caseytembyart+design

My latest Interior Architecture project December 2011

2011-12-10T21:11:00.001-08:00

A place to waste useful time

Garema Place - Canberra, ACT, Australia

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tracing + analysis - disconnection, loneliness, grey, sensory deprivation, sunken, encroachment

Precedence

Concept- engage, elevate, interrupt man's circadian rhythm, enhance sensory, nature, voids, ruins, eliminating barriers: out-in-out, romance

'Self Storage' Design

Hand-drawn plans, section and elevations

Gallery Design

2011-05-25T05:07:00.000-07:00

I thought I would add my latest Interior Architecture project in which the brief was to design a silversmith/ jewellery workshop, gallery and residence in a pre-exisiting building designed by the wonderful architect Enrico Taglietti (whom I had the privilege to interview in his studio!)

I will not include all of the boring intricacies of my design however I thought the photos of the model turned out quite interesting...

Themes of intrigue, mystery and drama are created through the use of light and lack of light and semi-transparent spaces. Once entering the space at the base of the stairs, the visitor is invited to travel down three dark meandering paths- left, right or straight. At the end of each path is an intriguing feature such as a glowing box or a hint of light, enticing the visitor to travel down the path to find out what is at the end, upon which they stumble upon something new and are invited to travel through another space.

The intent was to fuse public and semi-public spaces.

Jewellery intrigues.

Jewellery enhances.

Jewellery can be subtle or it can overpower.

The approach taken to this gallery design was one of a quiet, subtle, intriguing enhancement to the already existing building, without being overpowering.

The existing structure remains apparent. It lives and breathes. It is celebrated andadorned with glowing, wrapping, ornamentation.

"Everyone likes to own a jewel, but almost nobody talks about it. Natural modesty is one cause of this discretion, one may like to enhance oneself, to show off a precious stone or a design, but one waits for people to see it..."

Graham Hughes from "Jewelry' 1966

Photos by Casey Temby

2011-03-18T21:06:00.000-07:00

thewaywewearvintage albert hall 2010

2010-10-30T22:14:00.000-07:00

I love the scalloped edge on this flapper dress
This jacket was so deliciously heavy
I wanted these shoes but they were too small, if only...

These slinky transparent chiffon dresses were gorgeous

Brooches heaven

Beautiful greens on this whimsy

There was fur everywhere
Buttons like lollipops

'Swallow' by Claire Potter - Poetry book launch Sunday 24 October 2010, 4pm at Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, Sydney

2010-10-19T04:53:00.000-07:00

The wonderful Bob Adamson opened the launch in the amazing awe-inspiring Brett Whiteley gallery. I am reading his autobiography "Inside Out" and cannot put it down. I wish I had finished it before I heard him at the launch, although it is probably a good thing because I would have stalked him and bombarded him with 10 billion questions, or maybe would have just been shy..

Claire's softly spoken reading conjured many different feelings including love, love-lost, sadness, passion and sensuality and visual imagery including that of daffodils and birds...one would think the phallic and uber erotic Whiteley artwork as a backdrop with a 'look at me' attitude would be a distraction but for me it added to the complexity filled with double meanings and beautiful images that were already forming in my head.

A little bit a bout Claire Potter

http ://www.poetsuni on.com/node/884

Claire and Lucas Ihlein from big fag press preparing the broadsides

What others are saying:

In Swallow, Claire Potter offers a dramatic synergy between observation and feeling; literary vignettes, glasshouse musings, mythical characters and desire interweave within the haunting shadow of the swallow’s migratory absence/presence.
This debut collection is composed of four sections, beginning with the persona of a mythical sea-diver clutching seaweed in her hands, it culminates in the wing-beat of a giant kinetic bird. The poems hum with an incantatory quality; they are bites of empty sky brimming with the tension of a lightning storm. Swallow has all the sensuousness of Potter’s earlier work; her poems are beautifully wrought, resounding.

