Nancy Lane, Author at NancyDee Sculptures

19Sep 2019 by Nancy Lane

Australian Artist Makes a Mark with Recycled Art

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This article reported on the launch of my solo exhibition ‘From the Streets of Vientiane’. It was held at The Secret Art and Wine Bar in Vientiane, Laos. The Australian Ambassador to Laos, His Excellency Mr Jean-Bernard Carrasco, launched the exhibition. The exhibition was run as a benefit. Proceeds from sales were donated to the Cultural Studies Series project - the Big Brother Mouse publication of a book by Lao young adults for Lao young adults called The Pen Reflects My Life. The article by Visith Teppalath appeared in the Vientiane Times on 19 September 2019, p. 8, in the Entertainment section. The Vientiane Times is the major English-language newspaper in Laos. Vientiane Times (Click on the photo or title to view the article.)

05May 2019 by Nancy Lane

Brooches – Minisculptures on Your Lapel

Exhibitions, Latest News

Thinking on a smaller scale After concentrating on wall sculptures and small 3D sculptures for over two years, I had an opportunity to think even smaller – brooches. The Contemporary Art Society of Victoria was holding its 12th Australian National Brooch Show from May to October 2019. Exhibitions were being held at both the Fitzroy and Eltham Public Libraries in Melbourne, and there would be ‘try and buy’ days to launch the show at both venues. I had been thinking off and on about working on a smaller scale. Handmade jewellery designer Lynn Allison from Devil May Care Designs in New Orleans had been following me on Instagram. She had encouraged me several times to try something ‘jewellery sized’. Until then, the smallest works I’d tried were miniature silver-coloured cityscapes…

07Apr 2019 by Nancy Lane

Bienvenidos to the Spanish Language Fiesta

Exhibitions, Past Events

What great fun at North Melbourne’s fourth annual Spanish Language Fiesta on 6 April 2019. The festival is sponsored by The Centre: Connecting Community in North and West Melbourne. The scheduled opening was at 11am, but visitors were already dropping by at 10.30. During the first year of the fiesta, I ran a Spanish-language book exchange. This year I combined books and Spanish and found objects. Children—and a few brave adults—created flatlays based on pictures in Spanish-language children’s books. They were made entirely from trash I had found on Melbourne's streets. Exhibiting in Spanish In my small exhibition, La Ciudad, I showed four photos along with the wall sculptures based on them. These were Las Flores, La Ciudad, El Puente y Los Barcos, and Tres Globos Aerostáticos. The aim of…

18Dec 2018 by Nancy Lane

Incube8r Gallery group shows 2018

Exhibitions, Past Events

I was very pleased to be included in five of Incube8r Gallery’s group shows in 2018. Each had a theme quite different from the others. This gave me a good chance to experiment with different materials and on different scales. Some of my works were small wall sculptures less than 8cm square, while others were three-dimensional sculptures approximately half a metre square at the base. One work from each of these shows is pictured in the righthand column. You can view other works from these shows by using the Instagram hashtag #nancydeeincube8rshows. Lost and Found Lost and Found from 25 January to 7 February 2018 couldn’t have been more appropriately titled for the works I make. It was one of the ‘Almost Solo’ shows where each of the artists displays…

03Dec 2018 by Nancy Lane

One Artist’s Journey to River Studios

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This is the first article published about how I started creating my niche ‘art from trash’ wall sculptures. It appeared in the North and West Melbourne News in the Summer 2018-2019 edition, p 17, in the Arts and Entertainment section. North Melbourne is where I live, and West Melbourne is where River Studios is located. The North and West Melbourne News is therefore my local community newspaper on two counts. The photo was taken when I was running an Art from Trash drop-in workshop for the North Melbourne Spring Fling festival. (Click on the photo or title to view the article.)

11Oct 2018 by Nancy Lane

Polywaffle Arts Program on Channel 31

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The Polywaffle arts program on Channel 31 featured a short interview with me about my found object assemblage art. Natalia Palacio filmed the interview and Luke Seeka edited it. The interview was broadcast on 5 October 2018 and repeated on 11 October. Channel 31 is a Melbourne community television station. (Click on the photo or title to see the video.)

30Sep 2017 by Nancy Lane

The Watch Repairers of Luang Prabang

General

A treasure trove on the ground In Melbourne I take my watch for repair to a jewellery shop. In Luang Prabang, however, watch repairers work in small kiosks on the street across from the Dara Market. What fertile ground this was for a found object assemblage artist. As the watch repairers downsized watchbands for Lao people, they tossed the links on the street. When the kiosks closed for the day, I would walk by and carefully scan the pavement, gutter and parking area nearby looking for these tiny treasures. Missing links These ‘missing links’ became the common theme across several of my miniature wall sculptures. One of my sister's friends suggested the name for my first watchband work. I thought the name was so clever, however, that I kept using…

25Jul 2017 by Nancy Lane

Roaming the Streets of San Jose

General, Past Events

The occasion was my youngest niece’s wedding, and we were staying with my sister in California. I hadn’t planned on making any art—but when you see good stuff in the skips and on the streets of San Jose, what can you do? What do I do for glue? I hadn’t brought my glue gun to the wedding, obviously an oversight. But enter the Dollar Tree and their supplies of superglue. Usually I use T Rex, an adhesive that’s reasonably solid but pliable. I apply it directly from the glue gun to larger pieces or with a toothpick to smaller pieces. Superglue, however, is very liquid and runny, and very sticky indeed. A whole new learning experience. Comparing rubbish As in Melbourne, rubbish in San Jose included quite a bit of…

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