I am currently on a teaching trip to Emerald, Queensland. The Emerald Art Group has a varied workshop program in all kinds of media and invited me to share a little Shibori Serendipity and improvisational piecing. We enjoyed perfect conditions for dyeing. Here is a selection of student work. More images are in the Serendipity […]
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Sunshine & Shibori
I have an idea for the Art Quilt Australia exhibition opportunity (see call for entry details below). My idea involves stitched resist karamatsu shibori. You can download my Karamatsu–Japanese Larch Stitch Resist Tutorial from my Tutorials page. In 2013 Art Quilt Australia will be a curated exhibition of innovative, new contemporary art quilts to celebrate […]
Wrapped & Bound Shibori: Down Under Textiles
Issue No 9 of Down Under Textiles magazine goes on sale on 23 January. Inside, amongst other good things, you will find my how-to article about wrapped and bound Shibori resists and a selection of images from Beneath the Southern Sky including textile works by Suzanne Gummow, Christine Dowell, Julie Haddrick, Sandra Champion, Monica Johnstone, […]
Shibori Serendipity @ Quilt Encounter
Here is a photo from my first Shibori Serendipity workshop at Quilt Encounter 2012. I have posted more on Flickr.
Serendipity Shibori in Auckland
For all the visitors to my Guest Artist studio at the Auckland Craft & Sewing Show last week, here are some of the final results of the shibori dyeing: Textile paints and procion fibre reactive dyes are available from New Zealand online supplier www.zigzag.co.nz and free tutorials can be found under the FREE STUFF tab […]
Shibori Sculpture
One of the many things I am trying to squeeze in, before I head out of the studio next week for another adventure in America, is dyeing some shibori pieces for an exhibition in 2012. Some of the taut stitching threads result in weird, other-worldly sculptures: Remember, you can find all sorts of goodies on […]