This poster bears the scrawled message, "More Birkenstocks than brains"...we think it probably bears more resemblance to the person who wrote it!
A comment like this is very much a site-specific statement...Hobart, the land of Birkenstock shoes and a small creative-social gene pool.....
I'm very flattered that anyone feels compelled to graffitti our posters, at least we're getting noticed!!
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And then....In the sanctuary of the Waverly Woollen Mills outlet shop, one of my favourite haunts, our posters sit next to rolls of Tasmanian wool fabircs and blankets used in the construction of some of our garments...its a lovely touch and I'm so honoured to be able to use home-grown products! Waverly Woollen Mills is only now one of two woollen mills still in operation in Australia, and my father always sold his wool to local buyers, so I like to think I'm carrying on some connection with the local wool industry and promoting quality Tasmanian produce....which is being threatened by plantation crops of trees which will eventually feed the proposed pulp mill north of Launceston (see older posts below for protest images).
We will include more content and information on this blog site about the environmental issues on this island which inform our creative inspiration and intended outcomes, to promote Tasmania as a culturally productive and open-minded environment and social site of interaction...rather than the introspective and conservative place our collective and isolated heritage seems to promote.
Time passes....and nature will always triumph.......
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1 comment:
there will always be detractors and jealousies, i spose when you receive negative reactions, you know you've been noticed - any publicity is good publicity! I think the work is truly unique and inspirational... Cecilia (a fan)
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