New Zealand Quilter magazine

I was so pleased to see a photo of one of my quilts from the "Still Cre8ting" Exhibition at Lower Hutt (see previous blog posts) in the current New Zealand Quilter magazine.   The magazine is not available in Australia at the newsagent any more so to obtain a copies of this great read you will need to subscribe link.

cheers Rebecca

Odlin Exhibition Lower Hutt New Zealand

We had a fabulous response to our Opening Night of the Cre8 Exhibition at the Hutt Art Centre, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.  Shaun and I flew over with my quilts and textile work and we had a great time catching up with friends at the Night.  Some photos of the Exhibition:

My quilts in the Exhibition based on Reforestation in Africa.  The quilts depict 

IVORY COAST ALMOND SEEDLING #2

Grows to a large forest tree - West Africa. Threatened by habitat loss.

My own Hand dyed and Hand patterned fabric.  Applique, machine embroidery and machine quilting.  

28 in by 16 in.

30 in by 16 in

BUBINGA # 4

Tall forest tree - Equatorial Africa.

My own Hand Dyed and Hand Patterned fabric.  Applique, machine embroidery and machine quilting.  

PADAUK TREE SEEDLING #3

Forest Tree - West Africa 

My own Hand Dyed and Hand Patterned fabric.  Applique, machine embroidery and machine quilting.

EMBROIDERED PIECES 

Worked on my own hand dyed and hand patterned fabric. 

And the last piece I took over was an Eco Lamb Jacket.  We were each given a used Woollen Lamb Jacket from the South Island (NZ) and challenged to create a textile piece.  These are the works. 

 This  Jacket this is mine.  It is eco dyed using eucalyptus, banksia and other native plants from my friend Ali George's property.

The Exhibition is on until the 24th July.

cheers Rebecca

Exhibition in New Zealand

I have been busy stitching and quilting for an Exhibition in Lower Hutt New Zealand.  Details are below:

It should be lots of fun.
cheers
Rebecca

Agnes Martin Exhibition: Tate Modern London

I was fortunate to arrive in London just before the Agnes Martin Exhibiition closed at Tate Modern London last month. It was a brilliant experience to see so many pieces of her work together. Agnes’ work covered examples of her six decades of paintings and drawings. These works were varied, subtle and soothing. The work featured much of her systematic use of grids, symmetry and stripes but the subtlety of the work was entrancing. Agnes is considered one of the pre-eminent painters of abstract art of the twentieth century. Agnes was born in 1912 and lived in the United States she died in 2004. My favourite works were those made in the last few years of her life when she began to work less systematically, her brushwork was more freer and there was a little more colour added. These works reminded me in some ways of modern quiltmaking and I have noticed a number of USA quiltmakers have mentioned the influence Agnes has had on some pieces of their work. I could see that weavers also could be influenced.
The straight lines of work like “Gratitude” 2001, “I love the Whole World” 2000, “Untitled” 2002 are so inspirational. Similarly her triangle piece “untitled#1” 2003 and floating squares and bar in “Untitled”2004 were just amazing. These works were  152.4cm by 152.4cm so quite large works.

To see the photographs of her work I would refer you to the Tate publication”Agnes Martin” 2015, edited by Frances Morris and Tiffany Bell.  See photograph of cover below.

Pieces of Eight Exhibition

It was great to see the Exhibition "Pieces of Eight" with 64 journal quilts by our group of eight quilters held at Expressions Gallery, Upper Hutt, New Zealand.  Some photos of the Exhibition are below:

"Churches"

                                                                 'Bridges"

"Leaves"

take care Rebecca