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Dianne Firth, Canberra, ACT

E-mail: Dianne.Firth@canberra.edu.au

Starting with traditional bed quilts several decades ago, I have moved to using the quilt medium as a vehicle to explore issues and express ideas. Many of my works are informed by my training as a landscape architect and also from my observations of the relationships and interactions between nature and people. Using a process of abstraction I like to manipulate line, colour and texture to capture an idea, highlight an issue, or evoke a visual and emotional response in the viewer.

My quilts are held in public and private collections in Australia, Europe and USA including: the National Gallery of Australia, the Canberra Museum and Gallery, the Powerhouse Museum Sydney, Museum of Australia, Canberra, University of Canberra Art Collection, Wangaratta Gallery Victoria and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.

Water Holes Dianne FirthWaterholes

Retail Price: $1500
Dimensions: 190 x 106cm
Statement: This whole cloth wool quilt was inspired by the dry stone gardens I saw in Japan. Could they be islands surrounded by the sea, bubbles floating on water or just rocks set in raked sand?
Photographer: Dianne Firth

 

Botanicus

Dianne Firth BotanicusRetail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 68 x 139cm (H x W)
Statement:  This work imagines how plants might grow in space if they are not restricted by gravity, as they are on earth. Viscose felt is held between layers of polyester net and machine stitched through all layers.
Exhibitions: Selected for ‘Metamorphosis’ exhibition at Whitehorse Artspace Gallery, Boxhill Town Hall, Melbourne 14 November to 21 December 2019
Photographer: Andrew Sikorski

 

 

Trundling Orbs

Retail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 85 x 104cm (H x W)
Statement:  The sun, earth and moon partake in a slow rhythmic dance across the sky.
Exhibitions: SAQA’s travelling exhibition Dusk to Dawn
Photographer: Andrew Sikorski

The Kiss

Retail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 83 x 87cm (H x W)
Statement:  Lips – large and sensuous
Exhibitions: ‘Rhapsody’ at Visions Art Museum San Diego USA 2019
Photographer: Andrew Sikorski

Three Stones

Retail Price: A$850
Dimensions: 58 x 58cm (H x W)
Statement:  Water-worn stones are a continuing source of inspiration. Orange felt,
representing stones, is held between two layers of net, representing waterwhile machine stitching represents flow patterns.
Exhibitions:  One Step Further 2019,  Bundoora
Photographer: Andrew Sikorski

Seaweed

Retail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 136 x 91cm (H x W)
Statement:  Seaweed gently waving in the ocean current became the inspiration for this abstract work
Exhibitions: Golden Textures 2019
Photographer: Andrew Sikorski

Twisted

Twisted

Retail Price: NFS
Dimensions: 100 x 70cm (H x W)
Statement:  Two strands start to twist together.
Exhibitions: ‘Connected’ for SAQA Oceania, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT
Photographer: Andrew Sikorski

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OZQN members topped the @quiltnsw 2020 suitcase ch OZQN members topped the @quiltnsw 2020 suitcase challenge - Our Environment. Congratulations to:

FIRST PRIZE: Me and Murphy by Sheila Beer who won a BERNINA sewing machine @thingstitcher 

SECOND PRIZE + VIEWERS CHOICE (tied): Mulga Burning by Linden Lancaster 

THIRD PRIZE + VIEWERS CHOICE (tied): Landlines by Jill Rumble  @collage_stitch_quilt 

JUDGES COMMENDATION: Renewal by Brenda Gael Smith @brendagaelsmith 

You can view all of the challenge quilts on the QuiltNSW website.
Art Quilt Australia , including Expressions: the W Art Quilt Australia , including Expressions: the Wool Quilt Prize, is a biennial juried exhibition open to textile artists resident in Australia and New Zealand, and OZQN members worldwide. OZQN defines a quilt as a stitched layered textile incorporating any material and employing any technique. The National Wool Museum defines a wool quilt in a similar manner but it must be composed predominantly of wool.

Art Quilt Australia 2021 seeks to promote excellence and originality in contemporary art quilts in Australia. Works will be assessed in terms of originality, composition, content and execution by a jury of acknowledged experts: Lisa Call, Julie Ryder and Bronwyn Coulston.

