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I Made it for Madeit

June 24, 2010 in Banter, Inside Scoop | No comments

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Selected Karina Jean items are now avaliable from www.MADEIT.COM.AU. Hooray!
I recently joined the Madeit crowd, releasing my Boab Kisses range for sale online. I am thrilled lovely peeps across the country are falling in love with my wares and snapping them up. I hope they bring lots of joy to those that wear them.

Made it is the Australian version of ETSY. It is a terrific place to find hand made goodies and to support local artists and makers. My StacksOnTheMill range will be the next items avaliable online.

Owl Friends

May 24, 2010 in Banter, Just Because | No comments

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So many new babys have been born into our circle of friends this month. Good friends of ours welcomed Baby boy bright and early on a Monday morning. He snuck in a few hours before he was due to be induced… So when I was deciding what I should make for baby F, I thought he should have some wise owl friends to go with his rather wise decision. I made him a soft plush mother owl with white leather eyes, blue patchwork cotton face and bobbly ears. I also made him a mini owl on a timber ring..ready for his first teeth.

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Dolly for a Little Lass

April 12, 2010 in Banter, Just Because | No comments

MsdollyLittle girl S was turning 1. No longer a baby-as such, she needed a little lassie to march into toddler-hood with. So I made her Ms dolly. Ms Dolly; with her sooty eyelashes, pigtails, belly button and ruffle cloth nappy.

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Ms Dolly was made a few months back and since then Little Girl S and Ms Dolly have been around the world and back again on a grand adventure.

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Stash Pocket Steggles

March 24, 2010 in Banter, Just Because | No comments

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A little boy I know turned 2 recently. I wanted to make him a cool boyish toy that he could hide all his treasures in. So I made him stash-pocket steggles – a big plush Stegosaurus with a hidey-hole in his back. I had never made a plush toy for a child over the age of 1 and I wasn’t sure how it would be recieved..But the big open-eyed WOW was more than I could have hoped for.

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Schaffas 2

February 1, 2010 in Banter, Inside Scoop | No comments

schuffas2010 is starting to look like an exciting year. Word is just in that I have been selected participate in Schaffas 2.

What’s a Schaffas?
“The International Fauna Dossier describes a schaffas (Marcum-Schaffidius) as a gentle and un-aspiring creature of great mystery. This exhibition will demonstrate the various and complex forms that the schaffas adopts. SCREAMDANCE, Adelaideans Sam Barratt & Chris Edser, have hand-picked art-friends from all over the world to customize their own breed of schaffas”.
(text taken from Screamdance website – see below)

We are each being sent a similar blank shape and given free reign to add, subtract, paint or destroy these objects. The schaffas are then auctioned off with proceeds going towards Oxfam’s Close the Gap campaign, which works towards closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous health.
As you can guess my imagination is having a field day.
Thanks Screamdance – I’m rapped!

schuffas link
screamdance link
oxfam-close the gap link

Christmas Cherish

October 13, 2009 in Banter, Inside Scoop | No comments

cherishKarina Jean joins (m)art’s Cherish for the 2nd year.

CHERISH Launch Thurs 12 NOV 6pm – 8pm. Over 75 new must see ranges! To be opened by David Clark, Editor Vogue Living.

Cherish 2009 offers new ideas from a selection of Australia’s best emerging and established designers and makers. Showcasing a seductive selection of innovative goodies to truly Cherish this Christmas.

(m)art & Gallery artisan – 381 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Queensland

Hello world!

June 11, 2009 in Banter, Inside Scoop | No comments

prosperityWelcome to the Karina Jean Blog.

WHO AM I? I’ve always been a creative sort. At ten I was fashioning wind chimes from old cutlery, marbles & twine, while selling home-baked apple pies to neighbors to fund my crafty pursuits. We lived in country Victoria, Australia, on the windy south west coast and I was definitely a tom boy. I climbed trees like a squirrel, I paid homage to power tools and I understood an extra special drill bit was needed for making holes in those forks marked ’stainless steel’. My weekends were spent reassessing my choice of cubbyhouse tree and making mischief with my animal friends.

These days I work my magic from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, with my surfer-boy fiancée, my baby boy Jonah and our dog called Cruz. My work is influenced by many things. I love the play between man and beast, the influence of pop culture on broader society and the warm fuzzy’s created by nostalgia. I blend all the things that bring me joy into objects and items for others to enjoy.