I am very excited to announce that my work I am sure you will tell me how I should feel today (Blue Monday) has been shortlisted for the Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2019 . For those who have been following my weaving progress, this work was a return to large tapestries and was completed in a very short time frame at the end of last year/early this year. I am looking forward to seeing the other works and feel very privileged to be shortlisted amongst some other fabu

Just a little February update... I can't believe we are in February already! So much has been happening already for 2019. Conceal/Reveal Thanks so much to everyone who came along to Conceal/Reveal. It was great to have the exhibition up in a venue that has so much public access. It also introduced tapestry to a broad range of visitors too. The works created for this exhibition were an expansion on the textile collage approach that I used for the Edinburgh exhibition. It’s

As 2018 comes to a close, here’s a quick look back of my year of art making and projects. As part of my move to working 4 days a week, I wanted to concentrate more on my art making and had set a few goals to try and do some more exhibitions, particularly locally and experiment a little more with my work. My submission to show a series of 12 new works at Fitzroy Library was successful and 2018 saw work begin on the exhibition Conceal / Reveal. These works were really influenc

My latest exhibition, Conceal / Reveal is now open at Fitzroy Library, Melbourne. Featuring 12 new textile and tapestry works, this is my first solo exhibition in Melbourne since 2013! I was really drawn to use the space at Fitzroy Library which is overseen by the fabulous City of Yarra Arts Team for several reasons. Firstly the space is a high traffic, everyday space - meaning that people from all walks of life will have a chance to check out contemporary woven tapestry. T

I thought it was about time for a roundup of the project Google Weaving Stop Time Project. Details of the project and exhibition as part of the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial are below. I was fortunate enough to attend the Biennial (as well as the Contemporary Art Fair in Istanbul), and meet up with fellow artist and weaver Emelie Rondahl from Sweden. The project had fantastic support from the Swedish Consulate in Istanbul who assisted us with the workshop and talks. I did pos

I am excited to be part of this project which is debuting at the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial in Turkey. The project has been instigated by fellow weaver and artist Emelie Rondahl. There are about approximately 20 artists and weavers working on the project. Each participant was instructed to do a google image search for 'Textile Labour Turkey'. The first image that came up, is the image that I am wove. It is the image from a news article about Syrian refugee children bei

This year is turning out to be pretty busy with a couple of big projects on the horizon. Firstly I am madly working on a project with my weaving pal Emelie Rondahl that will be part of the Istanbul Design Biennial 2018. I am really excited to be part of this project and can't wait to see how it all turns out. I am definitely learning new skills as part of this project as I am weaving my tapestry in the rya or turkish knot style - shaggy work, here I come! I also have a sol

I had the pleasure to speak at the Tapestry Symposium at West Dean College. What a fantastic venue! I was not only blown away by the beauty of the building and surrounds but also by the amazing works that are being created there. I jet setted over to the UK for a very short 6 days to take part in the Symposium. Although battling a nasty cold, it was a wonderful opportunity to meet other artists working in tapestry and hear various international views. West Dean College hos

The exhibition Return Flight has an amazing publication that showcases all of the artworks with the written responses. In a nutshell, the project has 5 artists from Edinburgh with 5 written responses from Melbourne writers and then 5 artists from Melbourne with 5 writers from Edinburgh. The publication with has been put together by the amazing folk at Going Down Swinging, also includes edited transcripts of the Skype interviews between the artists and writers - some hilariou

I am about to jump on a plane very soon with my work for the exhibition Return Flight which will be shown at The Number Shop gallery and studio in Edinburgh. The exhibition launches on June 9 at 7pm so if you are in the area, I encourage you to come on down! You can find further information about the Edinburgh leg of the exhibition at www.thenumbershop.org . There will also be an artist talk with myself and a few others on the 11 June as well, so if you miss the launch you