Hat Box December 2006

hat box

These days, if you let kids outside without an anti-UV force-field, you are charged with their future murder by melanoma. I have a problem with hats: I can never find them when I'm running late. So I commandeered a tea box and adorned it with a trilby, a beret, a witch and a church hat. It will sit at the door so we can put one on as we leave (yeah, right.).

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Peg vixen-angels December 2006

peg doll vixens

My peg dolls needed to take account of the season (from a lapsed-catholic-centric perspective) so I slapped some wings on them. These are gracing the tree at Juniper, a cool Newtown store where you must go to do your Christmas shopping.

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Advent Calendar December 2006

advent calendar

I decided that we would have a sugar-free advent calendar, being the mean (diabetic) mummy that I am. I filled little bags with $2 plastic tat (cars! Spinning tops! Dinosaur stickers!), which is probably rotting the environment instead of Otto's teeth.

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Hector and crew December 2006

hector dolphin

I have been doing illustrations for Children's day next year. Hector's dolphins are indigenous to NZ and endangered, so feel free to adopt one to save their plump little arses! Did you know that dolphins can tell if a woman is pregnant? It's all in the ultra-sound (a sub-genre of break-dancing ;-)

Rapid prototyping December 2006

rapid prototyping

Otto likes me to make things out of spent cardboard. He seems just as enchanted with the results as he is with a perfect metal replica of a Mercedes. I wrapped yellow card around a toilet paper roll to create the yellow submarine, and a polenta packet became a robot.

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Magpie Hall by Rachael King
Great novel with ghosts and Victorian tattoos, and I got to design the cover!
Relief by Anna Taylor
Lovely stories, beautifully observed
The Angel's Cut by Elizabeth Knox
I love the warped worlds that Knox opens up for us.
Chronic CIty by Jonathan Lethem
Another twisted alternate reality world for me to lose myself in
The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
This filled me with a sadness and yearning to go to Mexico. Beautiful but a slow read for me.
St Vincent
Freaky gothic Snow White. Reminds me a little of Goldfrapp.
Rufus Wainwright
I have been getting into the Wainwrights, only 10 years after everyone else
The XX
Dreamy, atmospheric
The New York Times
My home page.
Melissa Laing
My sister, the artist.
This American Life
Such a different take on the US
Beattie's book blog
This guy is prolific.
Stripy Sock Studio
A dear friend and partner-in-crime.
New Yorker fiction
I love listening to the stories and critique.
Tiny Happy
Wholesomeness incarnate!
Rachael King
It's great to have an insight into other writers' processes.
poppy shock