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New painting. Acrylic on canvas. 51cm H x 31cm W. DM for a viewing at my Fitzroy studio. (at Fitzroy, Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CookR2AP-Hs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Welcome back TISM @this.is.serious.mum after a 19 year festival hiatus!!! I had a hoot designing these costumes for their comeback @goodthingsfestival Thanks heaps to @hannah_firth for her tireless efforts in production managing the TISM tour and the whole team @davidroywilliams You can catch them again tonight in Sydney and tomorrow in Brisbane. . . . #tism #goodthingsfestival #costumedesign #costumedesigner #costumemelbourne (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Clrufruv-Bh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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The latest iteration of my biomaterial research is currently exhibited @craftvictoria in a group show titled ‘Alternative Provisions’, curated by @elizatiernan, featuring the works of @Ella_Saddington, James Walsh, @Frenchjessie @_NarelleWhite and Yu-Fang Chi. There will be a finissage on the final day, 2 - 4pm on Saturday, March 26, 2022. All welcome. Alternative Provisions presents the work of designers and makers expanding material practice as an act of making good. The exhibition explores how unexpected and under-utilised materials, driven by the notion of ‘reuse’, are developed and used in interesting ways by today’s makers.

The exhibitors each forage for their material, whether organic matter or discarded waste product, to create works that offer production alternatives, as well as a means to tell new stories.

By joining these makers in their search for more mindful provisions, we are lead to re-evaluate how we engage with materials for production and the potential presented by seeking conscious alternatives.

Presented as part of @ngvmelbourne Design Week, Alternative Provisions joins the broader conversation on the environmental implications of human presence and the revaluation of our actions. Let’s make good on our responsibilities to the environment through creative innovation. (Text via Craft Victoria website). #elizatiernan #EllaSaddington #JamesWalsh #JessieFrench #NarelleWhite #YuFangChi #melbournedesignweek #biomaterial #biodesign #bioart #bacterialcellulose #ecotextiles #melbournedesign #ecodesign #craftvictoria (at Craft) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbL9eTBvbOq/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Last night my new stool collaboration with @editionoffice was unveiled in a @ngvmelbourne Melbourne Design Week exhibition titled ‘After Hours’ @VolkerHaug Studio . The stool is manufactured in solid steel and upholstered with a biomaterial I biofactured via the secretions of microorganisms. ‘After Hours’ is an exhibition of the side projects of design professionals featuring the stellar work of: @kennedy_nolan in collaboration with Amanda Oliver Khai Liew Michael Gittings HB Peace @pascalegomesmcnabbdesign @varendorff for ACV Morgan Hickinbotham for LAAP The show runs 18.03.22 – 23.03.22, 9am – 5pm, is open to the public and all are welcome. . . . #ngvmelbournedesignweek #ngv #editionoffice #melbournedesign #volkerhaug #ecotextiles #architecture #bacterialcellulose #kennedynolan #AmandaOliver #Khailiew #MichaelGittings #HBPeace #PascaleGomesMcNabb #Annavarendorff #ACV #MorganHickinbotham #LAAP (at Volker Haug Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbJfsHEP7If/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I hand wove this garment during a recently completed residency @austapestry . This piece utilises leftover materials from ATW’s tapestry commissions, and further explores my interest in designing and manufacturing ecologically and ethically sustainable garments and textiles. If you’d like me to weave something bespoke into your life, let’s chat! . . . #weaving #exotextiles #sustainablefashion #tapestry #melbournefashion #ecofashion #resourcerecovery (at ALEXI FREEMAN Design Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbBVA5ePrzP/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today, Saturday Feb 26, is the last chance to view my biodesign material research @rmitgallery . ‘Future U’ is a large group exhibition that first opened in June 2021, featuring the bioart and biodesign of a number of wonderful creatives including @leahroselaurel @garmentsforthegrave @patricia.piccinini . There will also be intermittent @stelarcstelarc performances from 12.30pm. Love to see you there!! . . . #materialresearch #biodesign #bacterialcellulose #bioart #ecotextiles #ecofashion https://www.instagram.com/p/Caa637QPqdG/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I’m delighted to announce I’m presenting a new iteration of my textile research @craftvictoria in a group exhibtion named ‘Alternative Provisions’, running Feb 4 - March 27, 2022. I’m honoured to be showing alongside fellow material researchers @frenchjessie , Ella Saddington, James Walsh, Narelle White and Yu-Fang Chi. Thanks also to @elizatiernan for her curatorial and program management support. Love to see you all there! 😘 . . . Image courtesy Craft Victoria. Photographer: Annika Kafcaloudis @annikakafcaloudis #biomaterials #bacterialcellulose #biotextiles #bc #ecotextiles #ecofriendly (at ALEXI FREEMAN Design Studio) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZdxoGnPyJK/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I’m so thrilled and delighted to be conducting the oral defence of my practice led research degree during the upcoming PRS Symposium on Monday Oct 18, 2021, from 12.30 - 1.30pm. If you’d like to tune in to hear about my research journey, the link is in my bio 🦠 🧫 🧬 🔬 . . . #bacterialcellulose #ecotextiles #sustainablefashion #prs #biodesign #bioart #melbournefashion #biomaterial #rmitgallery #futureu #sustainableliving #speculativedesign (at RMIT Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVBoXS5Bn8A/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Thanks for taking me out on a limb @taisnaith 🌼🌱🌺☘️🌸🌿💐🍃🦜🌷Happiest of happy birthdays to one of the most beautiful and inspiring birds orbiting around my menagerie 💛💛💛 (at Yarra Bend Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CScygHABjqE/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Interview out today @multiculturalmuseumsvictoria for @melbfashionweek - a prelude to a film I’ve contributed garments to which screens online on March 20, link in bio. Writing @sara_tiefenbrun film styling @stuart_walford (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMdxcHmnNUF/?igshid=180yiu7q4hpx7

