Cardboard Box Fun

Debby over at Cooking up a Storm in a Teacup inspired me to post this after she posted a little video about a boy who made a cardboard box arcade.

When I was in Melbourne recently I went with darling E and T to an Artplay workshop where architecture students had built amazing cardboard box structures for the kids to play in and around. The kids also made their own creations out of cardboard.

It was a relief for there to be no plastic in sight!

Mrs Siddons Tea Towel Cushion

This morning I made a cushion cover out of a secondhand tea towel I bought from a market. I just love how it sits on our sofa, resplendent in all its colourful glory.

The image on the tea towel is based on a painting by Thomas Gainsborough of Mrs Sarah Siddons, a Welsh actress of the 1700's.

The original painting :-)

Nikon Walkley Photographic Awards

We love this press photography exhibition that visits the Powerhouse in Brisbane every year.

Amazing and sometimes harrowing images.

This is a photo of the photos (not one of the award winning photos - but that should be obvious!)

Matisse - Drawing Life

This exhibition is fabulous!

Henri Cartier Bresson

Lucky we ran out of time to visit the Henri Cartier Bresson Foundation in Paris....because an exhibition of 260 of his photographs was waiting for me here at GOMA in lil ol' Brisbane when we got home. It was fantastic!

Go to GOMA

Last weekend we wandered down to the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Brisbane. At the moment there is a great exhibition - 21st Century, Art in the First Decade. We have been twice so far and still have only scratched the surface. There is loads of stuff to keep kids occupied...if you don't have kids, try to go during the week when it will be much quieter!

Here are some of things I liked...

Plastic bag installation

Can't resist colourful round things!

Who would have thought monotone lego could look so good!

Couldn't resist snapping this deckchair.