Australia Wide Eight
The online gallery of the latest Australia Wide exhibition of art quilts from OzQuilt Network:
The history of fabric is interwoven with the story of humanity, from the sackcloth shirts that tore open the skin of pious medieval saints to cotton’s connections to colonisation and the Industrial Revolution. Rhiannon Davies spoke to Victoria Finlay to unravel these complex stories.
Victoria Finlay is the author of Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World (Profile Books, 2021
Inspired by the Middle East, created in Canberra and on display in Wagga: the art of Jenny Bowker
What he wanted to add to the exhibition was a large, hand-made quilt. A piece of art like no other and as it fitted like a glove with the exhibition’s theme, it was in. The feared conflict of interest? The quilt, Jerusalem, Old City Map, was made by his mother, acclaimed Canberra textile artist, teacher, blogger and world traveller Jenny Bowker AO …. Sally Hopman, Riotact, 27 May 2022Over time, we realise certain friendships are rare – and very, very precious
My oldest friend sent me a gift for my birthday. It looked like a rug, folded and rolled and tied with a muted green ribbon. When I undid the ribbon and rolled out the material, I saw that it was a handmade patchwork quilt … Melissa Coburn, Sydney Morning Herald, 29 May 2022
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