Look, I told you we weren't lost. There's planet Earth over there!.

This was my wedding present to Jason and Shasha. I enlarged one of their wedding photos and started to alter it. I liked the timelessness of the backdrop, so my strange sense of humour kicked in and this is what I've called it.

 In a futile attempt to increase his intelligence, Jason resorted to sucking out Shasha's brain.
Of course, once my sense of humour got started it wouldn't stop. Anyway, these were just for fun, a warm up. It was fun working colour into classic black and white.
Here's one of the final pieces. She was just so beautiful that I had to go play there.

Shasha's last few moments as a miss.

A Line of Fish

The pictures say it all!

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The Wisdom of the Fishes

This is my latest altered book. It was originally a salmon recipe book rescued from the Opp shop. I love the shape of it. It inspired me to re-invent it as a collection of folk wisdom, albeit with a fishy twist.

Fabulous Amethyst

This is one of my indulgence pieces, a very beautiful pendant, strung from faceted amethyst. The clasp is a sterling silver magnet. All very classy. I'm surprised to find myself back into making jewellry, but it is so much fun and I have learned to trust where my muse takes me.

An Outbreak of Jewellry

Recent visits to the Mind, Body, Spirit Festival and the Gem and Bead show saw me tempted by all manner of gorgeous gemstones - amethyst, garnet, jasper, turquoise, smokey quartz. In the end I just couldn't help myself. It seems there is no limit to the amount of jewels one woman can enjoy.

Swiss Army Stilleto

This is one of my earlier, quirky pieces, done for an exhibition in 2007. The shoes are from the Opp shop, and the other bits were scrounged from my friends. It was such fun to do.

The Secret Code of Women

This was my other offering for the QBG exhibition in the state library. It was the first book I ever made with QBG, blank pages and rather an ordinary black and white cover. It sat around for ages, never quite inspiring me to use it as a journal. But prompted by the call for books, I redesigned the cover and here it is. Unfortunately they had so many books that they could only take one of mine.