Swallow is a beautiful book. These vital poems lead the reader on from the first page to the last. Claire Potter is a born poet, expressing passion along with ideas in the ‘open field’ of her work. Her forms dance with the intelligence of her choice of imagery. Her lines, laced with flight and song, double back through the poems, then unfold extra meanings on second or third readings. Potter has drawn on Mallarmé’s idea of a book as a ‘living composition’—where each page becomes a stanza in the poem of the whole book…This is all carried off with style…vibrant sensuality moves under the controlled surfaces.
Robert Adamson

Swallow reminds us that poetry’s magic is inseparable from its risks. Potter constantly sets lyric against innovation, formal and aesthetic performance against the net of the page. These poems are highly finessed, sensate, intelligent and their alliances between strangeness and beauty, the way they yield their perceptions so keenly and with such virtuosity can only impress. Claire Potter’s work is both charged and charming.
Judith Beveridge

In Swallow Claire Potter presents us with poems that exquisitely describe not the ten thousand things of the world but her experience of those things, which is an entirely different matter. The result is that we see the world freshly because we see it as it becomes manifest to her. Experience here, though, is not the passive registration of sensual impressions; for Claire Potter it is the risk of opening oneself to danger: the danger of seeing the world differently, the danger of becoming a new person by virtue of what one writes. Here are lyrics that are at once tender and tough, careful and bold.
Kevin Hart

Title: Swallow
Author: Claire Potter

ISBN: 978-0-7340-4159-3
Format: A5 Paper Back, 82 pages
Price: $21.95
Publication Date: October 2010
Contact: Susan Fealy, susan@ramp.net.au

17th Biennale of Sydney - Cockatoo Island

2010-06-16T07:36:00.000-07:00

I was lucky enough to work with the Sydney Biennale team for a day on Cockatoo Island, Sydney harbour, a few weeks ago. The last time I was there was for the pretty awesome Nick Cave curated festival 'All Tomorrow's Parties' in Jan 09. Cockatoo Island was the perfect venue.

Cockatoo Island

Beaches

Joel Silbersher

Nick Cave's collection of cats

The theme for the Biennale is (it is on until August) ''The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age''.
Among the prominent artists to exhibit are the French-American sculptor Louise Bourgeois, Paul McCarthy of the US, John Bock from Germany, Cai Guo-Qiang from New York, Isaac Julien from Britain, and Australian Fiona Hall.

Here are some photos of Berlin-based French artist Kader Attia's 'Kasbah' - an installation representing a shanty town, filling the Turbine Hall with a patchwork of corrugated iron and scrap materials.

It invites the audience to walk on the roofs, making it a somewhat interactive experience and reflects the conditions in which the majority of the population lives. In my opinion, it was a strong and effective statement by the artist.

I 'manned' this installation for a couple of hours and it was interesting to observe the reactions and behaviour of different people (children and adults). Some people just tromped and plodded along as if it was just another floor to walk on and others, mainly children, seemed to tread carefully and cautiously with a sense of contemplation...

The Biennale is worth checking out and you have to love those free ferry rides across the harbour. It is also taking place at the MCA and the Botanic Gardens.

Inspiration

2010-03-28T20:20:00.000-07:00

I saw the documentary, VINCENT: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF VINCENT VAN GOGH, at ARC at the National Film and Sound Archive last weekend. It is a part of the NFSA's special Australian cinema screenings. It's directed by the Dutch/Australian filmmaker Paul Cox back in 1987.

I was very excited to see this as I had just finished reading 'The Yellow House' which is about the tumultuous time that Paul Gauguin and van Gogh spent together in the 'studio of the south' (the yellow house), in Arles, Southern France, in 1888.

During this time it is said that van Gogh produced his most prolific work such as the sunflowers, the chair etc..

According to the letters he wrote to his brother Theo, he was in love with the light in Arles and you can see this reflected in his work
This was a truly inspirational documentary, just to see his passion for painting and how this was enough to carry him through life, he didn't need anything else and also his love of nature and the colours - the intense chrome yellows, malachite greens, royal blues. It inspired me to capture the autumnal colours of Canberra. A bit different from southern France but still beautiful in it's own right.

Here is a quick drawing I did in my backyard to try and capture some colours and create a painting from this.

