Great title Becks was huge in Spain while I was there and I saw him play a few games for Madrid he realy is a champ soccer player no don't. A Star. Also famous for the metro sexual look as well. . -Michael Florrimell Reply

" Move to the 'LEFT' a lot. Now bend backwards further. (Click, click, click) Come on further, a lot further. (Snap, snap) Move it, move - more! Your agency said you were an experienced, professional model. (Click, click) Now prove it and earn your money. So shall we continue with the photo shoot? Eye contact into the camera. Act relaxed. Look to the 'LEFT'. Look further 'LEFT'. It's the fashion we want to see not you. Look further away. (Snap, snap, snap)Further. Further. Far 'LEFT'. Good, good, great! Now arch your stomach to show off the belt buckle more. (Click) Good, good, OK! Now with your "RIGHT' ankle make it look twisted and flexible and place your 'LEFT' foot over your neck to show the shoes off to their best. Quicker! Just do it! The longer you take the more money this shoot will cost your employer. Move! Now staying in the same position, arch and lift your body so you are balancing on your pointer finger and the heel of your other shoe. (Click) Look if you can't perform the duties and skills of your job I'm going to contact your agent and ask them to sent a model whom is willing to make the necessary sacrifices required for the job. Understand? What's that? You feel sick and want to vomit? Great! How many more models do I have to tell to seperate professional from personal. Deal with your personal anorexia or bulemia out of professional work time". said the photographer. Snap, snap, snap! click, snap, click continued the camera. . -Z Reply

GOD M! u r so like behind the trends!- the model was'nt even there,she faxed her emotions in on a gravity enducing high speed train from china,with angelinas baby-get with it -"mate" love this work though so simple and loaded. . -gerard Reply

Congratulations Paula on winning "EPNP Silver 2003". Have fun with the paper supply prize. This is my favourite print in the 2003 portfolio. It is brilliant. I am honoured to have your work displayed on the wall in my home. Thanks. . -Z Reply

Looking forward to pick fluffy people with gold gills and platform shoes dancing in circles and singing to the disco beat in 2004. . -Georgee Duff Reply

You're just too mean Georgie! . -Teece Reply

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Cool work as usual check out Gerards show in Feb March in Melbourne. This boy can draw, print and is a video star in his own right. The derge of Londons low grey colours even in plant life needs a spark of coloured drawing. . -Michael Florrmell Reply

"Never promised fashion - the way of all things absolutely fabulous! But beg your pardon! But, but never promised you a rose (or any other flower for that matter) garden (but, but, but you ended up eventually getting a huge one anyway. Didn't you?). But, but, but, but get down (depressed) and get (reclaim) fashionably with it. But, but, but, but, but along with the sunshine (if any) there has to be a little rain, wind, fog, thunder, snow, lightning, ice, water-spout, sleet, hail, cyclone, global warming, mud-slide, etc, ..... sometime! Fabulous? Absolutely! Things all of - the way, the truth and the life. Fashion promised never." . -Z Reply

Z is this like the francish humour of Fragonnard of aeons ago?(Never promised ...this n that) Being a saint/having lived many years/ knowing which is the churh/pulpit sacred to me- 2 Durers!...and I'm always consecrated there so you had no fear of my "inappropriate roaming...in fact flitted in/out/several times to make sure the vestal was "neat"/last holy day...I'd had a wing feather/itty itty bitty ready as PRAISE (but not sure for what...anyway)....split second timing(1st flash)..I had to split as a sore spot was holy diarists....truth be told....(2nd flash)photographic reply/just outside...but your all seeing eyes must've missed that. Then of course YOU may not be "Z" at all... ah folly...but that is just the way of all things. Sometimes it's just the way it is. Effective work Gerard...love the overlay n love the dogs. The dying flower looks soooooo saaaad. . -St. Agnes Reply

Oh and don't forget Pinnochio.He hided n lieded till his nose fell orf! . -Pinacolada Reply

"Never let scientific facts get in the way of a good story. Is that lying or creative imagination?" . -Z Reply

That's absolutely a good definition of creative imagination Z! And what the world and WE need MORE OF!!!!! . -Teece Reply

