Thomas is an incredibly talented artist who's very popular for his knitted food art; he's also a painter and creates art installations as well.

Finding Thomas on the net is a difficult job, but reading about him is definitely not. One can read numerous articles about him...so much so, that a Facebook page has been created for him by his friends and fans.

Fortunately we were able to get in touch with him for an interview and learn more about him.

Thomas, please introduce yourself to E-junkies.

I'm an Australian artist that graduated from COFA (from the University of New South Wales in Sydney) back in 2004, and I've been based in Scandinavia for the past 3 years.

I got back home to Sydney just the other day.....so it's been quite a change.

Is there anyone whom you look up to? Do you admire anyone?

I always think that the people you look up to, you somehow take a piece of them, and try to make yourself a little bit closer to what it is you actually admire in them. Some of those people who have been like that for me are Antoine De Saint-Exupery, Hayao Miyazaki, Bill Wattersson, Oliver Jeffers and Dr. Suess.

Tell us something about your Knitting and Crocheting Artwork. Besides that, are you involved in other art forms too?

The idea for it all began when I was living in Sweden. The cold outside, the warmth inside, the cosiness that I wanted to recreate and inspire through telling stories during the wintertime - this all eventually led me to start knitting and crocheting. That was a bit over two and a half years ago now.

I actually consider myself as a painter most of the time......and I make artworks that are quite labourious (some might even say insane).

I paint with toothpicks and create cake-icing like surfaces for my stories, most of which take up to half a year for each panel. I also draw on hand-made papers, delicate pieces using aged-paper envelopes with coloured pencils. Art installations are also a passion of mine, and I like to give an audience an actual space that they can be in - spending the time to rest, relax and contemplate an entire artwork.

Every project I create tells a tale......progressing thematically like a giant storybook.

What kind of paintings do you create?

My paintings are quite minimal, and they're sculpted using litres and litres of paint - all of which are made by using small brushes, a palette knife and a toothpick. The ideas and themes are based upon childhood, influenced by the lessons which people will have hopefully learnt as they've grown up to become adults.

The paintings, while being simple on the surface, are my most complex of projects which I delve into. What I'm trying to do is to awaken that little kid inside of us all.......and to see whether or not we had become the people we had always wanted to be.

Well, you're a multi-talented artist. What motivated you to become an artist? Is there any story behind it?

Growing up, I learnt a lot from those around me from quite an early age. Now, I realise this sounds quite silly....as everyone does this from the time they're born. The way I internalised everything though, made me realise that people were sometimes doing the wrong things for the wrong reasons in life. I wanted people to be more honest within themselves, and to do this we have to confront our own memories.

Memories are without a doubt the most important things we'll ever have.

Which creation of yours is closest to your heart and why?

I'd have to say my paintings. Each one is so intensely made over such a long period of time, that when they eventually find a new home.....it's what I'd imagine to be like when my kids leave me one day - heartbreaking, yet also bittersweet.

Would you like to share any incident which changed your life as an artist? Or is it yet to come?

There's actually been two. One was my art teacher from high school (Mr's Rudzis) who gave me the confidence to really explore and pursue my own vision. The other being a dear friend of mine (Vanila Netto) who made me realise a few years ago, that to be an artist, you had to let go of the everyday solutions from trying to live a normal lifestyle.

I've learnt that, while artists are not always the most rich in life financially, what we're doing from a day-to-day basis is simply quite enough.

What's on the cards for the future? Which is your next project for now?

Right now, the future's a little bit blurry to me. I can see where I want to go, I can see where I want to be......but I'm sure different things will always pop up in between. The things that I'm working on are a continuation of my story-telling through art - so there are a lot of paintings, drawings, sculptures and art installations still to come!

Hopefully I'll live a long enough life to tell you the rest of the story :)

A big thanks for such a wonderful interview Thomas, we hope to see more of your art in the future.

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