Tag: Textile Art
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Selling Artful Homes: Balancing Creativity and Real Estate
Artists imbue their spaces with their special creative character. But that is not always what a real estate agent sees as a selling point. Here’s what transpired when a textile artist invited a real estate agent to evaluate her home. The real estate agent’s pitch She opened her door to a smiling, smartly dressed real…
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My Marimekko t-shirt
When I bought this T-shirt in an upmarket Op Shop, on a trip to Melbourne a few years ago, it was already well-worn. I don’t know when my T-shirt hit the retail market for the first time, but I do know that Annnika Rimala created the original design, called Keidas, in 1967. Imagine how different…
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Judy Chicago: The Birth Project
Judy Chicago: The Birth Project I first heard of Judy Chicago at University when I did a course on feminism. The Dinner Party, her conceptual art piece was done in the 70’s. She was the first person to teach a college feminist art course and was definitely up there with the so-called second wave feminists…
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Textile art large and small at the F Project
One of the things I love about my sister Robyn Burn’s exhibition Gentle Madness is that it showcases the way she can work on small delicate pieces like her Japanese inspired doily prints, then move to massive quilted works. Full marks to F Project’s Helen Bunyon who incorporated this aspect of Robyn’s work into the…
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Gentle Madness at the F Project Warrnambool
Wonderful to see this very original and inspirational exhibition of textile art by my sister Robyn Burns.
ART by Jude Tulloch 