This years third place winner. Like an x ray of the same symbol the dress the 3 forms take on new genetics with the change in colour of the dresses. We are not al the same. We don't think the same and we don't look the same. So to act in some sort of clone mentality as some people would have it (the Media) seems just pla stupid. A very well thought out print. . -Michael Florrimell Reply

"In the name of the Mother, the Daughter and the Holy Fashion; your beauty can be seen, your repetition can be seen and you can be seen right through as well. Oh-my-God! Have a real good look before turning blind!" . -Z Reply

Well I never said I wasnt see through, but I do like a poppy repro when I see one. Turning blind what are you trying to say. Don't you like the images. . -Michael Florrimell Reply

Do I like this print? Yes I do. Clouds drifting in the sky can be humbling and awe-inspiring as this work can be if you allow it to. When I was a boy (I am now a man and people refer to me as that as anything else is down-putting)Dad, the Older Kid and the Spook told me that if I look (perve) to hard at the opposite sex or gender that I would go blind. Now as an adult man, I now realise that it refered to excitement = wanking = blindness, but as a Mother's boy child it did give concern at that age. However the issue still remains a fashion battle between Mum, the Daughter and the Holy Fashion and between Dad, the Kid and the same three in one Spook. Therefore I'm staying right out of that fashion battlefield as where ever I look, fabric remnants are strewn everywhere but the clouds continue to drift on - untouched and uncut. Avoidance strategy = survival! . -Z Reply

Avoidence Strategy, very good your learning its like what I said in my email about curators, admin and general public. Yes fashion in the context of the work above is hard its not street level its more about memory archive history and the role of the garment. I remember working in a musuem where they had keep the clothes of the deseaced, 50 - 100 years old some hand made. The works were valaid for their day and if not contained in the musuem would not have been much use as wearable garments. But as show piece very interesting. . -Michael Florrimell Reply

Congratulations Karenne on winning "EPNP Bronze 2003". You deserve it. Enjoy the PRIZE paper! . -Z Reply

Karenne, saw this art work on ABC TV last week. It was a program which was very interresting and informative. I enjoyed listening to you speak and watching you work (loved your scarf). Hope every thing has worked out in relation to a new studio space. Sad that developers see that profit is more important than supporting a genuine community of artists. . -Michael Zschech - 9/1/2008 Reply

Thanks for the comment michael,the scarf was made by laura the felt maker. We may have a building its just getting a consensus by 16 members. The documentary has helped our profile and has been great publicity. Karenne Rees . -karenne Rees - 9/1/2008 Reply

Again I love this work. Pop at its most fashion able best. This copy does not give the work justice. Printed on Army poly material a shinny silkscreen of a deer comes out of the camo-flarg. Again Nat pushes the printed surface material into the printmedia circle. The work picks up on steet fashion from the weekly glossys giving it a time and place to question its value as valid up to date work in Australia. Fantastic. . -Michael Florrimell Reply

"Reader Inter-active Self-empowerment: you fill in the details and choose how you want this reply to evolve. Title: 'Oh Deer - My Dear!' or 'My Dear - Oh Deer!' Introduction: exposition of the girl's only hunting trip (sorry boys) or exposition of the boy's only hunting trip (sorry girls). Setting: highlands, anywhere landscape or specific location of your choice. Four-wheel drive or ute (your colour choice). Foggy, fresh and nippy or dry, hot and windy. Background music: Dixie Chicks or Rock Bitch Band. Sub-climax: The actual hunt with bow and arrows or guns. Two stags shot through hearts or eye/head shots. One escapes wounded. Sunset meal. Forgot cooking utencils. Blame or anger. Group agreement to use the stag's antlers to stir the crock-pot. Food served and all eaten. Hunters note that all of the velvet on the antlers has come off and the antlers are now bone white. Where is the velvet now? Still digesting or starting to 'click' into the brain's thought processes? Climax: again you choose what happens next and what is said. Ending: on the way back from the hunt it is said over and over:'Oh Deer - My Dear!' or 'My Dear - Oh Deer!" . -Z Reply

