Tapestries - ART in the Street (Bendigo)

My exhibition at Goldfields Library Bendigo

I have been making a number of pieces for this exhibition that is run as a collective of 18 artist's, each in a business of Bendigo and 2 in Eaglehawk. It is organised and supported by the Bendigo Advertiser and City of Greater Bendigo.

My pieces have been influenced by my interest in weave, the materials around home and the ways of creating works that stimulates the senses.

These range in size from 10cm x15cm to over 50cm x 50cm and all woven in the no selvage method. I collected the bark after released from the trees around the home. I then looked at the way the gum's leaves would range in lovely greens.  

To use yarns from cotton to wool to express the many colours that is gained from the viewing of many trees looking back at myself. So from light to dark mixed among shapes as can be seen in the way the bark has shaped itself.

The sunset, (left top) is the view overlooking the town, gum tree (left bottom), close up memories of home (right top) and blocks of land (shaped right bottom) are all how I see the area I call home.

The Battery

This is to show my view of a dream gold mine in the old days.

I finish off with my two samples that was part of the Tapestry studies I started in 2004 as part of my textiles studies. Tapestry is one way I get express visual, textural and experimental elements that may stay with this method or go into other textiles ideas. 

Tapestry - Texture



I am meant to hang length ways with red at the top, but not able to at present.



Red wool and knitting plastic clear / sparkly are what I used in this hanging.

The blending from red to clear was part of my idea and if it had been rectangle

that would be the result. But shape is part of the piece. 





The two differing textures is interesting for me.


This is a piece that seemed to just come about when I put on a warp. I decided to do different lengths, angles for the edges in three sections. I used the method of four selvages method which I find I'm getting better at finishing edges. The act of tapestry weaving gives myself time to explore shape and texture along with experimenting on ideas (some seem strange, but always what about this or could I use that) on many levels. It also brings out enjoyment of making by the way Tapestry is a longer process.