OZQN Blog

Over the last 20 years, Zara Zannettino has transitioned from creating original traditional quilt designs for consignment and commission, to tutoring, appraising quilts and now textile art. She currently prefers to produce framed textile art, depicting natural subject matter that is inspired by her own macro-photography or life experience. Zara's artwork Intriguing … [Read more...] about AW7 Preview: Zara Zannettino

Victoria Mansfield's love of modern quilting, with its clean geometric lines and minimalist style is reflected in her experimentation with textile art. She enjoys distilling very complex concepts or objects down to their core essence and playing with scale, colour and texture. Victoria invites her audience to challenge their preconceived notions of what a quilt or art piece … [Read more...] about AW7 Preview: Victoria Mansfield

Tara Glastonbury is a modern quilt designer who produces bold, graphic works that often have an underlying message to encourage conversation around issues such as the undervaluing of art created by women or the environmental damage caused by the global textile industry. It is for the latter reason she regularly works with upcycled textiles including jeans and business … [Read more...] about AW7 Preview: Tara Glastonbury

Brenda Wood is an ocean explorer. Depicting colour and patterns through her art, she gives the viewer a closeup look at the vibrant colours and amazing patterns of sealife. Her preferred medium is acrylic ink which she embosses with stitch and thread. Brenda's artwork Blue Box Fish features in the Australia Wide Seven exhibition that premieres at Belconnen Arts Centre from … [Read more...] about AW7 Preview: Brenda Wood

Sharon Peoples is one of three selectors for the Australia Wide Seven exhibition. Her invitational artwork is Helping in the Garden. This piece sits within a body of work, Hortus Conclusus (the Enclosed Garden), made during a period of intense isolated work in both the garden and the studio. Many birds visited the garden as soil was dug, overturned and mulched. In particular … [Read more...] about AW7 Preview: Sharon Peoples

Fiona Gavens is a textile designer based in Melbourne.  She has broad experience developed over a lifetime of involvement with textiles, particularly patchwork, quilting, embroidery, knitting and dressmaking.  Her multiple careers include being a freelance quilt artist, exhibitor and teacher for many years; manager of a regional conservatorium; and university and arts … [Read more...] about AW7 Preview: Fiona Gavens

The Ozquilt Network touring members' exhibition Australia Wide Seven. premieres at Belconnen Arts Centre from 30 October until Friday 18 December 2020. In “ Sea of Leaves”, Helen Gray of Canberra recalls”During the summer fires we swam in a sea of black leaves”. AW7 Preview is a series of daily blog posts from 24 September to 30 October 2020 that will feature an artist … [Read more...] about AW7 Preview: Helen Gray

It's just five weeks until the Ozquilt Network touring members' exhibition Australia Wide Seven premieres at Belconnen Arts Centre from 30 October until Friday 18 December 2020. In this AW7 Preview series of blog posts, we will introduce you to each AW7 artist. Today we start with Lois Parish Evans of Tauranga, New Zealand. For Lois, the process of creating usually begins … [Read more...] about AW7 Preview: Lois Parish Evans