Pauls work always amazes me. He employs such a strick technical practice, but such humor in the same work bets the routine that most artists employ while talking about humor. See Mike Kelly or Paul MC Cartney the artists no the pop star, they both employ humor but with a very lose tech practice. The other thing that amazes me is that all the last 4 works Paul has contributed to the portfolios as a dark resonance of humor. Must be the NZ thig to hide all the best works away and only pul them out for the big guns to see at the end of the year. Paul talks about having his Photography shown, if this is the sort of work he is willing to show at exhibition believe me Ill be the first one at the door. There are safe bets but there is also a need to get those fantastic images out there as well. . -Michael Florrimell Reply

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the first 'Stem Cell Collection' auction. If you could all come closer we will start the auction. Firstly number one item for auction is from Yana, from the Ukraine. I have medical documents stating that she produces consistantly great quanties of fertile eggs. What do I have as a starting bid for sole collection rights of Yana's ova? Huddt 10,000, 10,000, 10,000 each. Huddt 15, 15, 15,000. Huddt 20,000, 20,000, $20,000 each. Any higher, going, going gone. BANG! Sold at $20,000 per egg! Sold to Christopher that highly atheletic and good looking adonis with the big red "S" on his chest and wheelchair from Stem Cell Collection and Embryo Research Pty. Ltd. USA. Secondly number two item ........." . -Z Reply

Gee Jim,you just don't get it. He loves both, he just loves this one more. Simple. He has correctly placed and realized the value of hero worship.As to gettin is olds to buy him a new one, well as they own the whole world, metaphorically speaking he has the man's wisdom to let them go fishin..well I bet he is shy in public when women come onto him so he dresses as Clark Kent. Would you like a nice little poem mebbe? Women's wisdom is so different from men's..If you get to aggro I'll think you're in wuv w me.Remember any 2 sides of a coin... . -Teece Reply

I think you are getting confused Paul. The person in the print is wearing a Superman costume and glasses. Everybody knows that Superman doesn't wear glasses; Clark Kent wears glasses. That's part of his disguise so nobody knows he is really Superman. You have given away Superman's secret. Some media reports suggest that steroids help to ward off the bad effects of kryptonite. . -Jim Brodie Reply

Don't you love the little toes peeping out as well? . -Paul Somerset Reply

No I don't. I don't think Superman should have to wear a sub-standard supercostume. Maybe his parents shouold buy him a new costume if he is growing out of the old one. . -Jim Brodie Reply

Paul some one has ripped you of from the Sydney Morning Herald Icon Saturady edition 14 march front page spead of a guy in a superman costum articale called hero worship bad fitting suit and the guy looks like a computoir geek with trainers on bad glasses etc articale about why tv retro classics will live forever on line. . -Michael Florrimell Reply

Your commentss on pop icon and fashion are interesting, perhaps the the pop sar is now replaced by the big brother star. Advertiising on Big Brother is huge with companys willing to go to any length to get their product on. One of the contestants was a fashion designer who wore her own products on the show she did about a millon worth of fashion business after. Kylie M and other pop stars have started their own range of wears and the Australian Pop Idiol show contestants sold every thing from Pepsi cola too Jeans. Thiis of coarsse does not mean any of thhe fashion we saw by any of these people is anything more than fly by night rags. But Pop does affect the mass consume market place as far as fashion iis concerned . -Michael Florrimell Reply

"I'm going to get into this even if it kills me and it probably will! I'm going to be the 'most' fashionable person (politically correct sex and gender cleansing) ever!" said Julie Ann-Maree (clothing size 23) as she undressed in the fashionable shop's, private fitting room. Ever so delicately she slips her painted toe nails into a sexy (?) size 10, bikini brief. Suddenly a huge crash is heard. Julie Anne-Maree is found lying naked on the shop floor; ankles bound by a size 10, lykra, bikini brief. The sales attendant rushes to her assistance (desperate for a sale) and screams, "Jesus! she's dead!" The live parrot on the stand in the front of the fashionable shop window repeats, "Wear it! Wear it! Cockie says wear it! Where's Richard? Wear it! Wear it!" The police are called and the corpse is covered with a white sheet - waiting and waiting for the forensic, photographic shoot. The photo was later published in the trendy, fashion magazine called 'Death by Denial'. . -Z Reply

