For the Twelve by Twelve BrownSageBlue Colourplay challenge, I made Copacabana Sentinels, a piece depicting the two tall Norfolk pines next to the Copacabana Surf Life Saving Club that are a local landmark: Fast forward four years (is it really that long?!), and the view from my studio is changing. One of the trees was struck […]
Twelve by Twelve
Colourplay and Living Colour!
After nearly three years of international touring, the Twelve by Twelve Colourplay collection has its final exhibition this weekend hosted by Association Belge du Patchwork, Enghien, Belgium: 2-5 October 2014. It’s in a chateau that looks like a grand exhibition space – look at those lovely parquetry floors, big windows and chandeliers! Meanwhile, back in […]
Colourplay Exhibition: Alsace, France 18-21 September 2014
Today marks the 7th anniversary of the formation of the Twelve by Twelve International Art Quilt Challenge. Little did we know that our work would still be on tour in 2014! If you are attending Carrefour Européen du Patchwork, then please join me and Belgian Twelve Françoise Jamart for the Twelve by Twelve Colourplay exhibition at […]
125 Days until European Patchwork Meeting 2014
It’s just 125 days until the 20th European Patchwork Meeting/Carrefour Européen du Patchwork opens in Alsace, France from 18-21 September 2014. I will be attending the event in a variety of capacities: curator of Australia Quilts – “exceptional quilts from the great Southern land” ranging from traditional quilts to contemporary textile art (that’s a glimpse […]
Serendipity at 2014 European Patchwork Meeting
In September 2014, Carrefour Européen du Patchwork/European Patchwork Meeting celebrates its 20th anniversary in Alsace, France. Australia is guest country of honour from outside Europe and I am curating a special invitational exhibit of 30-45 “exceptional quilts from the great Southern land” ranging from traditional quilts to contemporary textile art. In addition, my work features […]
2014 – A Year of Curating
I am excited to have two major curating projects in 2014, building on my previous experience with Twelve by Twelve and Beneath the Southern Sky. Living Colour I have already received more than a dozen entries for Living Colour and look forward to receiving many more by the 31 January 2014. I am looking for […]
