weaver/fibre artist
On Hokitika Beach it is Driftwood and Sand Beach Art Festival time again, the last week in January 2024. Sunday 21 January – scoping the beach On my first exploration of the beach for inspiration and materials, I found there wasn’t a lot of big driftwood, just lots of scrappy Continue Reading →
I was very surprised but ecstatic to be selected as one of the 80 finalists out of 563 entries for this prestigious 2021 Parkin Drawing Prize. Encouraged by my good friend and fellow artist, Kate Buckley, I entered From My Garden, the first time I had entered the award. I removed two Continue Reading →
I entered two art works into the inaugural Te Tai o Poutini Art Awards. handwoven harakeke (NZ flax – phormium tenax); wire 820mm x 1600mm h x 80mm Finalist and 3D Form – Highly commended I am always looking at new ways of incorporating harakeke into my art work. This Continue Reading →
Handwoven wall hanging 85cm x 93cm Hand woven natural and dyed harakeke (NZ flax – phormium tenax) This piece is inspired by the area of Aotearoa/New Zealand where I live – Te Tai o Poutini o Te Wai Pounamu, the West Coast of the Continue Reading →
I entered the annual HokitikaJunk2Funk art and fashion event again this year. For the past year and a bit, I continued collecting the narrow plastic bags that our local newspaper, the Hokitika Guardian, comes wrapped in when delivered each day. Last year I had woven a small wall hanging with these Continue Reading →