Dont forget the becksy metro look of the ever so clean CBD metro clone. Man I worked down town CBD in Sydney this summer and I have never seen so many of weight over dresses business people in all my life . And another thing what is this mobile phone obsession fashion no darlings its cancer in your ear. I mean get a life quit the job and go surfing do something for the planet that has done so much for you. Fashion and CBD don't mix . -Michael Florrimell Reply

Jan what is the relevence of the text? I find it very effective that you've used light and dark toned and a brooding sensibility in this work. Are fashionable people "full of themselves" or are we "mere mortals" all doomed to being second class citizens just so the wheel of consumerism keeps turning. Thanks for the details about the paper. A work that stands even without the artist's statement you've generously provided. . -teece Reply

There needs to be a receipt marked ART MATERIALS stapled to a sheet of cardboard w the Outfit and hung w the rest of the gongs in (no question but)lemmesee Frazer Hopwood's sweatshop. Send the photographer/strictly B&W- BACK!!!!!!!! Ok dying for fashion, but then there's (not) starving for Art. I'll show you my receipts Hoppy if you show me yours. Yes, nice toes Chrissy(Reeves to me). . -Teece Reply

You are kinda non-plussing me,kinda making me annoyed. I do not think fashion and body size should be mixed as they are thru marketing.I think it's a facet of our own selves that we should find what we like to wear/ suits us/there's an irony/the word suit/I meant other wise/this word.Apparently all the world's youth are becoming taller.Building codes are already being changed in European countries.So perhaps some of our children'll have a chance of carrying their "weight" better. I think the Baby Boomers n the Sixties babes didn't know what hit them,what with food chains,slick kitchens,TV and IT.I personally and a lot of men,I'm aware,don't personally equate femininity w weight...viz artists thru time even. Az for myself I'm a Tantrika and a thorough Celt. The Tantrik/Ayurvedic not the so called subsatanic cults/encodings...way of life suggests we each have a bodily chronological age which may vary from our birth- date one and it is intodowith how rough or smooth you run your machine...like any car.The Celtic ethos was simple. As these were/are a warlike people viz the Galateans(Paul's letter to)n often hired themselves out enmasse to minor chieftains as mercenaries-entire families... anyone young or old could come-as long as they could run fast. Overweight was a statute/as such there were/statutory offence...accusing moi of being Fat? I'll shove your nose down it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! . -Teece Reply

What about fat people...What is really fat...should we deny curvy or fat women fashion...what is fashion anyway...can you honestly say you're not fat? Or what if I might be? Can yuo even justify your views?? . -Agnetha Reply

Fat people are people like every one else. They sleep , eat, and shit just like every one else. So next time you call someone fat look in the mirror as it may just be you. And if you don't think your fat then still look. . -Fat person Reply

Dear Fat Person,tsk tsk, I think I know who you are... Teece told us a good rollicking yarn (those Irish-study or are born with the Blarney).Then I see she even "replied" to herself(haha)to avoid further stepdowns off a high horse AND then you "meet" it with your wee/bum/poo humour of the lowest kind- impressive,NOT. Look, you are still cute, as for me, I SAW you laughing at me at the supermarket. It was quite a while after we broke up. I'd gotten so depressed I put on a third!!! of my bodyweight. Then went to a flubbertub clinic to get it orf!!So I've seen both sides of the coin. Leave Teece alone (on this issue)....what do you think this is- a website? PS Toasts ala Maria Ambrovovic are fine, living in past misconceptions is not. Dear Jan, the woman in your print looks almost too pensive and wistfully beautiful to be a model,they are usually depicted as innanely happy and therefore a bit "empty".Thanx for this beautiful print and more please. . -Michelle Reply

Looking at these models again I think of the 1960's twiggy type skinny with swirly hip dresses and long black boots. Kind of like the fashion Myers stores are pushing as there range this year. You know the ads on tv swinging go setter fashion eye goes to London looking for cool winter fashions for back home Melbourne I would guess. Still nothing wrong with the sixties groovey baby, as Aston Powers would say. Now thats where I ve seen those models. . -Michael Florrimell Reply

