LAND + BODY

Pop up Shop Installation Workshop Space

This time last week I was packing up what was my first Pop Up Shop exhibition shared in collaboration with I am Jika and Nastia Gladushchenko. 

We had a week long Pop Up Shop exhibition at Blank Space Gallery Crown St Surry Hills in out side city central Sydney. Starting the New Year 2018 in a state of grateful collaboration not competition and lifting each others by sharing their art and process with those dropping into the Blank Space gallery space on Crown Street.

Nastia, me and Jes from I am Jika. 

Nastia is a multi media artist working with wild grasses and flowers and metals in hand forms, she's also an incredible mural painter.

Here are free form metal sculpted hands hanging from the ceiling. Intertwined with wild flowers and grasses in the window of Blank Space Gallery 

The pop up was a fusion of my one of a kind eco dyed, screen printed and painted garments, I am Jika sculpture and recycled silver jewellery and Nastia’s mixed media pieces.  

I am Jika sculpture made from foraged materials from drift wood and river stones to recycled metals.  

Each recycled silver piece is hand forged by Jes and her partner Sam in their Southern highlands home studio.

We also used the space as a active creative area and taught three workshops that week two eco natural dyeing and one wild grass and flower weaving.

The workshops were good insight into how the fabrics are decorated on the clothes in the pop up shop. I’ll be teaching more workshops this late summer dates on events page over coming months. 

Having the pop up shop with creative space in and around the work to discuss the process of all our work was inspiring for the new year and motivating.

Helping me envision what that might be like on a more permanent bases and how that ripples through the whole community. Healing through actively connecting through makers and finding out how they can I connect with that creative part of themselves. 

Thanks for all those who came and supported us in body and spirit. All the love kind words it all helps much love and blessings for sharing caring and popping in to LAND + BODy.

Stay tuned for next location and dates for LAND + BODY.  If you're keen to collaborate with any of the collective or over suggestions for workshops and gallery locations please get in contact.

🖤 Jo. B

📷 photo credit goes to Nastia Gladushchenko.  

Forage, Flowers and Fold Natural Dye Workshops

Alot of my process since last summer has been in the exploration of Eco Dying Natural Fabrics and using them for the minimum waste design pieces.

The alchemy and magic that happens with the transference of all the plant colour onto the natural fabrics, infuses all the healing essence and energy into the pieces that become garments. 

That energy you carry and wear, which is absorbed into your skin is very powerful and forfilling.

I'm excited to share Forage, Flower and Fold Natural Dyeing Workshop. 

Inconjunction with The Olive Tree Market hosted at Maitland Regional Art Gallery.  

Join me Jo from Inside Jo. B Textile Studio to discover how to use flowers, native fauna from your neighbourhood and healing herbs, food scraps from your kitchen to Naturally Dye fabric. 

A playfully inspiring two hour workshop where Natural Dyeing basics will be shared on how to Bundle Eco Dye and create with plants. 

All the raw materials and a Pure Silk Scarf 45 x 160cm will be provided to decorate in all natural delightful colours, patterns and digital notes.

Feel free to bring your own local foraged materials to mark the scarf. 

If time allows we will also Eco Dye your own T-shirt or a singlet from home.(Natural fabrics only and pre-washed). 

To book a spot at  my first workshop in September check the Eventbrite and the Facebook page for more information.

It will be such a inspiring morning leaving you with new knowledge and a Silk Natural Dyed Scarf to gift to your self or a loved one totally worth the $85 investment  

Next Workshops will be:

Sydney: Commune 12th October 6.30-8.30pm

Newcastle: The Olive Tree Market 4th November 10-12pm

Our Many Faces

Are we OK?

The question we ask ourselves, on a human level, not just for the face we put on for the world to see.

This new collection 'Many Faces' was inspired by the history of Mental illness in my family, and how looking to help others has helped me.

Continuous Line Ink Rough Warmups from Visual Diary

Mental illness crosses all cultures, so I wanted to give back with the sale of these totes. From each one sold $5 will be donated to ‪Aboriginal Medical Services in Western Sydney. Situated in Mount Druitt, Deerubbin local land council area, covers around 3602km, which has one of the largest Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander urban populations in Australia.

Little Lucia my youngest in house model

All the totes are GOTS Certified Organic Cotton which also means they're Fair Trade with no child labour and made in India.

My ink is blue black fabric paint and with a continuous line style, giving the same feeling of continuous cycle of anxiety and depression. They're all one-off and some less balanced than others... like us all.

Will be adding more to the shop, if you have a special request for boy or girl tote please contact me. 

Sticky Taping for Product Shoot

Thank you for supporting my work at Inside JoB Studio.