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# Statistics
Favourites: 4453; Deviations: 118; Watchers: 1270
Watching: 336; Pageviews: 86741; Comments Made: 3547; Friends: 336
# Interests
Favorite visual artist: John Howe, Brian Froud, Arthur Rackham, Ida Rentouil OuthwaiteTools of the Trade: Imagination
Other Interests: mycology, magic, creative thinking.
# About me
I am a Tasmanian Artist and Bookbinder, with a deep-seated love for all things weird and wonderful.The act of creation is a magical one, and something I fill my days with in its many forms.... a way of expressing myself, of externalising the way I see things in my mind.
Stories are much more than just words, they are clues and signposts.... and painting the stories connects me to them.
My other love is bookbinding. And although it's a somewhat "lost art", it is making a comeback... and I am incredibly thankful to be one of the people bringing the art back into the light.
There is something very special about creating something into which someone will spill their thoughts, dreams, hopes and losses.
I believe in living artfully. There is a special magic in a common object when it is lovingly and skillfully handmade. I enjoy bringing this magic to others, helping them to look more closely and the smaller things easily missed, and to appreciate more tangibly the hand-crafted aesthetic.
There is one quote that I stumbled upon years ago and has stuck with me. It goes:
"Artists create dreams for those who are awake"
That, I feel, is my role as an artist. To remind you of the dreams you lost, to help you look closer at the smaller things, to help you recapture that sense of magic that faded as you "grew up".
My only hope is that I have succeeded in that.
"Artists create dreams for those who are awake"
# Comments
Comments: 989
birthdays [2015-03-21 23:38:47 +0000 UTC]
!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
It's March 21st which means it's that time of the year again and your special day is here! We hope you have an awesome day with lots of birthday fun, gifts, happiness and most definitely, lots of cake! Here's to another year!
Many well wishes and love from your friendly birthdays team
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JPMNeg [2015-03-21 15:35:17 +0000 UTC]
HappyΒ Birthday!Β Β
IΒ hopeΒ youΒ haveΒ aΒ wonderfulΒ day!
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Fishgirl125 [2014-04-27 00:53:40 +0000 UTC]
also. i might want a drawing or symbol of my celtic tattoo or family emblem... something to personalze it.
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Fishgirl125 [2014-04-27 00:50:00 +0000 UTC]
Hi Kel. whenever you see Fishgirl125 on here it's me......El..........Mari has been using my e-mail addy for awhile and I figured I'd get in and look that way for now. Was admiring Joe's viking book again a couple of weeks ago but couldn't leave a comment because of sign on problems. I would like to order a book..or journal for myself. something small....how much should I send.? and what's the easiest way to do that? love, El
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Yonaka-Yamako [2014-03-22 03:55:32 +0000 UTC]
Happy Birthday!Β Much happy spawny wishes to you!
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birthdays [2014-03-21 13:09:43 +0000 UTC]
!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!! Β
It's March 21st which means it's that time of the year again and your special day is here! We hope you have an awesome day with lots of birthday fun, gifts, happiness and most definitely, lots of cake! Here's to another year!
Many well wishes and love from your friendly birthdays team
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birthdays [2013-03-21 20:27:10 +0000 UTC]
!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
It's March 21st which means it's that time of the year again and your special day is here! We hope you have an awesome day with lots of birthday fun, gifts, happiness and most definitely, lots of cake! Here's to another year!
Many well wishes and love from your friendly birthdays team
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ForestDwellerHouses [2013-03-21 17:26:39 +0000 UTC]
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope you have a wonderful day!!
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ice-or-fire [2013-03-20 14:54:27 +0000 UTC]
Hello!
Happy [early] birthday!
May the best of your wishes be the least of what you get!
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G0Ducks [2013-03-19 00:09:00 +0000 UTC]
Going to hunt for morelles tomorrow Wish me luck!
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puppeteer-for-kings [2012-11-12 05:55:09 +0000 UTC]
Thank you very much for the watch!
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birthdays [2012-03-21 23:59:05 +0000 UTC]
!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
It's March 21th which means it's that time of the year again and your special day is here! We hope you have an awesome day with lots of birthday fun, gifts, happiness and most definitely, lots of cake! Here's to another year!
Many well wishes and love from your friendly birthdays team
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ice-or-fire [2012-03-20 14:58:37 +0000 UTC]
Hello!
Happy [early] birthday!
Wishing you miles of smiles in the coming years!
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mydeepdark [2012-01-19 17:32:27 +0000 UTC]
hello I've added one (or more) of your work that i liked verry much in a feature journal here: [link] Best wishes !
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elyobkram [2012-01-19 17:15:12 +0000 UTC]
ThankYou Soo Much For Suggesting My Winged Rod Puppet For A DD ... Sorry I Didn't Notice For Ages That I Even Got It ... Cheers Mark
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Algo-Blade [2012-01-06 15:54:23 +0000 UTC]
wow I love your work! And I think that learning to bind books is pretty awesome, keep it up!
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ForestDwellerHouses [2012-01-01 21:15:47 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so very much for the watch and the wee folk thank you too!
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ForestDwellerHouses [2011-12-23 19:28:07 +0000 UTC]
Great work along with great talent equals success! nice looking gallery also!
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Ephemeroptera-Gnome [2011-09-10 23:23:41 +0000 UTC]
I love your work, and your books are sooo beautiful. I've been drooling.
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toeknuckles [2011-08-21 10:16:27 +0000 UTC]
what the....how were you not already on my watch list? *is an idiot*
deviantART muro drawing
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birthdays [2011-03-22 06:18:52 +0000 UTC]
!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!
It's March 21st which means it's that time of the year again and your special day is here! We hope you have an awesome day with lots of birthday fun, gifts, happiness and most definitely, lots of cake! Here's to another year!
Many well wishes and love from your friendly birthdays team
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stevenshipman [2011-03-20 22:30:57 +0000 UTC]
Happy Birthday! Hope you have an awesome one
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ice-or-fire [2011-03-20 16:51:45 +0000 UTC]
Hello!
Happy early birthday!
Hope you have a good one!
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rumisoc [2011-02-27 19:24:08 +0000 UTC]
Thanks a big lot for the favourite!
Wow, very nice work you have!
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