#willauramodern

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Anne Marshall and I had a lovely lunch at Willaura Modern today ( proceeds to MDA)and preview of the All Stitched Up modern quilt showcase. I have 4 quilts in the show - 3 hung, 1st pic. I wrote an artist's statement, as requested, for the exhibition, which I didn't especially enjoy doing...and I think mine is the only one there! So make sure you read it when you go! And visit the Willaura Bakery while you're there. #willauramodern #willaura #quilts #modernquilts #upcycle #vintage #vintagetextiles (at Willaura, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2gREJOhq9U/?igshid=r580xrbozsxt

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It was cold yesterday, too cold for the Paint Shed, so I amazed myself and finished this textile collage in the relative warmth inside. Considering it's been sitting around "begun"(and therefore "half done") since last March, it's taken me long enough to get back to! I thought it needed a bit more when I finished yesterday, but it's always good to step away for a while and look again - it's done! #textilecollage #fabricplay #machineembroidery #upcycle #wastenot #vintagetextiles #margieandbert #canola #eucalypt #grampians #australiafelix #abouttimetoo #willauramodern #waynesuffieldphotograph (at Moyston, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ5Kye4Lyss/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I got back to this yesterday! It's been a loooong time, and it only happened because I was procrastinating on another piece of sewing... The photo reference is one by @chalambargc , techniques learned in a class at Willaura Modern with @margieandbert. That must be nearly 2 years ago, but this piece hasn't waited quite that long.😏 #machineembroidery #textilecollage #procrastination #canola #eucalypt #abouttimetoo #willauramodern #margieandbert (at Moyston, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQfpwqWrg-a/?utm_medium=tumblr

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We took a little road trip to Willaura Modern this afternoon, for another look at the exhibition, especially @ladymeadvic textile works. We had a chat with artist Howard Brandenburg as he was minding the show today. Bryan had to crack jokes about waiting for/missing trains, as the gallery is in the retired railway station. Good clouds over Mt Moonambel from the back seat on the way home. We also visited the Whistling ducks while we were there but I didn't get phone photos - it doesn't take much to spook them! #willauramodern #artwork #textiles #textilecollage #painting #photography #railway #birding #drivebyphotography #cloudscape #australiafelix (at Willaura, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLgN_jGrOCt/?igshid=1i6r1ur5imgl0

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We took a little trip down to Willaura yesterday, intending to find the Whistling ducks and patronize the Bakery - which we did. At the Bakery we bumped into Lois, who kindly offered to open up Willaura Modern so we could see the current exhibition - lucky us! @ladymeadvic has been very busy, producing wonderful layered textiles inspired by her photography and dyed with materials found in the landscape portrayed. Alison Withers used a similar technique of stitching layers of cloth to make pictures, yet they are quite different in style to Carole's pieces. There are paintings by W.H. Brandenburg also and all the work relates to the artist's Sense of Place, relating directly to the landscape of the area - directly outside a window of the old station, in one of Carole's, as Lois pointed out to us. There is also a gorgeous video of drone photography over farmland and the river, and a gobsmacking felted wedding dress...Oh, and we did find the ducks! But I didn't take pics with the phone.😏 #willaura #willauramodern #artwork #textiles #textilecollage #painting #photography #dayout #willaurabakery #senseofplace ##naturaldyes #serendipity (at Willaura, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK3QMsSrQy9/?igshid=151zwnbacx39y

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This project had been waiting for me to have some spare time. Now it's waiting for my new darning foot to arrive. Begun is half-done, though, so it's said. Based on a photo by @chalambargc , with technique learnt in a workshop with @margieandbert - I really wish I'd taken notes, but I think I've remembered enough.😏 #textilecollage #machineembroidery #landscape #canola #eucalypt #grampians #australiafelix #margieandbert #willauramodern (at Moyston, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-ix5sLhifz/?igshid=xj0bw30nj5wf

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We went to the opening of Howard Brandenburg's exhibition at Willaura Modern last night. It's incredible to see work like this - but in a tiny gallery in a tiny town, it's even more so! Howard grew up in New Mexico, and now lives with his family on a farm in Western Victoria. He uses unusual substrates and framing - this one on Jean canvas and with related newspaper stories pasted to the frame. A friend of a friend lost her house in those fires last year - and summer is coming... Actually, parts of Australia have been suffering bushfires all year. #art #artwork #laterallines #howardbrandenburg #willaura #willauramodern #climatechange #bushfire #wildfire (at Willaura, Victoria, Australia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B30UHrrB71g/?igshid=1af19gp8l0fuq