Lovely folks at Graphis have added me to their site

2010-02-09T22:45:00.000-08:00

Graphis

New work

2010-01-26T23:12:00.001-08:00

This is oils on board 50 x 40 cm and is available for purchase. You can contact me at caseytemby@hotmail.com if you are interested in this or any other work. Thanks x

New work - mock ups

2009-10-24T15:56:00.000-07:00

Graphis Gallery, Sugar cafe

2009-10-24T15:32:00.000-07:00

Hello, another little update about me - it's all about me... the beauty of blogs!
These 2 items of mine are for sale at Graphis in Woollahra http://www.graphis.n et.a u/

I also have 2 pieces hanging at Sugar cafe in Bondi Junction, Nelson Street.

Commissions

2009-10-10T17:27:00.000-07:00

Thanks to my beautiful friends and their friends, I am keeping busy and working on some commissioned pieces at the moment.
I will post these when I am finished.

Today I am off to help out for the 2042 inner west art festival http://2042artonthest.blogspot.com/

Sydney artisan markets

2009-09-14T19:37:00.000-07:00

I am loving the emergence of arts and crafts markets around Sydney. Is it just me or are they popping up everywhere now? It's a good thing and I am actually going to try and get down to all of them and support the artists and even apply for my own stall, not sure where yet..

Keep an eye open for the swap markets also happening. Rethreads is happening September 17. It is a clothes, book and music exchange at Carriageworks, there will be a record stall that will be asking for voluntary donations and all proceeds will go to 2SER and the wonderful Fbi.
http://www.carriageworks.com.au/whats_on.php?event=rethreads

Here is a list of the artisan markets that I have come across:

Eveleigh markets (see picture - what a fantastic space!)
Cheapest stallholder cost - $55
1st Sunday of each month, from 10 AM to 3 PM.
243 Wilson St, Darlington
http://www.eveleighmarket.com.au/artisans.html

Finders Keepers
Cheapest stallholder cost - $250
Bi-annual
Friday 4th December from 6pm – 10pm
Saturday 5th December from 10am – 8pm
CarriageWorks - 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh
http://www.thefinderskeepers.com/sydney_markets.php

Kirribilli art + design markets
Cheapest stallholder cost - $50
October 11th, 2009, 9.00am - 3.00pm
Burton Street Tunnel, Milsons Point
http://www.kncsydney.org/index.php?content=artdesignmarket.html

Paddington Markets
Cheapest stallholder cost - $65 -85
Every Saturday
I think most people know these markets already..

Mosman Village Art + Craft Market
Stallholder cost - $70
The first Saturday of the month from 8am to 3pm
Mosman Square & Village Green, Spit Junction
http://www.mosman.nsw.gov.au/mosman/culture/market

French wallpaper - loving it

2009-08-08T00:53:00.000-07:00

I am in France at the moment and am falling in love with all of the old wallpaper I have been living with in my hotel rooms. The typical French wallpaper with the repitition of patterns, particularly florals, and the overuse of the blue. I have been staying in hotels in the country (Etreaupont, Vervin..) so the wallpaper is typically French - cliched but adorable!
I am thinking I will incorporate this in to my work somehow.

Musique Art comp - I won!!

2009-05-27T16:08:00.000-07:00

Interview

I am very excited about winning this art competition for painting for the Art Musique magazine.
The showcase is tonight
http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=MUSIQUE09

Starting @ 8pm... the sublime art of Sydney painter Clara Adolphs & work of quirky ‘indie’ shoe designer Dom Dinel as well as winners from our 2009 'VISUAL' comp will be on show to be accompanied at 9pm by 'Ilythian' performing 'La Boite De La Musique' by Sydney Composer Chloé Charody - where the sophisticated world of the classical meets the seductive world of the burlesque - featuring Burlesque Beauty Miss Suzie Q giving an awesome circus performance....

Hailed by The Daily Telegraph as ‘Blooming Amazing’ this definitely is a showcase not to be missed!!!!!!!!

moments of inspiration exhibition

2009-05-19T04:22:00.001-07:00

I was thrilled that my submission was accepted for this group mixed media exhibition running from 26 May to 14 June at Art Moments, 99 Curlewis Street, Bondi.
I will be exhibiting three pieces.
Come along!
Here are some more details about the show www.artwhatson.com.au/artmomentgallery and click on exhibitions and then MOMENTS OF INSPIRATION 09

Cards on Etsy

2009-05-18T09:18:00.000-07:00

If interested you can buy my cards on etsy http://casey1.etsy.com. I haven't uploaded them all yet but it's a start.
Thanks

My fridge magnets

2009-05-18T05:02:00.000-07:00

Fridge magnets handmade with love and care.
The materials used are timber pegs and magnets with various other materials attached to these pegs. These include vintage material, vintage hankerchiefs, drink coasters from various establishments in Sydney, recycled wrapping paper, felt pen drawings on balsa and more...
I am setting up a store on etsy and will post details as soon as this is complete.

