The circle motif and its potential for creating pattern is explored through a variety of textile techniques by two of Australia’s leading textile artists.

Dianne Finnegan’s quilts are autobiographical. She attended Wilderness School and lived in Canada for a couple of years and these facts influenced her choice of a title for her current exhibition, Wanderer in the Wilderness, which is the Canadian name for a quilt design more commonly known as Drunkard’s Path.

SHIBORI, the ancient shaped, resist dye technique, continues to inspire in the 21st century, fusing yesterday’s techniques with today’s limitless opportunities to produce original designs.

‘transgenesis’ is a solo exhibition of digitally printed textiles and crafted objects by Julie Ryder

open by appointment

The photographic images in this exhibition were inspired by sixteenth
 and seventeenth-century Dutch (and Spanish) still life paintings.
 Seemingly ordinary paintings of fruit, vegetables and 'breakfast' meals
 depicted in, often, quite extraordinary and surreal settings.



These photographs involve no camera or film, but were made using real
 fruit and vegetables as well as cutlery, crockery and kitchen implements.

Sharon Peoples is a machine embroiderer with over 20 year experience. She is well known for her explorations on the theme of red shoes. Her first travelling solo exhibition was 100 Red Shoes, beginning at Object Galleries in Sydney and travelled throughout regional NSW. Peoples has exhibited nationally and internationally with work in public and private collections throughout Australia.

Shibori, the ancient shaped, resist dye technique, continues to inspire in the 21st century, fusing yesterday's techniques with today's limitless opportunities to produce original designs.

Colour photographs taken from a moving car explore the relationship between simultaneous stillness and movement. Photographed in the mountains that form the spine of Sicily, Italy, a region rich in human and mythic history, the images capture both a sense of movement and gentle meditation on the landscape.

What remains after dissecting oneself? Teenage artist Aedan Madden has created a room of white sculptures, made from various media such as fabric, plaster, wire and wax, to form his autonomy clinic.

To celebrate Sydney Design and Fashion Festival, Barometer presents
'Changing Spaces', featuring textiles by Marli Popple, Barbara Rogers and 
Julie Ryder. This exhibition showcases fabrics for interiors and fashion
 that will change and evolve throughout the month.