Iced Vovo

'First registered as a trademark in 1906, Iced VoVo biscuits have become one of Arnott’s most famous biscuits. An Iced VoVo is a lovely biscuit topped with two strips of pink fondant and a strip of strawberry jam, all sprinkled with coconut - a symphony in pink!'

http://www.arnotts.com.au/our-products/products/fancy-and-fruit.aspx

And I think it also makes a fantastic cushion as well, the iconic Arnott's Iced vovo's have been a part of many people's childhoods for over a hundred years.

Above a real Iced Vovo

Above my Iced Vovo

The reasoning for creating a large Iced Vovo as a cushion was to create iconic items associated with Australian culture in large but realistic forms. My Iced Vovo is made from upholstery fabric, upholstery foam, 3D puff paint white, red cotton, fake pink fur and then all hand sown together to create a usable piece of art.  

Arnott's biscults have been part of Australian diet and culture since 1865. 

'1865, a small bakery opened in Hunter Street, Newcastle, north of Sydney, New South Wales. It supplied bread, pies and biscuits to the local townspeople as well as to the crews of the many ships that docked at the port to load coal. From these humble beginnings rose a company whose name is now synonymous with Australia's favourite biscuits and snacks.

Today, Arnott's employs thousands of people and supplies biscuits to more than 40 countries around the world. Millions of Australians have grown up on Arnott's and for them, Arnott's is more than a food company, it's a piece of Australia's history.'

http://www.arnotts.com.au/about-us/arnotts-heritage.aspx

Tea towel furniture- Suzie Stanford

http://www.suziestanford.com.au/thestory.htm
(for some reason her website has been taken down)

Suzie Stanford

Is a Melbourne based commercial designer, mainly she works with jewellery and has also done installation work with furniture creations and pendant lights.

Her work is based on her love of collections and vintage and old items, some of her works are furniture covered in vintage souvenir tea towels which she has turned into upholstery.

 
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I like Suzie Stanford's work and the materials she has used, like myself I tend to collect things and her upholstered chair are fantastic. I have done something similar except the choice of chairs I have re-upholstered are to fit into the Scandinavian heritage concept.

60's scandinavian style and kitsch style #2

Howard Holt christmas reindeer
The type of kitsch items I have been influenced by in my own work.

 Even through the cermanics by Howard Holt co are made on mass production and are from America the style fittes into my idea of Australiana.




Sweden folk horse pattern:  A Dalecarlian horse or Dala horse (Swedish: Dalahäst)^[p] is a traditional carved, painted wooden horse statuette originating in Swedish province Dalarna.


Images from Pinterest.
 


The Dalecarlian Horse was created as a past time and turned into a souvenior the carved wooden horses and also other animals were then painted with trditional motifs. They have one from the 1600's and has become known as a iconic image of the swedish handicrafts.