Annual General Meeting, Hands on Weaving and next members' meeting:
Saturday, 16 March 2019, at 2pm
Members talk
Liz Perry will talk about 'Anni Albers at the Tate Modern', which was a major retrospective exhibition of this artist's work held at the Tate Modern from October 2018 to January 2019. Works on show included wall hangings, room dividers, tapestries, yardage, weave samples, prints, preliminary sketches, weave drafts, documents and interestingly, some of Albers' jewellery. Items were drawn from collections and locations around the world, giving viewers an opportunity to see the development of Albers' work over her weaving career.
Our Saturday drop-in Hands on Weaving will run from 10am to 2pm - come along and join us!
Meetings
Meetings are held on the third Saturday of each month (February through November) at 2pm. We have occasional guest speakers as well as hearing from our members and sharing news, tips and afternoon tea.
All Welcome
Non members $5 includes refreshments.
Note that in 2019 we will be holding an evening meeting in April.
Meetings are held on the third Saturday of each month (February through November) at 2pm. We have occasional guest speakers as well as hearing from our members and sharing news, tips and afternoon tea.
All Welcome
Non members $5 includes refreshments.
Note that in 2019 we will be holding an evening meeting in April.
Members meetings in 2019
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Past Meetings
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October 2018 Guest speaker: Carol Guida
Master Weavers in Florence, Venice and Kyoto Carol gave us an exceptionally interesting talk and slide show on her visits to master weavers studios: Antico Setificio Fiorentino, the master weavers of Florence; the workshop of Luigi Bevilacqua, master weavers of velvet in Venice Setificiao; the Kawashima Textile School in Kyoto and the cooperative Association for Kyo-Kanoko Shibori in Kyoto. |
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April 2018 Guest speaker: Janet Meaney
Janet will be sharing her skill and love of basket weaving. Come and get an insight into this most interesting weaving technique before our basketry workshop 'Random Weave' (30 June, 1 July) where we can learn to create our own memory vessels from natural materials.
March 2018 Guest speaker: Monique van Nieuwland
2017 Rijswijk Textile Biennial.
The Dutch biennial is a well recognised contemporary textile event. This presentation will show works (knitting, weaving, tapestry, embroidery, sculpture) selected from artists around the world, in the 2017 exhibition held in the Netherlands. Monique van Nieuwland will give a talk about the 2017 Rijswijk Textile Biennial.
2017 Rijswijk Textile Biennial.
The Dutch biennial is a well recognised contemporary textile event. This presentation will show works (knitting, weaving, tapestry, embroidery, sculpture) selected from artists around the world, in the 2017 exhibition held in the Netherlands. Monique van Nieuwland will give a talk about the 2017 Rijswijk Textile Biennial.
February 2018 Guest speaker: Liz Perry'From the textile cupboard: Textiles from Vietnam'
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October 2017 Guest speakers: Jessica Ashcroft and Jennifer Barrington, CSW Awardees from the ANU School of Art.
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June 2017 Guest Speaker: Liz Perry
Cambodian silk textiles Liz has been researching these textiles since the early 1990s, and will show a variety of examples of Cambodian weaving and dyeing. |
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May 2017 Guest Speaker: Ondrae Campbell
Natural Dyeing in Italy Ondrae will speak about the natural dyeing workshop she attended last year. |
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March 2017 Guest Speaker - Monique van Nieuwland
Monique's powerpoint will show works exhibited in the 15th International Textiles Triennial at the Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz (Poland) in 2016. The Museum has been showing international contemporary textile art since 1972 and has collected work from the start. Textile techniques included in the 2016 exhibition range from felting, knitting, lace, weaving, sculpture, knotting, tapestry, embroidery and many more! |
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February 2017 Guest Speaker - Tracy Martens
Archaeological research into Sth American textiles at Caleta Vitor archaeological site. is situated in the incredibly arid Atacama Desert, providing the prefect environment for the preservation of fibre artefacts, some as old as 5,880 years. During recent field work, I was able to investigate this collection of nearly 3,000 fibre artefacts including fishing lines and nets, funerary wrappings, bags, spindles, whorls and basketry. The project's aim is to illustrate technological development from the use of single vegetal cords, twining and basketry to spun and plied fibres and complex weaving and dying in addition to identifying introduced technologies and products. |
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October 2016 - Ann McMahon, Fibre Basketmakers of ACT
September 2016 - Monique van Nieuwland, Lodz Textile Triennale
August 2016 - Meredith Hinchliffe, arts advocate and reviewer
July 2016 - Guest Speaker - Canberra Embroiderer's Guild
June 2016 Guest Speaker - Helen Cox, Canberra Regional Feltmakers
May 2016 Guest Speaker - Mariana Ortega, tapestry artist from Mexico, currently in residence at ANU School of Art
April 2016 Guest Speaker - Vera Delova, artist in textiles and mixed media