“Self Portrait- Broken Heart”

I would like to share with you the work of a very lovely friend of mine Yiwon Park

I fell in love with Yiwon’s work the first day she came into the store.  We started chatting and she gave me a little postcard of one her works which I have up on my workroom mood-board. Her imagery is very secretive, I find something very soft and quiet about her work and I love the awkwardness of her hiding characters.

“I was born in Korea and started painting in early childhood.  I graduated as a Bachelor of Fine Art from Chu-Gye University for the Arts in Korea and subsequently attended life drawing and painting courses at both the Julian Ashton Art School and the National Art School in Sydney. I exhibited my work in Korea, including a solo exhibition at Choi Jung-Hwa’s Sal Bar in Seoul.

I always try to figure out what the art means to me or to the world.The meaning changes continuously as life has been changing. I work to capture emotions in memories and especially specific moments in my current life. Those moments become memory again.”

“Dreaming”

I just got back from a trip up north. It rained the night I arrived, then rained and poured and rained some more…and then it flooded!

Roads were collapsing, trees and power lines were blowing over in cyclonic winds, the river rose and then peaked 20cm below the levy. I was stuck out at my sisters place for a few days, stranded in the hills, which wasn’t so bad. We had fun cooking food, playing board games and sloshing around in gumboots.

I did manage to pick up a few little treasures on my travels before I got stranded. The airport staff just laughed at the size of my 25Kg bag which I planned to take as onboard luggage. I payed the excess and prayed that nothing would get broken, which it didn’t! Apparently a large ceramic mixing bowl is classed as a weapon and not allowed on board the plane. Any-hoo, we have some really lovely new pieces in store that I held high above flood water to get here.

A lovely customer of mine Samantha took this picture of our shop cat Lebowski sitting on the front step.

Let me introduce you to the Finders Keepers. An independent design & art market founded in Sydney, that supports new and emerging independent design.

Newspaper Taxi is very proud to be a “featured shop” on the fabulous Finders Keepers Blog which is full of pictures, profiles and features from a select group of artists and designers.

I went to the last market which was on just before christmas and I was SO inspired by the amazing, creative talent from all the exhibitors. It was packed, repeat, packed and every where I turned there was an array of quirky designs and handmade treasures displayed in charming ways. I had such a great evening catching up with friends, doing my christmas shopping and saying hello to heaps of my Newtown customers.

The next market is on over the 15th and 16th of May, so pencil it in, tell your friends and say sorry to your piggy bank because you are bound to find yourself in a dilly of a pickle over what not to buy.