What do a bunch of old teatowels have to do with a week about cardboard we hear you ask? Well dear readers, it may be a tenuous link but given the show of the week is being held at the headquarters of the worlds only offical teatowelologist, we thought these vintage dryers were the perfect craft finds of the week. We must however include a spoiler warning for a couple of friends still waiting on their christmas booty... the lady rose and miss penpen look away NOW!
so yes it's an irish linen rose for a rose and a some puppies for miss penpen, and ladies we promise a delivery of the real thing by the end of this week .
Long time fans of Third Drawer Down were over the moon at the hot news that founder Abigail Crompton had opened a new gallery in the the heart of St Kilda. It can sometimes seem like an epic journey for us northerners to 'cross the river' but well worth it to catch the final week of Zara Wood's (aka Woody) show Works on Cardboard. This London based illustrator/artist has the enviable talent of combining raw material with absolute poetry creating scary little scenes that are at once playful and sinister. It's not to be missed. We're braving peak hour Punt Road to feel the salty sea breeze on our pasty faces and bask in the joy that is assemblage!
Back in the day Simon Wood sported a fetching mix of gazelles, vans and connies as he pumped out the student newspaper at RMIT engaging in dubious activities in the bromide room and as el presidente of the SRC championed the right to protest against HECS increases (yes in the dark ages we didn't pay to go to university it was FREE!!) Who could have guessed back then that young idealistic young man harboured a secret addiction that would soon consume him.
There are many peeps today who now boast large unwieldy collections of sneakers, started way back when they was shorties, and some big name hip-hoppers have been known to engage local builders to add whole annexes their homes in order to house said collections. It's a disease, we've all had it here at hml and can still be found waxing nostalgically about our first pair of onitsuka tigers or Adidas super modifieds with the big shell toe, even now the youngest member of hml is deliberating over the next addition to her collection of chucks. Simon (aka Woody)decided to marry his journalistic skills with his addiction and created SNEAKER FREAKER magazine, and let's face it every community needs a voice... What started as a small underground publication has grown into an international phenomenon sold in 25 countries and all this out of dodgy old smith street....
Sneakers:Classics to Customs
These high hair haridens have been drawn by beck... and remember, the bigger the hair, the closer to god.
