Martha Yokawonis 07 Feb 2005

I have all my stuff in a windowless back room at my store. overhead flourescent lights. Very narrow very packed full absolutely love it in there I am surrounded by all kinds of stuff so I don't feel isolated.

Martha Yokawonis 07 Feb 2005

Martha Yokawonis 07 Feb 2005

RQ Trietsch 07 Feb 2005

Lance, my wood works sells to private buyers. The infamous "word of mouth".

Haven't approached a dealer/gallery as of yet...I don't want to give them the kind of premiums they want, not to mention I don't think they would sign My contract. My last dealing with one turned out to be a joke, or should I say a scam.

Yes, most of my wood works takes at least a year or more. Juba for an example was a little over two years in the making. The hands and arms took a little over 80 hours to do, unfortunately, most can't see all the intricate details

What mess Joan:)) lol, I turned "Passion" around or kept it out of the pictures.

Patrick Miller 07 Feb 2005

Mine used to be a spare bedroom, but since I didn't need one......heh heh

Patrick Miller 07 Feb 2005

Patrick Miller 07 Feb 2005

terence ulrich 08 Feb 2005

very subtle Patrick, I guess taking pictures of your studio and having a WIP as part of the background will be the only way we see T-n-A on AW.

Patrick Miller 08 Feb 2005

;)

wendy bandurski 09 Feb 2005

hey patrick cool paintings!! haven't got a camera at the moment but heres a peek into my workspace - it is usually clean but thats 'cause i pack up paints when the gallery is opened but this is only one room - have no photos of the other yet

wendy bandurski 09 Feb 2005

my easel near the doors to the verandah this old place has 9 doors to the outside!

wendy bandurski 09 Feb 2005

Last but not least my comfy chair - first piece of furniture i ever bought when i was 17 and still have it - for reading and sketching - this house is a heritage home and one of the first in Balingup - used to be a boarding house for honeymoon couples and had the first electric light in the area... it was called 'Delco House" but the rooms are all huge 4mx4mx4m is the smallest

wendy bandurski 09 Feb 2005

oops forgot the coal fire - how i keep warm in winter - spent 2 weeks scraping 'mission brown paint' of the art nouveau tiles with a scalpel when i rennovated the fire (the seventies!!!)

Patrick Miller 09 Feb 2005

Cool colors Wendy!

wendy bandurski 09 Feb 2005

you should see the ceiling rose!!! that was painful! The colour choice came from the fire tiles as they were already pink...but hey im a girl and can get away with it!

Patrick Miller 09 Feb 2005

I painted one of the ceilings in my house dark green, and then lightly ragged a leaf pattern on with a very light green that I watered down. I didn't think I'd like it but I do, dark ceilings feel a little lower though.

RQ Trietsch 09 Feb 2005

That's one really neat looking mantle piece you have Wendy. I've never seen anything quite like it.

wendy bandurski 09 Feb 2005

the wood is called Jarrah and it is a hardwood found around here. The house was built I believe in about 1896.... it is original australiana and the design is common to houses of this age not that there are many... the original owner was a sister of the mill owner in this town (3 mills) and the property was bequeathed to her by the Crown of England (very interesting history)... when i had an engineers report of the house (soundness) i found out all the structures were built in oversized beams etc...kind of interesting...the fireplace was French Polished so i did a crash course in French Polishing to bring it up to scratch... i love tinkering ... Jarrah is such a beautiful wood

Patrick Miller 09 Feb 2005

French polishing is a pain in the butt! All those figure eights! I did a piano once and was very glad when it was over...took three days to get the varnish off my hands.

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