australia
Brilliant! Guerrilla crafters strike again in Pomona (Qld, Australia)
In December, I wrote about stumbling across some guerrilla craft adorning a post in my nearby town of Pomona (Qld, Australia). Well, knock me over with a crochet hook, they’ve been at it again this week and the results are spectacular. The little nature strip at the entrance to the main street has been beautified [...]
More unexpected moments in street art: Craft graffiti in Pomona and Rogue Cosies in Brisbane
I love finding unexpected moments of knitting and crochet on the streets. My favourite is Rogue Cosie who has adorned the streets of Brisbane (Australia), San Francisco, Boston and New York (and I’m sure more…) with crocheted and knitted (?) delights. My favourite installations are the thanksgiving turkeys in SF and duck shawls in Boston. [...]
Unexpected moments in street art: So you think you can graff and manga girls
I’ve had a couple of “WTF Wow!” moments recently where I’ve encountered street art (graffiti, aerosol art) in either unexpected places (such as Brisbane’s way-outer suburb, Victoria Point*) or with unexpected content (such as the bondage manga girls in Newtown). I not only love the disruptions these two pieces had in my city wanderings, but [...]
Australia’s Tallest House: Should some dreams be ruthlessly suppressed?
It’s always fun to watch architects recoil in horror when they are faced with buildings that violate principles of design and good taste. I had that joy this week when I introduced WonderBro to what is apparently the tallest house in Australia. I’d heard about the building at Girvan in rural NSW on one [...]
