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Unique gifts

Personalised Gifts Why not commission a specialized piece for a loved one? What are their special interests? What has been your history together? Is there a special story you could draw from? Why not commission a customized cushion or piece of clothing? ☆Customised Cushions An acquaintance once wanted to give their friend something interesting and…

Ube Love: In the beginning

I’ve taken a step back in time, and rediscovered a small album of past work. Back in the late 1990s, I was studying Visual Arts at RMIT. It was torturous. All I ever wanted to do was paint, and the tutors kept encouraging me to practice sculpture, and then photography once I dropped sculpture in…

The Rumpelstiltskin Project

Fairytales are alive and living around us today. Of course they are! Dreamtime continues, from ancient times to present day, creating and recreating, continuously evolving. Just as the python like roots of a Morton Bay Fig tree grow steadily before our eyes, ever lengthening and expanding, and we don’t even see it moving. The life…

Accessories

Accessories add the final touch to any costume. Once you have your base, you can fine tune with a few simple decorative touches. Accessories can change the final look of your outfit. One simple black dress can be worn several times to various themed parties, and all you need change are the accessories… Ancient Rome:…

Ube Love: new designs

I have been busy working hard at my Botany studio. Here is a small selection of designs Marta and I have decided to develop further. We were all packed and ready to go to Manly markets on the weekend. But, it rained! So instead we paid an unexpected visit to an old neighbour of mine.…

Early Days

Early days, sitting on a desk, working from my bedroom, before the luxury of working from a separate warehouse in Botany. The job concerned there, involves altering penguin suits, for a television commercial, to allow performers to breakdance with comfort. … Agent costume is not even a year old, and we are still learning what…

Hats and Headpieces

Why not hold a “hat party?” Hats can be great conversational pieces, and let’s face it, everybody has some kind of funky hat lying around, gathering dust, or something we could tie at the corners and turn into a hat. Some of us even have hats we never wear, but are waiting for just the…