This is a fun one. The studio artists of Trocadero Art Space are contributing to Due West Festival with an open studio event on the 26 & 27 August titled Sweet Footscray Arts.  The Artists Guild are mounting an exhibit round the theme #gentlearts called Tea & Biscuits.

Continuing my reflections on emotional labor and unpaid labor conducted primarily by women I have made a work called Bring a Plate. There will be an artist talk at 4pm on Saturday 26. There’s so much to see with all the studios open so I really encourage you to check it out if you get a chance.

Canvas is prepped

Before I go too far…

Lambeth piping aspirations and tools

This is my first attempt at piping and YouTube deserves much thanks for hours of excellent tutorials.  My results are a bit rough and ready but I think it carries the message which is all I can hope for.  I really would have loved a cake topper in gold or baby pink saying ‘it’s a girl’ but time was against me in sourcing one. Now I have acquired a new skill (potentially one I could commercialise with a bit more refinement) I might make more cakes in the future so I won’t say never.

Danielle Smelter, Bring a Plate, 2017, chocolate mud cake, buttercream, fondant, royal icing, plastic cake stand, 9 inch, installation view, Sweet Footscray Arts 2017