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I tried to write this in the third person, honestly, just like all the rule books say to... I guess I prefer to make my own rules. So, about me...
I've always wanted to be an artist, but after high school completed a BA in Advertising instead. I worked as a copywriter for three years, then, upon realising how much I actually hate most ads, decided on a career change. So I moved to Wadeye (Port Keats) in the Northern Territory of Australia for five months to work as a literacy tutor in the local school. I had an amazing time, and was inspired to create my first solo art exhibition, Ngay ka kardu lurruth ngala. Translated to English from Murrinh-patha, the language of Wadeye, this means "I am a strong person". Ngay ka lurruth ngala showed at the CUB Malthouse in Southbank, Melbourne, from June 19 to July 8 2004, and was a huge success.
So now I work for myself as an artist, planning exhibitions, entering competitions and creating random, beautiful things. To help support my ventures, I have a casual job in retail.
All the items for sale on this site are lovingly crafted by me at home. I prefer sewing on my machine to hand-sewing, but will do the latter when it's needed. I learned the basics of sewing in high school. My hand-sewing skills were honed by avidly practicing on the hem of my school dress. I would take it up, my mother would soon discover this and let it down, then I would take it up again, and the cycle would continue.
When I was 22 , I caught the sewing bug again and bought my first machine. I stunned everyone by actually using it, and using it often. I taught myself many things by making clothes for myself and gifts for others. In December 2003 I bought my first set of knitting needles and taught myself to knit. In that same month, I created my first stencil so I could make a t-shirt Christmas gift. Now all these crafts come together in the one-of-a-kind and limited edition creations sold on this site. I am also currently pulling together a collection of hardware and power tools, so who knows what you will find here in the future!
I abhor the use of sweatshop labour, and this was one of the main reasons I started sewing. I always try to buy materials made in Australia for my crafts, but yarn is often an exception... Recycled materials are also used often — one of my favourite passtimes is turning something into something else. Items on the CrumpArt site are priced fairly to cover materials and hourly rates.
Moreland Leader
June 28, 2004 Outback Town Inspires, Kate Kyriacou
Read the whole article. (Coming soon...)
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Currently payments for goodies purchased from the CrumpArt shop are accepted through Paypal. I believe you need to sign up to a Paypal account for this, but it is easy and free to do. Paypal use secure servers, and all questions you may have about them are answered on their site.
While I'm currently happy to use Paypal for receiving payments, I prefer to use the Mals-E Commerce shopping cart. Once you have entered all your items into the shopping cart and confirmed your order, you will be redirected to the Paypal site to make your payment.
Paypal now have an option for paying in Australian dollars, so yay -- my items are now all listed in Australian dollars. If you live in another country, Paypal should convert the currency for you.
If you are an Australian resident and do not wish to pay by Paypal, I will accept direct deposits into my bank account. Until I figure out a fandangled technical way to do this through my shopping cart, please just contact me and we'll sort it out from there.
As this is an arty site, some of the image-heavy pages are likely to take a while to load on slower internet connections. This was more of an issue in the past when I first introduced the Javascript slideshows to CrumpArt. To combat this, I've made the amount of images in each slideshow smaller. I chose to keep the Javascript, as it makes navigating the site much easier for you, and maintaining the site much easier for me. Plus it's just damn nifty. Like frames, without the suckiness that comes with using frames (speaking from experience...).
Those are crumpets. Well, extremely photoshopped crumpets anyway.
If you're asking this question, I feel so sorry for you...
A crumpet is a small round bread product that is toasted and usually eaten at breakfast. And no, it's not the same as an English muffin. Crumpets have little air bubble holes all over the top, and a flat-yet-porous base. This means your toppings are absorbed into the crumpet, resulting in delicious, delicious tastyness. Especially when the topping is honey.
Crumpet is also a slang word for something else. I'll let you figure that out on your own.
Crumpet is my nickname. It started as a joke, became my username when I needed one for my first ISP and as a result, stuck. As this site is art-based, CrumpArt seemed a nice play on the word.
Yes. I do pretty much anything design-oriented. If you would like me to do any work for you (logos, websites, illustrations, etc.) please contact me and we can sort something out. And while I gave up working as a copywriter in advertising, I am open to doing freelance copywriting work.
No. I gave this painting to Dan. Then we broke up.
No. This was a gift for my grandma, and is proudly hanging on her wall.
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