Petite Miniature Textiles 2020 opens today at Wangaratta Art Gallery and continues on exhibition until 16 August 2020. Two of my works from my 2019 monthly art project are part of the exhibition: Allagai: High Summer and Allagai: Suspended Kelp. These pandemic times are challenging for the arts sector and I am grateful to the […]
Creative Backstory: Celebrating 20 Years – Year 2002
To mark the 20th anniversary of my first baby quilt, I have been reflecting on what I have learned along the way. Creative Backstory is a series of blog posts each highlighting a different year. I invite you to share your creative backstory. Each day, I will post an optional prompt. Leave your response as […]
Creative Backstory: Celebrating 20 Years – Year 2000
This Queens Birthday Weekend marked 20 years since I made my first baby quilt that catapulted me into the immersive world of textiles. I have been reflecting on what I have learned along the way. Creative Backstory is a series of blog posts each highlighting a different year. I invite you to share your creative […]
Isewlation Project: Cross-over Apron
Back in early 2009, I purchased this lino-printed fabric from the Babbarra Women’s Centre at the Australasian Quilt Convention (read more here). My plan was to make a dress but the directional, blocky fabric design did not lend itself to being cut up and moved about. And so the precious fabric has been waiting patiently […]
Launch of Vision 2020 Online Gallery and Catalogue
According to my pre-COVID-19 calendar, today is installation day for the premiere of the Vision 2020 exhibition at the Australasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne. Instead, I am at home at Copacabana and the collection is resting in a suitcase. Sigh. I look forward to when it is possible for me to share these fantastic artworks […]
Soft Landing in the Midst of a Pandemic
By way of a happy postscript to Free Falling in the Midst of a Pandemic, I am pleased to report a soft landing. My gutsy, determined brother flew back to Australia this week laying across three seats in a near empty plane, well clear of other passengers, for much of the journey. He was prepared […]
