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
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AW8 Preview: Susan Mathews
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
AW8 Preview: Tania Tanti
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
AW8 Preview: Brenda Gael Smith
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
AW8 Preview: Linda Steele
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
AW8 Preview: Rachel Ratten
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
AW8 Preview: Vanessa Newton-Brown
A compulsion to draw, design and stitch has been a constant theme throughout Vanessa’ Newton-Brown's life. She has designed and made original pieces since early years and is never without several projects on the go. For Vanessa, who hand stitches and embroiders, colour is one of the primary inspirations. Her palette of stranded cottons, silks and threads has a lustre unique … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Vanessa Newton-Brown
AW8 Preview: Julie Haddrick
Recognised for her creative, artistic and innovative approaches to quilting, Julie Haddrick is an award winning and accomplished textile artist, quilt and pattern designer, teacher and quilt judge and the Australian Rajah Award winner in 2018. In the art of Julie Haddrick, nothing is unnecessary. Her disciplined approach features careful designing and restrained use of colour … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Julie Haddrick
AW8 Preview: Ruth de Vos
Ruth stitches hundreds of little pieces of hand-dyed fabric together to make bold textile paintings. Ruth obtains her artistic inspiration from God’s creation. She finds inspiration to explore new ideas and designs in the way that everything works and fits together in this world – the laws of nature, the interrelationships between animals, and between plants and animals, and … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Ruth de Vos
AW8 Preview: Anna Brown
Anna Brown’s design inspiration comes from a deep-seated connection to nature and her immediate environment. Her pattern making results from a study of the eucalypt canopies near her home. She works directly with her materials, preferably natural fabrics, cotton, linen and silk, cutting and layering intuitively. Hand quilting introduces texture and depth to her work and is an … [Read more...] about AW8 Preview: Anna Brown