"Killer Heels thou hast been twin towers of strength for the lowly. What could ever destroy you? You only have elevated far above thongs, sandy's and jandals. Yes, elevated to the estacy of the mountian tops far above and from the muddy marshes. You have given pride and self-esteem. No box is large enough to accommodate your size. No closet small enough to confine thee. You sit quietly in waiting and waiting - knowing and understanding silently. Not having to say a thing. In your name; when clicked together even dogs obey! By your oncoming sound, do cockies flee and ants scatter! Flys rest in your under shade heights - a refuge and sanctuary for the weak winged. You have been a safety weapon when needed; conceiling non-detectable, hardened-plastic, flick-knife blades for protection. You have hidden diamonds, gold and self-medications within for transportation and trade. 'Killer Heels' thou art truely worthy of thy title. 'Killer Heels' keep on killing on!" . -Z Reply

CLASSIC ETCHING, neveer liked high heels much butthis makes goood fun aand fashion out of them. . -Michael Florrimell Reply

Hey I love Killer Heels the print! Due to an ankle accident I prefer to wear boots/ though suitable for the studio/ chunky heels that go clack clack on the floor. Z how dare you spill my secrets and tell everyone what I hide in them! . -Teece Reply

Artist's Statement: Message/Content Chat: After happily moving from Sydney to the Central Highlands of Tasmania, I was shocked at the amount of R.K. (Road Kill) to be seen on Tasmanian roads - all pushing up daisies! There are rare and endangered animal carcasses everywhere I drive while exploring this currently beautiful island state. Recently (after many letters to potential non-government/government helpers) some 'Road Kill Awareness' signs are now being trialed in some locations to see if it reduces the carnage. Voulnteers daily count and record the numbers. Time will tell with the hard data. Medium/Style Chat: This print is meant to be a useable and hands-on artwork. Four (4) complementary, free (no charge) holes have been added for easy hanging with fishing-line to present as a mobile or easy attataching to a wall with nails or tax. It can also be sticky-taped to a toilet window for an instant stained-glass effect, used as a table place mat (easily cleaned and wiped), projected onto internal walls for entertainment or educational/teaching purposes or projected onto large external surfaces eg. the Sydney Opera House or onto natural formations such as Ayres Rock. One reason it was printed onto O.H.T. (plastic) sheets is because "FASHION" is so plastic and see-through. The real road kill fur attatachment/accessory (black possum) - took ages to make the 35 which also contained an unacceptable screwed and torn up photocopy art print - was decided against as it may contanimate other more precious prints in the 2003 portfolio (except wonderful Natalie's print of course). In conclusion, a letter to the editor of the local Mercury newspaper by Daphne Morris @ 2.1.04. SAVE THE NATIVES. "As a tourist from Port Hedland, Western Australia, visiting family in Tasmania for the first time, I eagerly anticipated the opportunity to see the famed forests, flora and fauna of this beautiful state. While being very impressed for the most part, two aspects of human involvement in the environment are deeply disturbing. The trip to Port Arthur and other road trips have been marred by the number of carcasses of native animals, some endangered, that dot the edges and middle of the traffic paths. These mainly nocturnal, natural inhabitants are being slaughtered by the hundreds on our roads. Granted, it is not easy to find a way of reducing the road kill statistics, but the carnage must be tackled and reduced. Tasmania has many fauna species that occur nowhere else, and it would be good to know that we have learned our lesson from the thylacine. ........... As a tourist and concerned Australian, I am saddened and worried." . -Z Reply

There seems to be a repro bug in the system. Delete the following. I like the plastic I like the road kill I like the fashion. Put it all together and I like the print.I dont know about the plastic see through nature of fashion though. Their are many styles and many designers out there from street to high. I don't think we need to burn them all like witchs just yet. I do feel sorry for the dead animals at on the roads. Please if you see a animal crossing the road them be careful to let tem cross. Esspecially those cute Wombats. . -Michael Florrimell Reply

