There is something reassuring about the patterns and rhythms of life, season after season. It’s June – the time of year that I spend a lot of time gazing out over Allagai Bay, binoculars at the ready. I am no David Attenborough but here’s video evidence of the spectacle of migrating humpback whales. And even […]
My Surroundings
Season After Season: Follow My Progress: Part 1
This is part of series of blog posts about the creation of Seachange: Whale Tracks that has been selected for the Studio Art Quilt Associates* global exhibition Season After Season (on tour 2019-2022). The post considers Design and Fabric Selection. The second post is all about Construction and Assembly. The final post will focus on […]
Weekly Art Project: Week 52
Signs of spring. Pigface and gazanias are coming into bloom again on the Copacabana foreshore. It’s week 52 of my Weekly Art Project. A full year. A full cycle. I will update the Copa Abstractions gallery shortly and write more next week. In the meantime, I acknowledge the creative companionship of the following artists who […]
Weekly Art Project: Week 51
It’s week 51 of my Weekly Art Project. As I walk around my neighbourhood, I admire the strappy form of the cordylines, translucent in the morning sun: Time to simplify: Then translate into fabric: And here is my catch up textile sketch for Week 47 Coastal Banksia: View the Copa Abstractions collection so far. […]
Weekly Art Project: Week 50
Week 50 of the Weekly Art Project is loosely inspired by the rock pools at Copacabana: And, in case you missed it, here is my catch up textile sketch for week 46 Brush Turkey: Just two weeks until I complete a full year of weekly art projects. My main sewing machine is away being serviced […]
Weekly Art Project: Week 49
Week 49 of the Weekly Art Project takes me back to the lagoon at the Copacabana. Cochrone Lagoon is an intermittently closed and open lagoon (ICOLL). When the berm is opened up, the water level drops dramatically revealing the tangled roots of the trees around the perimeter of the lagoon. Simplifying the root system to […]