There will be over $6000 in prizes, comprising:

$3000 for Expressions: the Wool Quilt Prize, for a wool quilt. The winning quilt is acquired by the National Wool Museum for its permanent collection;
$3000 for the non-acquisitive OZQN Award of Excellence, which is open to all quilts; and
$500 awards for Highly Commended in both categories.
Art Quilt Australia 2021 will be on exhibition at the Shoalhaven Regional Gallery at Nowra NSW from 12 June until 3 July 2021, followed by the Yarra Ranges Regional Museum at Lilydale, Victoria from 7 August until 31 October 2021.

Entries close at 5pm (Perth time) on Friday 30 April 2021. Submission is via the online entry form only.

#artquiltaustralia #artquiltaustralia2021 # expressionswoolquiltprize #woolquiltprize  @nationalwoolmuseum  @shoalhaven_regional_gallery @yrrmuseum
Ozquilt Network's biennial juried exhibition, Art Ozquilt Network's biennial juried exhibition, Art Quilt Australia 2021, open to all Australian and New Zealand textile artists and OZQN members worldwide. The exhibition will be held at @shoalhaven_regional_gallery in Nowra NSW from Saturday 12 June until Saturday 3 July 2021. 
▪️over $6000 in prizes
▪️no theme-submit your best work
▪️max size 250x200cm (HxW)
▪️minimum perimeter 300cm
▪️3D stitched and layered works are eligible
▪️for the Expressions Wool Quilt prize (acquisitive by @nationalwoolmuseum ), must be predominantly wool with at least 60% wool on the visible surface
▪️entries open 1 February and close 30 April
▪️discounted entry fee for OZQN members. Membership year starts 1 January. Join or renew today!
#ozquiltnetwork #artquiltaustralia #artquiltaustralia2021 #expressionswoolquiltprize #ozqnart
Installation photos from Australia Wide Seven on e Installation photos from Australia Wide Seven on exhibition at @belcoarts until 18 December 2020. The exhibition continues on tour until 2022 including at the @nationalquiltmuseum in Paducah, USA from 4 March – 19 July 2022. 
#australiawideseven #aw7 #ozqnart #ozquiltnetwork #belcoarts

AUSTRALIA WIDE SEVEN

 Future Fossil 1 byLois Parish Evans : Australia Wide Seven
Helen Gray - Sea of Leaves - Australia Wide Seven
Fiona Gavens - Ghost Blanket V: Australia Wide Seven
Helping in the Garden by Sharon Peoples: Australia Wide Seven
Blue Box Fish Brenda Wood: Australia Wide Seven
The Blues by Linda Steele: Australia Wide Seven
Boxed In by Tara Glastonbury: Australia Wide Seven
Fiona Gavens- Dreaming of Rajasthan III: Australia Wide Seven
Intriguing Irridescence by Zara Zannettino: Australia Wide Seven
Acuity #6 In a Twinkle of an Eye by Brenda Gael Smith: Australia Wide Seven
Brainwaves by Victoria Mansfield: Australia Wide Seven
Sue Reid - Vasarely Print: Australia Wide Seven
Babblers on the Lawn by Linden Lancaster: Australia Wide Seven
Bird's eye view - Ganges Delta by Alison Charlton:Australia Wide Seven
Migrate Red by Julie Haddrick: Australia Wide Seven
Making a Point - Dianne Firth: Australia Wide Seven
Flowers Always #9 by Suzanne Gummow
Away from Home - Carolyn Sullivan
Gatherings 2: Susan Mathews
Plankton Drift 1 by Alvena Hall
Summer Sketch II by Judy Hooworth
Summer Sketch III by Judy Hooworth
Trek by Alison Withers
Double Denim by Beth & Trevor Reid
Regeneration 2 by Alison Schwabe
Summer Inferno #2 Sandra Champion
Abstracted Landscapes:Apple Isle by Lynn Hargreaves
Disconnected Habitat - Marie Mitchell
Bird Count - Shearwater Migration by Judy Wilford
Stitches in Time by June Brown
Freedom by June Brown
Smoky Moon - Wilma Cawley
Burnt #1 Julie-Anne Rogers Australia Wide Seven
Coolbardie - Suzanne Lyle- Australia Wide Seven
Blue Grass - Carolyn Sullivan
Wind by Dianne Firth: Australia Wide Seven
Lost at Sea by Alysn Midgelow Marsden
Landlines-Shadows- Jill Rumble
Very Dry by Alison Muir
Layout 1 by Sue Cunningham

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