Australian Artist
Lisa Dunbar Solas
Lisa is a freelance writer and artist based in South Australia.
Born in Sydney, Australia, Lisa moved to the Central Coast at age one, growing up alongside a nature reserve. Living so close to the bush, she experienced Nature’s intelligence and magic first-hand.
From My Journal
The Sturt’s desert pea fairy short video
In this blog I share a short I made recently called The Fairy of Sturt's Desert Pea. The video is about a shy fairy who belongs to the Sturt's Desert Pea family. Sturt's Desert Pea is an Australia native plant. It's latin name is Swainsona formosa and is endemic to...
Making a mini rug with burlap and wool
As work in the dollhouse foyer continues, I've been thinking about rugs. Rugs and carpets were an important feature of Victorian houses. After researching different ways to make them, I did a creative experiment and I'm pleased with the result. In the video below,...
Creating a mini library Part 1
The work on the dollhouse has resumed. I've starting renovating the foyer on the second floor that I will turn into a little library. In the video below, I share how I laid wooden floors in the foyer, and made a Victorian-inspired staircase using common craft and...
Books
Yachay Wasi
Yachay Wasi celebrates the career of I.S. Farrington. This volume represents a wide range of topics within the disciplines of history and archaeology.
Reviews for Yachay Wasi
‘The book values Ian Farrington’s vast and diverse work in regional archaeology from different parts of the world and draws attention to a multidisciplinary way of working.’
-Dr Francisco M. Gil García
‘Ritual scholars and archaeologists alike will enjoy exploring corollaries between these case studies.’
Dr Duncan Wright, Australian National University.
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