Exhibitions
2013 CrossXpollinatioN
COPACC (Colac Otway Performing Arts Cultural Centre)
2012 Connected Voices II
Brunswick Street Gallery, Fitzroy, (Melbourne, Australia)
2012 Connected Voices I
Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington (Victoria, Australia)
2010 Postcards @ The Vault
Whitehorse ArtSpace, Box Hill (Melbourne, Australia)
Education
2012 Diploma of Textile Arts
2011 Cert IV Training and Assessment
2002 Cert IV Interior Design
1995 Bachelor of Education
1994 Bachelor of Teaching
Bio
A love of colour, art and design has been integral to my life since my earliest years,
yet it was only in 2010 that I took steps to focus my direction in the area of textile arts, a combination of things I loved, and commenced studying for a Diploma in Textile Arts.
It was only in mid-2011 that I uncovered my passion for weaving. With one small piece of handwoven leno weave, I realised that the ultimate for me is to make my own cloth - to weave my own artistic visions as an art weaver. Without hesitation, I located a wonderful weaving mentor, devoured every book and website I could about weaving, bought two wonderful old looms and began to weave.
Every time I look at yarn and fibres, every time I plan and select the materials and structure for a weaving, spend the hours needed to wind the warp and painstakingly dress the loom then begin to weave, I am fully engaged.
As a painter mixes the pigment, I mix the yarns. The unexpected intersection between yarns and colours often surprises and delights. The variations in warp and weft take me on a journey with each piece I weave as it builds before my eyes.
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