September was a month of thinking, administration and a
touch of play.
A meet up with Creatives at the Farmers Market at the very end of August was great fun. Keep an eye on Danielle France’s insta Dwellingartmagazine for updates. Bring some tools with you and be creative. Danielle has some oil pastels with her. I hadn;t used them before and tried them out and drew my coffee mug,
My exhibition A Mirror to the Multiverse is now up. I am very chuffed to be rubbing shoulders with other artists and in a wonderful space. You are invited to an Art Bar Event (see below) if you are in the area on 18 October 2024.
I have found my stitching mojo again and been turning up to
the Embroiderers Guild meetups. I have
found my happy place with a small group of women who like to think outside the
box and experiment with different
techniques. Recently the focus has been
on variants of stitched collaged fabric and dying using to get marks and stains
using iron, tea and rusty objects.
Connected by a Thread, the textile interest group I belong to met up and had a play day lead by member Pauline. We experimented with watercolour paper, watercolour paint and stitch and I was quite taken with some of the results. I think it is a technique worthy of adding to my tool kit. The group has been planning an exhibition for some time and we have agreed on November 2025. It will be a busy lead up to the as my solo exhibition is on at the same time. Have to say I love a deadline though. 😊.
I have been cutting out roses again – or still. They will be at the heart of my solo
exhibition in 2025. I am planning a major piece which will cover
a wall in Gateway Gallery, Wodonga. I have
been cutting out 10- 30 roses of
various sizes in an evening . I feel
that will cover about an A4 sheet of paper.
Since I don’t wield scissors every night, I think I will be cutting out
roses well into the middle of next year.
I have also been researching an eco-themed work and developing a small story map. This is a big transition for me. The story map uses software to turn maps and geographic information systems (GIS) into interactive content. I have learnt that I can add artwork into this 😊. The research I’m doing is going towards a long-term project (3 years) with the Creative Practice Circle. It is lovely to have a continuing project to slowly work on. The collage play (both fabric and paper) that I do with my other groups will lead to the development of work for the story maps. I love that my experimentation and play feeds into and informs the work I do and across the different groups I belong to.
Now I ‘ve read what I’ve written I think I should change the
opening sentence to say a lot of play.
Yep – I’m project driven, and I need to work in concert with
others.
