Sunday, February 19, 2017

Starfish at Coolum Beach, 2016, collaboration with photographer Rhett Wyman, 35mm
Starfish at Coolum Beach, 2016, wool fabric, thread and polyester stuffing, collaboration with photographer Rhett Wyman, 35mm


Who Are You and How Did You Get Here? 2016, Romney-Tisdale sheep fleece, thread, and fusing, 1.4m x 3.6m
From Felt and Held at George Paton Gallery, Parkville, August- September 2016

Layered Selvedges in Variegated Grey, 2016, Romney-Tisdale sheep fleece, thread and calico, 42cm x 47cm. From Felt and Held
For this exhibition I ran two Tactile Tours with vision impaired and blind participants. We presented the work through touch, talking, smell and the sounds of felt-making


Dip, Snip and Flip, 2016, Romney-Tisdale sheep fleece, thread and indigo dye, 45cm x 60cm
From Felt and Held

Out of Touch, 2016, Romney-Tisdale sheep fleece, indigo dye, thread, and found fly-screen mesh
From Felt and Held


Spoils, 2016, worn ugg-boot top, hair, broken wish bone, tooth fragment, indigo-dye, lavender
From Felt and Held

Rhett and I underneath the alpaca cone, 2016, digital photograph
From Felt and Held

Untitled (Suspended Cast Breast Circle Sculpture), 2015, silk georgette fabric, fabric dyes, dowel and rice paper glue, approximately 4m x 4m

Nipple detail on Untitled (Suspended Cast Breast Circle Sculpture), 2015














Kalyani (Willow Beats), costume design and construction for their headline Australian tour, 2016.

Kalyani (Willow Beats), costume design and construction, 2016.

Development work left to right: inserting dye into sculptural shapes, extending 2D and 3D seminole patchwork technique, and small studies in circles and cones using found 1930s cotton feed-sack fabrics. 

Desire Quilt, 2015, wool fabric, linen fabric, wool wadding and thread. 160 x 160cm
Bloated Quilt Square, 2015, cotton, linen and synthetic fabrics, thread and polyester stuffing, 80 x 80cm

Up and In, 2015, 1960s nightie and synthetic fabrics, hoola-hoops, thread

Up and In, detail.

The Art of Setting Yourself Free, 2016, thread and cat hair (Lucy), 50cm x 120cm (irreg)

The Art of Setting Yourself Free, detail

New Terrain (of The Fantasies), 2016, 1960s petticoat lace trim, tulle, thread and found garter belt clips

New Terrain (detail)