white field roses

Location: Dragonfly, Bondi Junction

Photography: Lisa Mattock

 

Gorgeous white, locally grown roses used for a Clairns install today. Ooh la la!!

the great cutlery scavenger hunt!

Location: The Salvos,Tempe and Rozelle markets.

 

I can admit it.

Yes, I am OBSESSED with cutlery!

I will always stop at a flea market, garage sale or charity shop and rummage around in their odds and ends.

I'm never looking for matching pairs, always just looking for pieces that have a beautiful patina.



vintage scoops and moulds

Location: Doug Up On Bourke

Photography: Lisa Mattock

 

These beauties really caught my eye last week while I was out and about prop hunting.

So much so that I bought lots of them!

the prop stop

 Location: The Prop Stop, St Peters

Photography: Lisa Mattock

 

These pics were taken at the Prop Stop. 

It is a treasure trove of kitchen paraphenalia that is invaluable when I have food shoots. 

I can potter around ummming and aahhhing about possibilities for hours!It is a very inspiring space....



 

vintage kitchen ephermera

Location: MitchelL Road Auctions, Rozelle markets, Salvos in Tempe

Photography: Lisa Mattock

 

I always have my eye out for vintage kitchen utensils to use as props for my food styling.

They appeal to me because of the sense of warmth and authenticity they bring to a shot.

treasure trove in the country...

Location: Lucknow, NSW

 

This big shed is in the tiny village of Lucknow, just outside Orange in the Central West of NSW.

It is packed to the rafters (literally!) with all sorts of delectable treasures.

If you have a chance to pop in I can guarantee you will always find lots of bits and bobs to inspire you!

Location: at home

Photography: Lisa Mattock

 

I love a collection, a vignette. (Dragonfly is an ever changing landscape because of this LOVE!) 

One of my favourite things to do as child/teenager was to move around my knick knacks on the huge bookcase which Dad built to cover a whole wall in my bedroom.

We now have an old, "reconditioned" chicken coop at home (see pic) which we bought a few years ago from Doug Up On Bourke in Waterloo.

It has 6 "chicken-keeping-compartments", the perfect sized spaces for putting all my treasures. 

perfume cloches

Location: The Country Trader, Waterloo

Photography: Lisa Mattock

 

Oooh look at these beauties that I saw yesterday afternoon as I was out and about propping for a client.

These were at The Country Trader in Waterloo.

They're old cloches used by a perfume house for fragrance testing. Lift the lid and sniff!

I am still trying to work out an "angle" so I can propose them to my client. Thinking cap on....

Pics from a shoot with the team from L.O.V food

 

Location: in the studio

Photography: Odile Garner for LOV food

 

These pics are from a recent shoot we (LOV food) did for BLANCO Australia.

Yum!



 



wooden tubs, crates and boxes

Location: The Country Trader, Mitchell Rd Auctions, Darcy's Old Wares

 

One of my great loves... wooden crates, tubs and boxes.

These images were taken during a "propping" trip that I did last week scouting out possibilities to use for an event in May. 

brownies...mmmmmm!

Photography: Lisa Mattock

 

Mmmmm! Choc/raspberry brownies...

Just add a glass of milk...

Happy days!

My Dad- the artist and sculptor

Photographer: Lisa Mattock

 

My Dad is a talented artist and sculptor.

He works with oils and watercolours, and sculpts out of soap stone, wood and aluminium.

These are some pics that he had just had framed when I was visiting.

They are of his local golf club, Duntry League.

Yep, he's a clever clogs...



green house full of begonias

Location: Cook Park, Orange NSW

Photography: Lisa Mattock

Mum and I recently went for a wander through Cook Park in Orange while I was home visiting.

It was like stepping back in time because I spent a lot of time there feeding ducks, playing on the swings and picnicing with friends when I was a little girl.

There is the most adorable green house that I had completely forgotten about. It was built in the 1930's and is full of the most extraordinary begonias in every colour imaginable.

 

Mum's workroom

Location: Mum and Dad's house, Orange NSW

Photographer: Lisa Mattock

 

These pics are of Mum's workroom where she makes all that quilting magic happen...

There are so many exciting "treasures" in her room which she has collected over the years - fabric, buttons, ribbons, beads, to name but a few.

Mum's creativity has always been at the heart of our family, and I know for sure that it the foundation for my own life path.

My Mum - the quilter

Location: Mum and Dad's house, Orange

Photographer: Lisa MAttock

 

My Mum has been quilting (obsessively!) for the past 20 years.

It is her great love and passion.

She has made literally 100's and 100's! In all imaginable shapes, sizes and colourways.

The workmanship and attention to detail is incredible.

They are stored in cupboards, hung on walls, given as gifts, and draped on many surfaces.

These pics are just a few that are hanging around the place.

 

Orange in the Autumn

Location: Orange NSW

Photographer: Lisa Mattock

 

I've spent the last two weeks travelling to and from my home town of Orange in the Central West of NSW.

I had forgotten how incredibly beautiful it is in the Autumn...