Past Events

Every handmade object has a narrative, the history or ‘story’ of its making. Whether it is the source of the raw materials – the particular clay site, pigment, dye, metal, timber or threads, the nature and origin of the necessary tools, or the inspiration behind individual patterns and motifs, the story of each handmade object is unique.

Through installation, sculpture and photography, FOURTH WALL explores the contemporary relevance of the traditional fairy tale as codice of ancient wisdom. Storylines shapeshift and evolve through millennia, presenting narratives of adversity, struggle, transformation and re-emergence often including the uncanny. FOURTH WALL presents a mise-en-scène to the viewer, a metafictional forest, where they break the fourth wall in reverse, joining the fairy tale characters on ‘stage’ by entering the narrative topos.

A collaboration between textile designer Barbara Rogers and painter Helen Redmond, The Space Between looks at the complicity, dissonance and illusion that exists in the slippage between surfaces: between the viewer and the frame, between light and shadow, between real and imagined.

works on paper
A celebration of the colour BLUE from the studios of Bathurst St Printmakers, Sydney; Firestation Print Studio, Melbourne;  Thumbprint, Mt. Gambier and Creative Outdoors Group, Sydney

A collaboration between the two artists working with chance and the everyday where they use seemingly banal, utilitarian objects as a starting point for making thought-provoking and visually engaging works.

Parallels will be an installation of contemporary textiles that explores the diversity and language of the stripe, the simplest of all patterns, yet a highly versatile tool for communication. Timeless, gender-neutral and appealing to all ages, stripes create maximum impact.

This exhibition pays tribute to the craftspeople I have collaborated with over 10 years.  Specialising in block printing, natural dye, hand weaving, shibori and embroidery.

The Dyehaus Studio textile exhibition showcases the vast potential of natural dyes which are expertly created using range of plants growing in the Blue Mountains.  The works reveal the elemental energy and broad range of pattern which can be achieved dyeing with 100% raw natural plant materials controlled through a range of specialised natural dyeing techniques.