magdalena long

Entries categorized as ‘experiments’

schools and swarms

January 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

After painting schools of fish for an undersea mural, i can’t seem to stop drawing schools / swarms of dots on pretty much anything i find. It may turn to madness, case and point the last example of dots on collage . . .

Categories: collage · experiments · things i made

background textures

November 18, 2009 · 1 Comment

Some collaged textures for a new project. Maybe as fill for background shapes . . . more clarity to come.

Categories: collage · experiments · things i made

birthday present

October 31, 2009 · 5 Comments

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Turns out you can commission a painting of pretty much whatever you like if you happen to wander over to the backpacker district in Quarter 1. There are a plethora of painters-for-hire, most of which can complete most anything in the span of a week. Soooooo for my birthday, I was surprised with THIS! Apparently I am surrounded by my spirit animals . . . I now must find a frame that rivals the majesty of this painting.

Categories: experiments · inspiration

September 22, 2009 · 2 Comments

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August 16, 2009 · 2 Comments

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old notebooks

August 14, 2009 · 1 Comment

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Images 1+2: Jungle Bingo. Image 6: collaboration between Ming (age 4) and Brendan (age 28).

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more more

April 23, 2009 · 1 Comment

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this week’s collage

April 23, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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collages part II

April 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment

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Collages I made on and off the road. The first is a collection of Vietnamese lottery tickets. The typography of the second is from a 1970’s book on luxury cars I picked up in Melbourne.

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sita’s birthday letters

April 4, 2009 · 1 Comment

1 meter high and smothered in gold glitter. They deserved more than just one night in the spotlight.

Categories: experiments · photography · typography