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artworks and tapestry
The ABC online arts review quoted a Victorian exhibition of paintings that were translated into tapestry. Neither the curator of the exhibiting gallery nor the head tapestry weaver, the spokesperson...
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boogie woogie bugle boy
Someone reminded me recently that the small beads I have begun to add to my button collages are called bugle. BOOGIE WOOGIE BUGLE BOY of Company B [utton].
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Thank you Susan M Hinckley
I had an encounter at the bathroom vanity last night; it insisted on being committed to paper. Draw your own conclusions. Today, I found a lovely response by Susan M Hinckley,...
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ply yr trade
Left: Hibiscus; below centre: Frilly Necked Lizard; right: Crane Meets Budgerigar. Hibiscus represents a world view, an island in the cosmic sea. A friend at the time described it as containing a...
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Brigitta Hallberg
The American Tapestry Alliance offers an extensive interview with Swedish/ Danish tapist Brigitta Hallberg. For copyright reasons I won’t add jpgs to my chapter but readers can find many examples of...
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that exact moment
Does anyone recognise this syndrome? You made a cartoon or drawn outline for your next art project. The work is going ok; it’s not throwing up problems, things are not knotting up. But it’s regular and...
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a messy surface
Look closely at the surface of a tapestry and what do you see? Bumpy edges, hairy bits floating off, the joins, the crossovers, the abrupt changes; perhaps here and there, the variations in pressure...
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object of the exercise
By the time that artists in the turbulence of the 1970′s had rejected formal art media: painting, sculpture, a number of alternative things had become established. The decade of extremity was actually...
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every button tells a story
To support the claim artists make about found objects and stories, I submit the following. Had to go to my North Shore skin clinic and endure the unpleasant but necessary procedure of having spots on...
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the nature of
Portrait of Gareth Thomas, 2011, woven tapestry, 18 cms H X 15 cms W, cotton, woollen, synthetic wefts. Artist statement for my entry in a new tapestry competition honouring the late Kate Derum: “I...
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