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Exhibition Countdown: 6 days to go! Today's preview from the Australia Wide Six  exhibition is Garden of the Everlastings 1 by Jane Stone of Como, Western Australia. Slow textile techniques, in Jane’s art practise, have become a form of meditation and an artistic language. She uses a series of drawn stitch lines, and a limited colour palette of embroidery thread. The stitch … [Read more...] about AW6 Preview: Jane Stone

Exhibition Countdown: one week to go! Brenda Gael Smith has two works in Australia Wide Six, both are inspired by her surroundings at Copacabana, New South Wales. Brenda creates textile paintings and sketches made from a rich palette of her hand-dyed fabrics complemented by extensive, textural stitching.  Using a process of abstraction, she captures the essence of her … [Read more...] about AW6 Preview: Brenda Gael Smith

Today's preview from Australia Wide Six   is Tumbleweed by Norma Slabbert, a quilt maker and writer from New Zealand. Now semi-retired, Norma spends her days on all things related to quilt making: doing the stitches, reading, researching, judging, exhibiting, and writing on the subject.   Norma was the 2012 recipient of the Aotearoa Quilters Scholarship Award and she has won … [Read more...] about AW6 Preview: Norma Slabbert

Jill Rumble of Brookvale, NSW has two works in Australia Wide Six.  This is Telling Secrets IV which is inspired by a quote from Peter Mulvey “and the leaves were telling secrets to the wind” had me wondering. The hand stitching indicates the wind swirling at day break – maybe hearing secrets from the leaves as it passes by.Follow Jill on Instagram at … [Read more...] about AW6 Preview: Jill Rumble

Today's preview of the Australia Wide Six exhibition is And the Wheels go Round #2 by Sue Reid of Kyabram, Victoria. Sue has always loved colour and design and painted abstracts in oils in her early years. Sue is a mathematics teacher by profession, and this is reflected in her penchant for pattern. In 1998 Sue left teaching and enrolled in a patchwork course and made her … [Read more...] about AW6 Preview: Sue Reid