Ube Love – The Birth of Ube Love, by Elisa Marigold. Ube – pronounced “oohbay” – is an intensely purple, yam like, root vegetable found commonly in the Philippines. It is so popular it has been recognised by Philippine based American food franchises and placed on their menus! Imagin ube -flavoured doughnuts with richly coloured…
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…
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, 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…