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September 23, 2019 In Art, Textile Art

Mr X Stitch column and Quilting Diversity

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Textile Curator Selector is my new monthly column for Mr X Stitch! Check out my article on the diverse and sometimes quirky world of contemporary quilts. It also gave me the opportunity to see new work from four of my favourite quilters – Tara Faughnan (Morning Star); Sara Impey (Iris Recognition); Luke Haynes (Japan Series) and Ben Venom (Blue Collar). If you are unfamiliar with their work all four have been featured on this website so take a look at their interviews. Have a creative week!

https://www.mrxstitch.com/quilting-diversity/

 

 

September 2, 2019 In Art, Textile Art

Lesley Wildman’s Studio

 

It is well known that the path to becoming an artist can be long and through out which you often have to diversify. After studying glass, then turning to portraiture to help support her family, it wasn’t until Lesley Wildman opened a yarn shop that she turned to textiles. ” I fell in love with the textures and colours,” she explains. “I was able to play around with yarns and fabrics both recycled and top-end quality. I never gave up having a studio space even when it was shared so I was able to discover new ways of using threads.I started to experiment with the colours by hand dyeing my own yarns to create a colour palette similar to those I use in my painting.” Read the whole interview here.

 

 

August 26, 2019 In Art, Textile Art

Winners of Australian Tapestry Workshop Competitions

 

 

 

Captions: Clockwise from top, Shadow, Britt Salt, 25.5 x 22cms; Line Drawing (for Gosia), Sara Lindsay, 26 x 18.5cms; Old Fringes, Annika Ekdahl, 27 x 30 cms; Portrait of a Strange, Constanza Guerrero, 18 x 13.5cms.

 

Back in May we shared details of the Kate Derum and Irene Davies Awards for small tapestries by the Australian Tapestry Workshop. 146 entries were submitted from 20 countries. The winner of the Kate Derum award for established artists is Annika Ekdahl from Sweden. Her piece Old Fringes is inspired by 16th-17th Century symbolic painting. Australians Britt Salt and Sara Lindsay were highly commended.

Constanza Guerrero from Chile took the award for the Irene Davies Emerging Artist with her Portrait of a Stange. Fragments of memory and interlocking shapes depict the occurrence of sharing a space with strangers everyday. If you are anywhere near Melbourne Australia, you can view these and other entries until 13th September Tuesdays – Fridays 10am-5pm. For more information visit www.austapestry.com.au

July 1, 2019 In Art, Textile Art

Susie Koren

        

 

You don’t have to be an artist to enjoy looking inside an artist’s studio. They are such appealing places as they are so personal to the artist, and it gives you an insight into how they create. Susie Koren moved from an 80 x 150cm table in her office to a dedicated studio in her garden and she hasn’t looked back since. “Having a quiet dedicated space where I can leave work out is amazing,” she explains. See more of her lovely work on her feature page here. 

www.susiekoren.com

 

 

June 17, 2019 In Art, Textile Art

Rijswijk Textile Biennial 2019

 

Above from left: Genesis Paula do Prado; Non Player Character, David B. Smith; Forest Fabric, Ana Barboza Gubo

 

Work from 22 international artists is currently on display at the Museum Rijswijk in The Netherlands. The exhibition is described as ‘a kaleidoscopic cross section of fibre arts,’ and if you are anywhere near it is definitely worth a visit to understand the sheer diversity of what can be achieved through textiles and also what themes artists are exploring in today’s society.

Open from Tuesday – Sunday, 11am-5pm visit www.museumrijswijk.nl for more information.