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Susannah
. Published on March 19, 2015. April 4, 2016 0

Jess’s Autograph Book – A birthday gift from her Mother 27th November 1915

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Wishpom_logo_profile_SML I'm Susannah, a Melbourne based book designer, artist, music lover, treasure maker and collector of all sorts. I have a keen interest in social history and the world around us.

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Lockdown day 4, Lorikeets and Crested Pigeons enjo Lockdown day 4, Lorikeets and Crested Pigeons enjoying Winter in suburban Melbourne. #lockdown5 #melbourneiloveyou #silhouette #backyardbirds #winter #melbournewinter
I just dropped off this little treasure ‘All the I just dropped off this little treasure ‘All the Wonderful Things’, one of my ‘isolation' cocoons made during the lockdown here last month. It will be displayed under a glass cloche at a new exhibition ‘Thread’ opening at the in.cube8r Fitzroy gallery tomorrow night. (Details in my Linktree) The last 18 months has felt like period of transformation. I wanted to visually represent my experience of isolation and ‘lockdown’ in the form of experimental cocoons, assembled from various yarns, fibres and found elements. Creating precious objects to treasure reminiscent of found items that could be in a natural history display. The cocoons represent reconnecting with the natural environment and symbolically reflect the overwhelming feeling of home – wrapped, bundled, safe and protected. #textileart #fibreart #finrearts #cocoon #pandemicart #isolationart #macrame #incube8r_fitzroy #thread #emergingartist #melbourneartist #wishpom
Sometimes you get little wins in your hunt for tre Sometimes you get little wins in your hunt for treasures. I picked up some cards described as ‘funny and cute swap cards or people and dogs’, the listing only showing one stunning card of a mermaid and some vintage happy family cards so I took the gamble. When it arrived this morning the 95 cards included the complete set of 1911 Peter Pan card game, International Card Company, London (only missing box and instructions). This joins my ‘Alice’ game of the same era. A collection brewing and I’m in love! ❤️ Pictures: the Mermaid, Mrs Darling and Wendy #vintagegames #vintagecardgames #peterpan #antiquecardgame #ephemera #collections #internationalcardcompany
It’s a sorting photos kind of afternoon here in It’s a sorting photos kind of afternoon here in Melbourne town. So many things to love about this image. 😍 Filing into ‘reading’. Real Photo Postcard. Unidentified c. early 1900s #rppc #photopostcard #vernacularphotography #vintagephotography #reading #edwardian
Excited to have a couple of small works in this sh Excited to have a couple of small works in this show at @incube8r Fitzroy opening next week! Join us for THREAD, set to run 8 – 21 July 2021 at in.cube8r Fitzroy. Whether it be unique clothing, intricate embroidery, knitted creations or using thread in any other kind of creative way, this show will explore beautiful textile art in all it’s forms. Featuring works from: @julietdcollins / @wishpom / @nullarborbornightsknitwear / @embrace.this.space / @georgiarubyp / @clarke.collection / @bypeachyrose / @mindlesswander Show opening Thursday 8 July, 5-7pm RSVP for a chance to win a $50 in.cube8r gift voucher https://www.incube8r.com.au/event/thread/
“The Angel of Corona” I went and got my first “The Angel of Corona” I went and got my first jab last week. I attended the State Vaccination hub set up at the Royal Exhibition Building here in Melbourne being run by St Vincent's Hospital. It’s a truly spectacular World Heritage listed building built 1879-80 designed by Joseph Reed and built by David Mitchell (fun fact: Dame Nellie Melba’s father). It was honestly a pleasure to sit inside, sunlight pouring through the dome, surrounded by stunning murals of allegorical maidens (painted for the opening of federal parliament in 1901). Later that night I was doing some research for a personal project, and by crazy coincidence I came across this snippet from The Bulletin Vol 37 (6 July 1916) about a fundraising event for St. Vincent’s Hospital – a Queens Carnival – held in the very same building! Check out the first line and the serendipitous hyphenation. CRAZY! Weird history threading through time. I need to source photos of this. Is there a teeny tiny chance there is something still existing somewhere? “Dorothy Low, the Angel of the Coronation, did not float down from the dome, as was first intended. Brother Dave looked at the celestial ropes and tackle, gazed up at the dome, and decided to censor the flying act. So Dorothy did her part with her heels planted firmly on the red baize platform.” (NB: Dorothy is my Great Aunt Dorothea, and ‘Brother Dave’ is my Great Uncle Sir David Low the cartoonist) #stvincentshospital #royalexhibitionbuilding #exhibitionbuilding #vaccinationhub #sirdavidlow #familyhistory #angelofcorona #melbourne #socialhistory #melbournehistory #melbournepast
Happy Mother’s Day. Really feeling that 1000kms Happy Mother’s Day. Really feeling that 1000kms between my Mum and I today. I wish we could spend it together. Mumlife going really well today with daughter one to the dentist and daughter two down with a nasty cold. However they know me well. Indulged with a trip to my favourite ephemera haunt yesterday afternoon where I pottered around for over an hour, gorgeous flowers upon my return and gifted a stunning book “Nature’s Palette” (Thames and Hudson) A visual expansion of ‘Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours’. Feeling grateful and loved. #naturespalette #ephemera #mothersday #mothersdaygift #grateful #colour #loved
😍 Dedication page in a book I picked up at @sav 😍 Dedication page in a book I picked up at @savers_au called ‘The Pattypats’ by H Escott-Inman c.1900 Ward Lock, London. “To: My Youngest son, Seymour, I dedicate this book, assuring him that he will never reach Once-upon-a-Time if he will persist in holding concerts all to himself after he has been put to bed, instead of going along the Sleepy Road to the Land of Fireflight Fancies, as all well ordered little boys ought to do, after the manner of the Pattypats herin narrated.” #booknerd #oldbooks #dedicationpage #books #ilovetoopshop #opshopfinds #prelims
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