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The final artwork in the AW8 preview is by an invitational work by Australia Wide Eight juror Cathy jack Coupland. Cathy is a textile artist whose work has evolved from using traditional quilt and embroidery techniques to creating fully machine stitched works covering the entire surface. Cathy won the Ozquilt Network Award of Excellence in Art Quilt Australia 2021. An … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Cathy Jack Coupland

Carolyn Sullivan lives just outside Bundanoon, a rural township, two hours out of Sydney, Australia. I live on five acres of flat, plateau country surrounded by eucalypt and deciduous trees in a park like site. Its cool climate, many gardens, closeness to the escarpment and beautiful mists, provide lots of inspiration for her work. Hand stitching is at the core of her … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Carolyn Sullivan

The rhythms and patterns in both land  and city scapes played part in this abstract composition. Quilting was kept to a minimum to emphasise the composition.The Setting (40x40cm) Prue Wheal, South Australia Invitation to Exhibition Opening & Textile Talk Australia Wide Eight premieres at Warwick Art Gallery from 14 July until 27 August 2022. The official … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Prue Wheal

The work of South Australian textile artist Zara Zannettino focuses on the often overlooked or invisible natural wonders that are captured through the prism of either a macro or microscopic lens. Her art is an intersection of her former microbiology background, nature walks and her photography. Zara also gains joy by resolving the challenges of working with textiles and … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Zara Zannettino

Irene Koroluk has a Master of Environmental Studies degree, and is a 2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts University of Tasmania graduate. Whilst training in print-making, Irene attended a quilt fair in 2013, which steered her in the direction of art quilts and free-motion machine stitching after one particular art-quilt, Robyn Eve’s Blown Away, captured her imagination. Her foray … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Irene Koroluk

Susan Mathews lives and creates at Ocean Grove, Victoria. Her drawings of Australian native flora and the natural environment are the basis for all of her work. She likes to underline the key role that drawing can play in creating original work in her classes. Over five decades she has experimented with numerous art and textile techniques. Printmaking is a major passion, and … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Susan Mathews

Tania Tanti is a Melbourne-based artist who likes to work in bold, solid, bright colours most of the time. She likes to take those quiet early morning opportunities to listen to the soul and let the instincts draw you to what colours and images speak loudest to you on any given day. Her work is semi-abstract and often features water, rivers, oceans and streams, along with … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Tania Tanti

Brenda Gael Smith creates textile paintings and sketches made from a rich palette of her hand-dyed fabrics complemented by extensive, textural stitching demonstrating the transformative power of stitch. Abstraction is a persistent and insistent force. Working improvisationally, Brenda captures the essence of her subjects to impart a sense of wonder of the natural world and a … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Brenda Gael Smith

Linda Steele has been quilting since 1997 and started designing her own quilts over 15 years ago. In 2018 she started making contemporary quilts and she finds that abstract design is an ideal way of exploring emotions. She also enjoys using colour and says that using plain fabric allows the quilting to shine. She has previously made a pictorial series of work about the … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Linda Steele

Rachel Ratten is a New Zealand painter and printmaker that uses imagery which is figurative/representational in nature. Having been a quilter for 20 years, and attempting original compositions, it wasn't until she achieved an MFA from University of Canterbury in 2015, that Rachel moved her focus on to the more 'formal' elements of design and composition, with narrative … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Rachel Ratten