I like the concept & execution of the print. Are you hinting that fashion is transient? Does this mean fashion can be recycled? I bet you would have to be a good distance away to get a projection of the image to show up on the Sydney Opera House. Also it would probaly only show up at night. When I was in Tasmania I moved an echida off the road and put it back in the bush near some jack jumpers. I found it when I was looking for thylacines south of Elephant pass on the east coast. I didn't see any thylacines and I really spent al long time looking for one. . -Jim Brodie Reply

What would you have done if you found say a baby animal, assumedly old enough to survive and be hand reared by you and the kids as a pet amongst the roadkill,say in a pouch or piggybacked...would you have kept it? The degree of time-I once had to read up,sit a test and apply and be passed by the Parks and Wildlife just to hand-rear a joey once,tho I'd unofficially reared many before.To get back to the question, as simply as possible, what would you do faced w the life of such a creature? And I'm on the level here,not talking about a canine,ferret or penguin or one you could "teach" tricks to...even baby wombats get the blues...sorry joke on a 1980's book but umm,you be serious now... . -Teece Reply

Good point Teerce Michael What would you have done if you found a baby animal on the side of the road. My cousin used to stuff dead wombats in the freezer at home and stuff them as she was doing taxi dermie classes at uni. But a alive animal is a whole new thing. Must happen all the time. . -Michael Florrimell Reply

Hello Michael F, Teece and Jim. Thanks for letting me look at things from other's perspectives. If I found a baby animal on the road, sitting beside it's dead, 'road-kill' mother would I wait for another vechicle to run it down? The 'law' states that you are not allowed to touch or remove any road-kill or living native animal. The RSPCA, WIRES or the local police should be informed. However are we above the law when it comes to suffering and compassion? . -Z Reply

Hi,Z!It's true isn't it,what are Rules when faced with moments of Real Morality which involve another being's welfare? The rules were made for us at our dumber and dumbest as a guide when really we often have to RISE to a real situation.I do have to wonder at your what?Evenhandedness,levelheadedness,equanimity are you a Libran? Your favourite quote could be (joke) "On the other(and other and other and other etc...)hand...what are your hands keeping busy with at the moment? . -Teece Reply

Yes, born 15.10.19??. The trouble is that just a breath or a grain of sand can unbalance the scales. Then what do you have? A ride at an amusement park or a car without brakes? Your comment about 'rules' is pure wisdom and that's why more printmakers should write on this website so we all can learn, develop and find answers to life's questions. Nobody is a 'know-it-all'. My hands are currently working on writing an article for this website. It's about the writers and righters of EPNPM. Will upload it if I'm happy with it - draft 101+ at present as I want it to be 'creative' and not read like a higher education assignment paper. Teece why don't you upload a relevant and creative writing. . -Z Reply

I wrote one, but I think I ripped it up. It probably wasn't amusing enough anyway. My fave bit of writing on this site apart from MTW's 2 great articles is Gabba's as I found it resonated for me working mostly alone/ except for kids that I teach. I remember thinking yes great, there must be several other printmakers who work from home/ you're not the only one. It was almost like an invitation.. Not every working artist seems to agree on the need for a site like this though- case in point- I got a real laugh out of the "Suggested Titles for 2005 entry- what printmakers eat- illustrate"- were they having a go at what they perceived as triviality on this site of artists ACTUALLY TALKING to one-another? What's wrong w that? What we have here is a typically laid back OZ style Forum. As a big mutual user domain (MUDs for short)explorer- I can tell you critics- There's a huge world out there. We should be proud and pleased WE'VE given the world PNP. . -Teece Reply

Thanx for your email. Thought you'd gone into hibernation...Am keenly awaiting your newest offering. The only Forum function I'd really love to see on this site that we don't have is a "View New Posts" which all cookied in users ie members of EPNPM could access.Z, you may wanna comb thru 2002/3/Gallery as I've left bits n pieces n ya haven't (seen?)answered...not that you have to answer of course...just...and I'm working on an image to upload...a pic of a public place/issue I hope to get. . -Teece Reply