2009-05-07T20:56:00.000-07:00

I am having a stall at Bondi markets on Sunday 17 May, selling my cards and some other bits and pieces, that is if it isn't raining. Come down!

My cards for sale

2009-05-01T06:00:00.000-07:00

These are some of my handmade cards and I am going to start selling them soon, probably starting with the markets.
They are blank inside and on recycled paper.
If you want to order any please email me at caseytemby@hotmail.com.
The prices vary from AU$4 to $7 each and cheaper for packs of 5 and 10.
Thanks

Some of my new work

2009-04-28T00:12:00.000-07:00

From Casey Temby new artwork April 09

feathering the nest

2009-04-14T22:15:00.000-07:00

Here is my piece hanging in the garage for feathering the nest group exhibition
You can see more pics here http://garageopenings.blogspot.com/

feathering the nest - group exhibition

2009-04-06T06:09:00.000-07:00

Melody Ellis' group mail art exhibition: feathering the nest

I sent in 'playback' - a hanging mobile I made from found objects (or junk) I found on my street.
I was walking home one day and found an unwound dictaphone cassette tape. I thought I would do the right neighbourhood thing and pick it up so I started winding it up, wrapping it around my hand again and again and again and as I was winding, I was thinking of uses for the cassette film instead of just throwing it in the bin.
I decided to put it in my anorak pocket and happened to stumble upon a few more things that I usually wouldn't have even noticed.

GARAGE OPENINGS PRESENTS:
feathering the nest (a group mail art exhibition)

Opening Saturday 4 April 2009
6:00 - 8:00pm

66 Hopetoun Circuit Yarralumla ACT

Featuring...
Marc Alperstein
Jonathan Baskett
Zanny Begg
Lauren Brown
Kate Carr
Monica Carroll
Melody Ellis
Marc Freeman
Somaya Langley & Christian Malejka
Sarah Logan
Annette Marie
Paul McGee
Brendon McKinley
Sarah Mosca
Vedanta Nicholson
Kalina Pilat
Francesca Rendle-Short
Spyridon Simotas
Peta Sirec
Richard Spellman
Alison Spence
Sarah St Vincent Welch
Casey Temby
Nella Themelios
Amy Thompson
Stedman Watts
Zuza Zochowski

My first exhibition - shades of lightness

2009-04-06T01:43:00.000-07:00

What: shades of lightness - my first solo art exhibition

Where: ourmishmash, 11 Curlewis Street, Bondi.
Hosted by the lovely Jac and Ellice

When: November - December 2008

About:
A series of portrait-style charcoal drawings and mixed media paintings, manipulated through the use of shading in an attempt to create a feeling of reflection and contemplation.

The pieces have a romantic feel, this could be due to my love of writers such as D.H. Lawrence, Flaubert and Thomas Hardy. Similarly like the characters D.H. Lawrence portrays, the female figures in ‘shades of lightness’ have the feeling they are by no means fully under their own control, but impelled by forces within them below the level of their conscious will or choice.

Quote taken from the Introduction, page xiv, written by Mark Kinkead-Weekes of D.H. Lawrence’s “Women In Love”:

“Instead of portraying human beings as consciously analysable personalities, as nineteenth-century novels had done, he wanted to get at what we have learned to call the subconscious, the four-fifths of the iceberg hidden below the ego and the surface of our knowing. That deeper ‘being’ had somehow to be made visible, like the patterns produced acoustically in fine sand by invisible sound, patterns which moreover change as soon as the note does. So Lawrence wanted also to get rid of the idea of a stable ego, the belief that personality is constant, and find ways, instead, of showing human beings as fluctuating and changeable – like water, which can be ice, steam or liquid, and yet is always the same substance…”

I wanted to convey a sense of purity, rawness and truthfulness through the use of basic materials such as un-primed canvas and natural charcoal to the found pre-loved recycled frames.