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Just a little bit of lights reading! @janeburton @d.j.noonan, Gerry Bibby, Bruce Pascoe aka @bitheega , also Anna Burns, Isabel Allende @allendeisabel , Jeanette Winterson, Ottessa Moshfegh, Murakami, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Victoria Finlay, Tom Robbins +!Tanizaki, Huxley, Suskind, Ballard, Kundera, Pasternak, Ballard, Tolstoy, Hughes, Burgess, Salinger et al.... (at Coburg, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHPogLTnmj5/?igshid=x10xlh0a68f3

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What a fantastic Pup Gay we had! What it ‘laked’ in the IRL celebration of whipping majestic beasts it delivered in spades of al fresco picnic fans! So wonderful of the Victorian State Government to dedicate a public holiday to gay puppies everywhere! 🌈 🐶 🐩 🐕 🎉 🎈 🎊🍸🍹🍾 🥂🌱 💐 🌈 . . . Gown of Shadows is a collab with @tessa_blazey - toucan @jaminpuech @gwendolynneburkin @kristine.walker @thehumanchameleon 📸 @simonschluter repost @theageaustralia @sydneymorningherald + @brisbane_times #artisanal #pupgay @royalbotanicgardensvic #melbournefashion #chainmail #medieval #gownofshadows #tessablazey #simonschluter #gwendolynneburkin #kristinewalker #scalemail #mensfashion #gardenglam #fashion #textilesdesign #textiledesign #fashiondesigner #fashiondesign #bridal #australianfashion #australianfashionlabels (at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHLytkVnDX_/?igshid=cvu8pjz20vwd

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It’s a little known fact I’m a Great Uncle. I know right! But surely I’m waaaay too bright eyed and bushy tailed for such middle aged rights of passage — Well evidently baby Lua (meaning moon in Portuguese - and who was born on the full moon) puts a spring in my step! Turns out my regular niece, @annafreeman (who is also great), is not only an intelligent, kind, beautiful mother, lawyer and yogi, but she also knows a thing or two about nutrition and specifically nuts-trition! So much so, that she’s now moving hell and high-water to bring ethically sourced Baru nuts from Brazil (AKA the patrilineal homeland of my Great Niece Lua) and I, endeavouring to live up to my newfound Great Uncle status, am shamelessly spruking these nuts to you, my Insta-pals, because a) they’re packed with antioxidants and a wonderful combo of vitamins and minerals (including calcium, iron, potassium, sodium, zinc and vitamin E) and b) because I want baby Lua to have the best nuts life possible! Check out with the discount code “Great Uncle” for 15% off your first purchase! @thebaruproject www.thebaruproject.com.au (at Tasmania, Hobart) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHJ3mkcHvBa/?igshid=17gttmpyt9mxd

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Mask and you shall receive. . . . 📸 @janeburton (at Albert Park and Lake) https://www.instagram.com/p/CD5tVjfHX_C/?igshid=16utzeueiym2a

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Still life with bacterial cellulose and balcony weeds. . . . #bacterialcellulose #biomaterial #biofabrication #ecotextiles #microbiology #biodesign #biodegradable #postgrad #bacteria #cellulose (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBSHKTinGYp/?igshid=1i22bhkk10ds3

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I’m really honoured to be sharing some of my biodesign research interests with a truly inspiring curation of humans at @mpavilion today, March 14, 3.30pm. All linked by a fascination with biological systems design the panel is moderated by the wonderful @sarahnaarden and features Maree Clarke @ree_clarke , Kristen Whittle, Ollie Cotsaftis @futures_design Natalia Alima @bio_lab & Dylan Brady @decibelarchitecture The image depicts cellulose formed by bacteria fed by food waste, under SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy) at 6000x magnification. Produced as part of my current practice led research at the RMIT School of Design. *The event will proceed as planned* Please join us for this discussion in the gardens! #biodesign #biomaterials #ngvmelbournedesignweek #mpavilion #kristenwhittle #mareeclarke #futurematerials #newmaterialism #biofabricate #biofacture #design #biofabrication #melbournedesign #ecotextiles #textiles #slowfashion #sem #bacteria #biotextiles #microbialtextiles #bacterialtextiles (at MPavilion) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9sroI_nWaB/?igshid=wcp3mghs3i3s

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Mid candidature milestone delivered and signed off by the institution! To celebrate, I’ll be exhibiting examples of my biomaterial explorations as part of @ngvmelbourne Design Week in a group show called LIFE & DEATH. Opening: March 13, 6-10pm. Meat Market Stables 2-8 Wreckyn St, North Melbourne. Show runs 12-21 March. Love to see you there! Curated by @friends.associates #ngv #melbournedesignweek #biomaterials #bacteria #cellulose #biodesign #biofacturing #biotextiles #melbourne #biology #design #research #rmit (at Meat Market) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8zumoOnGKl/?igshid=1w0ys1nd33x8w