Post Industrial Design. » In the Media http://postindustrialdesign.com.au/Content Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:00:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Fine Cotton http://postindustrialdesign.com.au/Content/2012/01/fine-cotton/ http://postindustrialdesign.com.au/Content/2012/01/fine-cotton/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:22:30 +0000 Mary http://postindustrialdesign.com.au/Content/?p=1420 ]]>

The story of the uncovering of this 70 year old cotton is a beautiful one. Produced by Jaye Kranz for the ABC Pool tells the history and wonder at unearthing a forgotten treasure. Click here for the full story . Warren Kirk . . . who is also exhibiting with us in February this year (more on that later) tells the story of how this prize was uncovered. Warren is a fossicker and collector of all old things. He has a great eye for finding beauty in the ordinary. This vintage cotton is the perfect gift for anyone interested in textiles and sewing and available on our online store.

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We are really excited to be reviewed in this edition of Broadsheet. We meet the lovely Neiyo Sun who took all the amazing images for the article . . . of which I had to crop rather badly in order to fit on my site – sorry Neiyo!

If you haven’t heard about Broadsheet you need to get on board! They are an independent publication that reviews and discusses all that our beautiful city has to offer. Bars, restaurants, galleries, music and theatre are just some of the topics covered. They have a hard copy publication but there biggest distribution is electronic and you can subscribe to their newsletter to get the latest in what’s happening around town. Broadsheet also have great directory Apps too . . . just need to get myself an iPhone!!!

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Many bemoan the passing of a workmanship that gave industrial objects a strange beauty. This couple salvages and scupts it.

Article from new Home

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There is art in spare parts says sculptor Jos Van Hulsen, who gives industrial junk a new lease on life.

Article in The Age 4 November 1998 shows some earlier work and describes Jos and his wife Mary in the earlier days in Richmond.
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Jos Van Hulsen turns trash into teasure, a talent that is getting him noticed.

When Jos Van Hulsen graduated with a bachelor of Fine Arts from the Melbourne Institute of Technology, he was determined to make a living from his scultures and paintings. Ten years later he is doing just that, but his career path has been more divers than originaly planned.

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