TWO Bendigo women have united on a project exploring the dark underside of everyday life.<\/p>\n
Mary Pomfret and Julie Andrews launched Bouquet of Traps<\/em> last weekend, and it\u2019s a book made up of Pomfret\u2019s words and Andrews\u2019 illustrations.<\/p>\n Pomfret said the project came about after casual chats between the two friends about art and life, leading to a fuss free partnership.<\/p>\n \u201cCollaboration with another creative is at its best when you \u2018get\u2019 each other,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is like that with Julie and I. Very little explanation is needed. We have a type of intuitive understanding of each other and our individual work.<\/p>\n \u201cOften you find your best creative self in that tonal space between you and someone else, sharing ideas and insights.<\/p>\n \u201cSomeone else\u2019s perspective and creative input is a gift in terms of the creative process.\u201d<\/p>\n Andrews said her drawings were created in response to Pomfret\u2019s writing, and she was inspired solely by the prose.<\/p>\n \u201cSome of them, as I read it there was something in there that was the image I knew I would follow up on,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cSome of them took a little bit longer, I had to read them a few times. They affect you, so it was one of those things where I sat with them.\u201d<\/p>\n