This weekend is Kraftbomb at Grey Lynn Community Centre, I'll have some new Tiny Title books made from ephemera collected on my poetic journey to America recently. They're called Yoo Ess Aye Tiny Titles and contain poetry written when I was on the trip or soon afterward.
The blog about my travels is here, http://poeticjourneytoamerica.blogspot.co.nz/ including a certificate to show I bought trees to cover the carbon cost of my enjoyment, seeing friends and discovering the stunning U S A. I went to Hawaii, San Francisco, Seattle, Iowa, Chicago and New York, after cruising to Tahiti from Auckland, Aotearoa, NZ. A boat uses less carbon per person than a plane. I took mainly trains across the mainland for the same reason, also, it's great to see the country you're travelling through by rail.
Also, some of the Family of Artist books with CDs which brightspark books published just before I left are in my crafty suitcase to bring to the market.
http://kraftbomb.blogspot.co.nz/ http://www.kraftbomb.com/
Always such a pleasant occasion and some excellent craft available.
Kraftbomb
Grey lynn Community Centre (a recent building with a Maori archway carved as two figures)
510 Richmond Road
Grey Lynn
Auckland
11am - 2pm
Sunday 27 May 2012
Literary craft, various materials - retro, vintage, recycled, and new. Comic page from my work-in-progress Nothing and Nowhere (but Love), coloured pencil and black ink, hand-drawn.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Friday, February 3, 2012
Uncanny Puzzle Jaunt 26 February 2012
I love meeting new people with shared interests and recently decided to hold an event with Jarrad Godman, his art exhibition, together with a launch of the Eye Street Anthology, Eye Street Book and my new CD of poetry and music, Family of Artists with Transistor Davis Jnr and Sandra Bell.
Uncanny Puzzle Jaunt will be held in The Happy Tea House here in Grey Lynn, a lovely covered garden area with an indoor lounge off the garden too. Or sit under the plum tree perhaps? We shall place a table there. Follow the signs from the front gate, where Blue Haven the house is and then, go round the side to the large garden.
Jarrad is mysteriously cutting up magazines for collages, mentions great ideas now and then, has some fine work on the walls of his studio already and I'm looking forward to whatever emerges.
It's been seven years since Eye Street poets launched, Summer Book, our poetry. This new Eye Street Book is perfect bound and has photographs like the last one, except there are more poems and images, along with more poets, Jack Ross, Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway, Alice Hooton, Rosetta Allan, Ila Selwyn, Genevieve McClean, Lee Dowrick and Raewyn Alexander. Family of Artists is a CD of poetry with guitar and has a book accompanying it. Transistor Davis Jnr and I rehearsed for this recording for about six to eight months, every week. Then Sandra Bell provided a soundscape on accordion for the long poem, Lone Elvis. I've designed the CD cover and Eye Street Book, which includes photographs by Jack Ross, a vintage shot and my photography.
Uncanny Puzzle Jaunt is a version of the Beatles' album name, Magical Mystery Tour, since we are making the whole of our property into a place where art, poetry, music and adventure can be found, sometimes with exploration, sometimes pieces and experiences are immediately obvious. We have metres of crumpled white paper like popcorn on long strings, for an installation.
Guests are also invited to dress up and we have prizes for six of you, so please make the effort. There is a dress-up rack of clothes provide at UPJ too. We're asking guests to dress as their favourite artist, writer or entertainer. Prizes are for the Most Popular, Most UNbelieeeVaBle, Most ASTOUNDING, Most Authentic, Most Amusing and a Grand Prize for Excellence.
Some Waywin Craft will also be for sale on the UPJ day.
Wine, tea, cakes and nibbles provided, 26 February, a Sunday, midday to 6.30pm here in Grey Lynn, Auckland, NZ. Art, books and CDs are for sale. Cheque or cash only. Please contact me on raewynalexander @ hotmail.com without those gaps to RSVP.
Uncanny Puzzle Jaunt will be held in The Happy Tea House here in Grey Lynn, a lovely covered garden area with an indoor lounge off the garden too. Or sit under the plum tree perhaps? We shall place a table there. Follow the signs from the front gate, where Blue Haven the house is and then, go round the side to the large garden.
Jarrad is mysteriously cutting up magazines for collages, mentions great ideas now and then, has some fine work on the walls of his studio already and I'm looking forward to whatever emerges.
It's been seven years since Eye Street poets launched, Summer Book, our poetry. This new Eye Street Book is perfect bound and has photographs like the last one, except there are more poems and images, along with more poets, Jack Ross, Jacqueline Crompton Ottaway, Alice Hooton, Rosetta Allan, Ila Selwyn, Genevieve McClean, Lee Dowrick and Raewyn Alexander. Family of Artists is a CD of poetry with guitar and has a book accompanying it. Transistor Davis Jnr and I rehearsed for this recording for about six to eight months, every week. Then Sandra Bell provided a soundscape on accordion for the long poem, Lone Elvis. I've designed the CD cover and Eye Street Book, which includes photographs by Jack Ross, a vintage shot and my photography.
Uncanny Puzzle Jaunt is a version of the Beatles' album name, Magical Mystery Tour, since we are making the whole of our property into a place where art, poetry, music and adventure can be found, sometimes with exploration, sometimes pieces and experiences are immediately obvious. We have metres of crumpled white paper like popcorn on long strings, for an installation.
