Zara Zannettino is a South Australian textile artist whose work celebrates the beauty and complexity of the natural world, by unveiling the tiny details that are seemingly hidden in plain sight. Inspired by her background in microbiology, her passion for nature walks and macro-photography, Zara creates intricate textile collages that delight in revealing the subtle diversity … [Read more...] about AW9 Preview: Zara Zannettino
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Linden Lancaster is an artist who lives on a farm, near the edge of the Barmah forest, in Northern Victoria. Linden is inspired by emotive ideas, colour and observing the environment around her. Her past work is mainly pictorial using many different themes and techniques. She is currently refining her processes, in an attempt to make her work more loose and impressionistic in … [Read more...] about AW9 Preview: Linden Lancaster
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Anna Brown works from her home studio in the Great Lakes area of NSW. Her main source of inspiration is from her immediate environment, especially the local bushland and lake. Local flora is usually the starting point for creating most of her textile pieces. Anna loves designing and making contemporary art quilts, while still incorporating traditional techniques. This is FLORA … [Read more...] about AW9 Preview: Anna Brown
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Daena Schofield is a disabled quilt artist based in Rolleston, New Zealand and has spent the last few years finding her voice and working out how to use it. She spends much of her time day or night in her studio working on various fabric art projects. Recently Daena has started to create a following with her “talking points” series featuring silhouettes, starting with a piece … [Read more...] about AW9 Preview: Daena Schofield
AW9 Preview: Sandra Champion
Sandra Champion of Battery Point, Tasmania has worked in the medium of paper textile for many years. She uses paper to discover ways in which it can be deconstructed to create colour, texture and depth in her paper textiles. She often use rusted papers with the expectation that each piece will change over time as the more fragile pieces deconstruct and the nature of the piece … [Read more...] about AW9 Preview: Sandra Champion