If you have enjoyed the shapes, lines and patterns in my Dreamlines series, you may be interested in my new workshop – Improvisation Plus!: Discover the fun of improvisationally piecing geometric and linear units. Put them all together in a striking mega-9 patch with personality plus! Learn freeform cutting and how to join irregular blocks. […]
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Australia Wide: Support Australian Textile Art
Australia Wide Five, the juried members’ exhibition presented by Ozquilt Network Inc, has completed its exhibition tour and artwork will soon be returned to the artists. This is an excellent opportunity to support Australian textile art and to purchase directly from the artists. Each work is 40x40cm and there is a diverse range of styles […]
Season After Season: Winter Solstice
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 […]
Taking Shape: Monthly Art Project: June 2018
This is the 5th month of my creative challenge for 2018 Taking Shape: Cues from Nature – a monthly art project. I am returning to a familiar subject – banksia flowers. I admire the fortitude and stoicism of the banksias on the coastal heathland that flourish despite being buffeted by salt-heavy winds. In this work, […]
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 […]
Taking Shape: Monthly Art Project: April 2018
My creative challenge for 2018 is Taking Shape: Cues from Nature – a monthly art project. Rather than botanical subjects, this month I draw my inspiration from furry creatures that have taken up residence in a lantana thicket on the neighbour’s land. First there was one. Then it was joined by a white companion… #nimby #sigh […]