weaver/fibre artist
This rug had a long gestation but was worth it. My son and daughter-in-law had asked me if would weave them a rug as a present for their wedding in March 2010. I wanted to make sure that they had input into it – colour, style etc – and this took time. Continue Reading →
EDGE was the title of WAI (Westland Arts Inc) members’ exhibition this year at the Carnegie Gallery, Hokitika Museum in April. Leading up to the exhibition we had a discussion about edge dynamics in permaculture and I could see lots of potential for creating art works in harakeke using some of Continue Reading →
This year there was a good lot of driftwood on the beach at Hokitika for this annual sculpture event and I started off with the idea of creating a large container from driftwood laced together with harakeke (NZ flax), similar to a coiled pot. All was going well and some Continue Reading →
My husband commissioned me to make the upholstery for our ‘new’ boat Hangarua, a major recycling project. Rob found the fibreglass hull of a Karitane fishing boat in a rubbish dump near Haast where it had been left after coming to grief on rocks near Jackson Bay. It had damage Continue Reading →
The Creative Fibre Westland Area exhibition was held at Carnegie Gallery, Hokitika Museum in May in conjunction with the national travelling Sock it to ‘Em exhibition. Some general exhibition images: Some of my harakeke work in the exhibition:
A lack of driftwood was an issue again this year and a group of volunteers gathered on the Sunday before the event opened to transport several trailer and truck loads of driftwood from down near Sunset Point where it was plentiful. I have always like patterns in design – maybe Continue Reading →
This was the inaugural Hokitika Junk2Funk art and fashion event using at least 75% recycled materials. It was held at the Carnegie Gallery, Hokitika Museum from July. A large crowd attended the opening night where the fashion event was paraded. I modelled my entry Unravelled News which was a full Continue Reading →
My daughter’s partner, David Rylands, asked if I would be interested in a project with him. He was doing a music installation for a conference and he wanted five panels to enclose the space where one person would sit in the middle of many speakers listening to his electro-acoustic composition. Continue Reading →
After last year’s experience of creating a sculpture on the beach at Hokitika for Driftwood and Sand, I was hooked and couldn’t wait to do it again. A month beforehand, there was little driftwood around or even much beach, and it was decided to cancel the event. However one storm Continue Reading →
This year’s WAI (Westland Arts Inc) annual members’ exhibition was entitled Power of Three was held at the Carnegie Gallery, Hokitika Museum in July. I decided to base my entries on triangles (taha toru, three sides) and weave them in hand dyed harakeke (NZ flax). Kupenga – I used Continue Reading →