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Suzanne Lyle of Ballarat, Victoria created Coolbardie from cotton and hand-dyed organza fabrics using raw edge appliqué and dimensional appliqué techniques, machine quilting and hand-stitched embellishments. Australia Wide Seven premieres at Belconnen Arts Centre from 30 October until 18 December 2020. The opening is at 6pm on Friday 30 October. All welcome! This is a free … [Read more...] about AW7 Preview: Suzanne Lyle

Julie-Anne Rogers of Narara, NSW has always mixed her media, even as a child. She loves combining photography, sketching, painting and stitching. Julie-Anne's love of nature meant that she was profoundly affected by the devastation and has focused her art for the year on the fires, using her photos and sketches of the recovery. Her Australia Wide Seven artwork is entitled Burnt … [Read more...] about AW7 Preview: Julie-Anne Rogers

Wilma Cawley of Canberra loves the serendipity of experimentation with rust and paints/dyes on textiles and paper. Her inspiration to transform these experiments are often inspired by her surroundings or her Dutch heritage. Smoky Moon was inspired by the longing during the summer bush fires to see the sun. Instead the sun looked like a smoky moon. Australia Wide Seven … [Read more...] about AW7 Preview: Wilma Cawley

June Brown of Milawa, Victoria dyes silk and wool using eco-dyeing methods mostly with Australian eucalypt leaves. Adding rusty objects to the dye pot always result in surprising images to work with and June enjoys these spontaneous results. June has two eco-dyed works in Australia Wide Seven: Stitches in Time: During the 1980s we were encouraged to do very fine quilting … [Read more...] about AW7 Preview: June Brown

Using textile techniques of layered fabrics and hand embroidery, Judy Wilford works in a realistic, impressionistic manner gaining inspiration from the landscapes of regions I have lived in and visited. She references the natural world in its many and varied aspects from the wide scale to the intimacy of the habitats of birds and small animals to the minute patterns and … [Read more...] about AW7 Preview: Judy Wilford