Until recently my creative talents were with fabric and thread. About two years ago I had just celebrated a significant birthday – I put it out there now is the time to learn and absorb a new art form. The variety of textile hobbies is enormous but I grew up with them, I needed “something else”. We had been to Japan a year previously and I came into contact with Prue of Dying to Weave back in Australia, living in the little town of Clunes.

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It was like magic, the fresh information about ancient Japanese weaving. Then a short time late I was at an immersive weaving retreat in Hepburn Springs at the very Japanese Shizuka Ryokan.

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Totally absorbed with the Saori method of weaving. My happy place. I thrived on the textures running through my fingers and the “clack clack” flow of the shuttle through the warp. But Saori is freestyle it allows my creativity to flow, no pieces can be the same. The pallet changes with the found materials. The work evolves organically. I have a concept in my head, have a play with my yarn, twine and threads. I can wander from fine silk, rough cotton and chunky wool but within a visualised pallet.

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Each piece is woven individually to what inspires me and is a unique artwork. I reflect on what inspires me today – it’s the world around me, the colours and textures of nature, along with how they intertwine and flow. I enjoy putting on my woven jacket in the morning, feeling the textures. Then having a moment of quiet before tackling the daily challenges that life presents.

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Happy to do commissioned works. I recently finished a work of a soft textured thread “bunny rug”. A generational gift from one family member to another for a new baby.   

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