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The Ube Love Story

The Ube Love Story

By on June 1, 2009 in Musings

Ube Love – The Birth of Ube Love, by Elisa Marigold. Ube – pronounced “oohbay” – is an intensely purple, yam like, root vegetable found commonly in the Philippines. It is so popular it has been recognised by Philippine based American food franchises and placed on their menus! Imagin ube -flavoured doughnuts with richly coloured [...]

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The Rumpelstiltskin Project

The Rumpelstiltskin Project

By on November 27, 2008 in Musings

Fairytales are alive and living around us today. Of course they are! Dreamtime continues, from ancient times to present day, creating and recreating, continuously evolving. Just as the python like roots of a Morton Bay Fig tree grow steadily before our eyes, ever lengthening and expanding, and we don’t even see it moving. The life [...]

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Ube Love: new designs

Ube Love: new designs

By on November 18, 2008 in Buy, Items for Sale, Musings

I have been busy working hard at my Botany studio. Here is a small selection of designs Marta and I have decided to develop further. We were all packed and ready to go to Manly markets on the weekend. But, it rained! So instead we paid an unexpected visit to an old neighbour of mine. [...]

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Early Days

Early Days

By on October 19, 2008 in Musings

Early days, sitting on a desk, working from my bedroom, before the luxury of working from a separate warehouse in Botany. The job concerned there, involves altering penguin suits, for a television commercial, to allow performers to breakdance with comfort. … Agent costume is not even a year old, and we are still learning what [...]

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