Guests are also invited to dress up and we have prizes for six of you, so please make the effort. There is a dress-up rack of clothes provide at UPJ too. We're asking guests to dress as their favourite artist, writer or entertainer. Prizes are for the Most Popular, Most UNbelieeeVaBle, Most ASTOUNDING, Most Authentic, Most Amusing and a Grand Prize for Excellence.
Some Waywin Craft will also be for sale on the UPJ day.
Wine, tea, cakes and nibbles provided, 26 February, a Sunday, midday to 6.30pm here in Grey Lynn, Auckland, NZ. Art, books and CDs are for sale. Cheque or cash only. Please contact me on raewynalexander @ hotmail.com without those gaps to RSVP.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Great activity now leading to the festive season or the silly season according to some people. The new photos show you what we've been making. What do you think?
Waywin has three versions of the Political Voodoo Doll, basic with just doll, instruction book and pins, ($35-) a boxed version with instructions, pins and lucky charm, ($45-) and a deluxe version with lucky charm, instructions, pins, plus Big Bag of Words divination tool or writing revelation, ($55-).
We are also working with Geneva and selling her wonderful re-purposed old books. She takes those with great covers but outdated or damaged interiors, then turns them into a secret treasure trove, sometimes to amuse, sometimes with useful items and then too with things for fun or to inspire wonder. These are just $25- to $30-. The House of Whispers is shown on this site, it's been sold and it had a sewing kit inside, the interior is below the cover.
Please see us at the street fair in Grey Lynn this Friday 9 December 2011, http://www.greylynn2030.co.nz/or Kraftbomb Sunday 18th December, Grey Lynn Community Centre. http://www.kraftbomb.blogspot.com/ or order from Waywin, email raewynalexander at hotmail.com, thank-you.
Stay safe and be kind to one another this Xmas and New Year.
Waywin has three versions of the Political Voodoo Doll, basic with just doll, instruction book and pins, ($35-) a boxed version with instructions, pins and lucky charm, ($45-) and a deluxe version with lucky charm, instructions, pins, plus Big Bag of Words divination tool or writing revelation, ($55-).
We are also working with Geneva and selling her wonderful re-purposed old books. She takes those with great covers but outdated or damaged interiors, then turns them into a secret treasure trove, sometimes to amuse, sometimes with useful items and then too with things for fun or to inspire wonder. These are just $25- to $30-. The House of Whispers is shown on this site, it's been sold and it had a sewing kit inside, the interior is below the cover.
Please see us at the street fair in Grey Lynn this Friday 9 December 2011, http://www.greylynn2030.co.nz/or Kraftbomb Sunday 18th December, Grey Lynn Community Centre. http://www.kraftbomb.blogspot.com/ or order from Waywin, email raewynalexander at hotmail.com, thank-you.
Stay safe and be kind to one another this Xmas and New Year.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Newton Central School has a craft and cake fair this Saturday 3rd December, from 11am, come one and all, support education. It is near Great North Road, Newton on the way to Grey Lynn from the city, down some little back streets, in Auckland, NZ.
I will be there with the wares you see on this blog, plus new work like Inspiration Books, Political Voodoo Dolls and Tall Poppy PhDs (framed), all most reasonably priced just for this day. My daughter also has some amazing books with surprises, she makes these with such wit.
I will be there with the wares you see on this blog, plus new work like Inspiration Books, Political Voodoo Dolls and Tall Poppy PhDs (framed), all most reasonably priced just for this day. My daughter also has some amazing books with surprises, she makes these with such wit.
Newton Central School is a lovely place, they have planted a native forest between them and the motorway, so clever and thoughtful. http://www.newton.school.nz/
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The Lyrical Brooches at the top of this page are light-weight, hand-stitched and each poem secreted in the back is different. They're $25- each and available at Crafternoon Tea soon, Kingsland, Auckland, 10am - 2pm 19th November. I also sell by mail-order and at Kraftbomb. Please email me for more info., raewynalexander at hotmail.com
http://crafternoon-tea.blogspot.com/p/flyers.html
Tiny Titles are made from clean, found paper, they contain some poetry and also, spare pages for your own verses, quotes, dreams and souvenirs. The beaded tie is a bookmark. Each has an individual collage cover and a small collage inside, they are $28- and have their own sturdy bag made of sheet music or science book illustrations and so on, so they can be carried around easily.
The other crafts on this blog are also reasonably priced, please just ask me.
http://crafternoon-tea.blogspot.com/p/flyers.html
Tiny Titles are made from clean, found paper, they contain some poetry and also, spare pages for your own verses, quotes, dreams and souvenirs. The beaded tie is a bookmark. Each has an individual collage cover and a small collage inside, they are $28- and have their own sturdy bag made of sheet music or science book illustrations and so on, so they can be carried around easily.
The other crafts on this blog are also reasonably priced, please just ask me.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Tiny Titles
Now available from the Women's Bookshop, 105 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby, Auckland.
ph (09) 376 4399
Lovely store and a fun street to explore later, too.
http://www.womensbookshop.co.nz/category/About_Us/4085.html
Now available from the Women's Bookshop, 105 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby, Auckland.
ph (09) 376 4399
Lovely store and a fun street to explore later, too.
http://www.womensbookshop.co.nz/category/About_Us/4085.html
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