schell is one clever little cookie. She is a ceramic artist maker and the Founding Director of SODA Studios in North Fremantle. She has worked all over the world and her pieces are held in collections near and far. We’re particularly fond of her most recent series The Excellent Adventures of Heidi, narrative pieces in porcelain inspired by her daughter. We take great pride in joining Fleur at SODA Gift 2010 this weekend, an invitational exhibition showcasing works by four ceramic artists from SODA and four invited guests including, you guessed it, Mitchell & Dent. Why not come along?

Open 10am to 6pm
Saturday 27th and Sunday 28 November 2010
1/98 Stirling Highway, North Fremantle
Parking available at North Fremantle train station

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gemmamilly.com

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English artist James Paterson makes me really really angry. He may well be a very lovely man, but he can paint like this and I can’t.

james-paterson.co.uk

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I cannot tell you how happy this blog post makes me. Well, actually I can. As happy as a clam, as happy as a lark, as happy as a dog with a dozen tails… getting this postcard from my childhood penpal is even better than a pop tune with double hand claps. I have had the great fortune of spending time with clever chick Gemma Jones this year (read all about Miss Gem here and here), both in her home town of Melbourne and my home town of Perth, 3400-odd kilometres apart. We chatted about how excited ten-year-old us got when a letter arrived and thought, hey why not? Let’s do it again. And share via our blogs. And because Gemma is not the ditherer that I am, she sounded the starting pistol and got stuck in. Yippity. Now, if I could just find my sparkly pen and Garfield notepaper.

kaotickraftkuties.blogspot.com

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My sister has an abiding love of rabbits, so much so that her imaginary friend was one. Not quite Donnie Darko style, but he did once lose himself in a fabric store causing my mum to spend a good few minutes searching with a teary little tot in tow. Well, thanks to Oh My Cavalier I’ve just started my Christmas shopping. And I shall name him Fluff Bum.

ohmycavalier.bigcartel.com

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These exquisite illustrations are the work of Martine Johanna. With a solo exhibition coming up in Amsterdam (*sigh*) and works featured in a ridiculous amount of publications, this girl has talent in bucket loads. I am very curious to know which illustrations featured in Playboy.

martinejohanna.com

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From the moment I first spotted the Christmas tree above, I have loved the work of Jane Schouten, a Dutch designer who has the sharpest eye ever for vintage trinkets and treasures. She creates artworks and items for the home by cutting, pasting, painting, drawing, sewing and re-purposing found objects and collectables. I pop in to see her blog All the Luck in the World whenever I have a spare moment, which can be terribly dangerous because I also end up scooting all over the www looking at the things she finds wonderful. And then today, she announced that she has a brand new Etsy shop. Oh dearie me, I’m doomed.

blog.alltheluckintheworld.nl
alltheluckintheworld.etsy.com

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We have tittle tattled about Miss Gem here before, but oh my, it was so nice to spend some time with her in Melbourne. We don’t know how Gemma Jones can possibly be just the one person, given all the creative wonderfulness she does. See her art here, her blogs here and here, her shop here, her day job here and her writing here. I suspect she doesn’t sleep. She can’t possibly. Or maybe her work-a-day has an extra hour in it?!

So, where did our guide Gem take us for the most perfect of days out in Melbourne? The Camberwell Sunday Market (be sure to ask Madame Mitchell just how many vintage dresses she bought), lunch at Seven Seeds, a cup of tea with Pip and Cam from Meet Me at Mike’s, a mooch about Gertrude Street and a dip into Lost and Found (former home of Ray Cook ramekins – more – later). Could life be any sweeter?

Thank you Gemma.

gemmajones.net
kaotickraftkuties.blogspot.com
craftcitymelbourne.blogspot.com
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We recently met design student Miss Megan Isabella and had a nice cup of tea together, chitchatting about terribly important things like cats and Frankie magazine and paper dolls and, oh yes of course, design. We do get sidetracked at Mitchell & Dent. You however, you can cut straight to the point and see Megan’s winter portrait project by clicking here. There is no better way to support your up-and-coming illustrators.

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New Yorker Jane Mount paints books. If you’re not well read, buy one of her artworks and you can look as if you are. Hey presto bibliophile.

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