It's just two weeks until the official opening of Art Quilt Australia 2023. Plan an art excursion! Book online for the official opening at 3pm on Friday 11 August 2023. All welcome! In today's preview of Art Quilt Australia 2023, we feature Still Standing Burnt Bent Broken by Lorraine Parker of Booragul, NSW: Sometimes hope can rise from burnt architecture that has … [Read more...] about AQA 2023 Preview: Lorraine Parker
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AQA 2023 Preview: Lois Parish Evans
In today's preview of Art Quilt Australia 2023, we feature Winter's Quiescence by Lois Parish Evans of Tauranga, New Zealand. In the depth of Winter, where landscapes can feel leached of colour and deciduous trees spread their ghostly shapes, there is beauty in muted colours. Abstracted to it’s simplest form Winter’s Quiescence seeks to portray the concept of rest, … [Read more...] about AQA 2023 Preview: Lois Parish Evans
AQA 2023 Preview: Vanessa Newton-Brown
In today's preview of Art Quilt Australia 2023, we feature Embedded by Vanessa Newton-Brown of Hobart, Tasmania. Embedded is a botanical design, focussing on cycles of growth and decay; from the roots drawing the earth’s nutrients, to the spent seed pods at the season’s end. The central panel is a pastiche of floral motifs influenced by the style of French Art Deco textiles … [Read more...] about AQA 2023 Preview: Vanessa Newton-Brown
AQA 2023 Preview: Alison Muir
In today's preview of Art Quilt Australia 2023, we feature make do by Alison Muir of Cremorne, NSW. With this piece, the artist set the challenge to make a 100% wool cot quilt out of a recycled blanket, remnant wool scraps and remnant knitting wool, without purchasing anything new. See more of Alison's artwork at: www.muirandmuir.com AQA2023 Preview is a series of … [Read more...] about AQA 2023 Preview: Alison Muir
AQA 2023 Preview: Linden Lancaster
In today's preview of Art Quilt Australia 2023, we feature Water Ribbons made by Linden Lancaster of Picola, Victoria. The unique flowerheads of Triglochin procera (water ribbon) evoke visions of a spear carrying Aboriginal man travelling in the iconic Barmah Forest. Its long strappy and aptly named leaves can be imagined woven by the women beside the shallow streams or … [Read more...] about AQA 2023 Preview: Linden Lancaster