The aim of PrintAsArt is to hopefully inspire creativity in all of us; both children and adults of all ages, and I mean all ages … take Rosalie Gascoigne as a wonderful example of starting “late”.

until she was well into her fifties she was completely unknown as an artist

source: www.australianbiography.com.au. She created art from found objects: old yellow and black roadwork signs, beautifully patterned linoleum and Schweppes crates among many other things. Her work was recently exhibited at The Ian Potter Centre, Fed Square, NGV Australia.

I always thought I was good at creative writing but a bit of a dead beat at ‘making art’. I think that thought popped into my head in craft class at high school. Just got that distinct feeling from both my art and craft teachers that I was a lost cause; slightly frustrating and not a natural. I didn’t get to sit on the crafty table; didn’t get any special attention from those teachers and above all felt it. But as the years go by and after having read everything written by the very inspiring Julia Cameron, in particular, The Artist’s Way and my personal favourite even though the former is the International Bestseller, “The Right to Write” I have come to believe that WE ARE ALL CREATIVE TYPES, expressed in many different ways. Discovering or uncovering them at any age is to be commended and recommended. So ThreadDen here I come … with another mum who is doing a bit of creative excavating too. Beginners class for sewing and knitting. The only thing I have ever knitted is a very continuous Richmond football scarf! My nanna did lots of crocheting, maybe I will have inherited this skill. Will soon find out. Might try this from The Scent of Water! Apparently very easy?? However I did buy these yesterday ….

Blue Scarf by Catherine Manuell Design. Made in Melbourne too … Viscose brown, green and cream scarf by Passigatti