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My interest in fashion and textiles is the inspiration to create my own unique fabrics. For fifteen years I have experimented with a variety of dyes and techniques on silk fabric to style into garments and accessories.
A length of fabric is printed with several screens, randomly placed, with consideration given to the finished garment. By changing the print placement my aim is to create Australian images and capture the spirit and rhythm of natural design. Over-dyeing and discharging the dye using shibori methods of resist adds a further dimension to the finished result and creates variations of colour. My devore scarves and shawls are a process of printing on white velvet, removing the pile and dyeing the fabric. In some cases the velvet is permanently textured with pleating.
My recent work includes discharging and overdying, using stitch and block resists, shibori on silk georgette and devore on velvet. I am a Craftmark accredited practitioner.
Carolyn Cabena Images
It was the colours and the 'stained-glass' effect of painted silk which first appealed to me. The techniques involved are a combination of traditional batik (wax resist) and water colour painting. For me, it is the perfect medium to combine my drawing and painting skills with the lustre and versatility of silk. I use fibre reactive silk dyes, which are fixed by steaming to enhance the colours and make each item washable.
My style is quite figurative, with realistic drawing and a lot of painterly effects. All my work has an Australiana theme, which enables me to explore the vibrant colours of underwater scenes and wildflowers, as well as the more subtle tones in our landscapes and wildlife.
Diploma in Art (Education), Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education 1972-75.
Jane Hinde Images
Painting on silk has been a passion for me since attending a one day workshop in 1986. After 6 years of enjoying the control and perfection of china painting, I found painting on silk unleashed a freedom to express feelings, a freedom to experiment with colour and a freedom to abandon all the rules associated with other mediums.
Most of my pieces are designed as a whole picture, but when draped or worn they assume magical fragments of colour and design. This encourages me to pursue my endless fascination with my subject material: wildlife, wildflowers, or simply splashes of colour.
I have completed a TAFE oil painting course and attended adult education courses in life drawing, watercolour, pastels and acrylic painting, calligraphy, patchwork, china painting and silk painting.
Jan Day Images
Winner of fifty six awards, I have been painting for thirty years in oils, pastel, watercolour and mixed media. I was introduced to silk painting whilst doing a silk workshop, and now work exclusively with silk.
I aspire to explore silk painting to its limits. I travelled to China in April 2000 to learn more about Chinese silk painting techniques and returned very satisfied with the level of expertise and innovation we have in Australia.
Meadowbank TAFE, watercolour. Ku-Ring-Gai Arts Centre, fabric techniques.'Frill Seekers', silk painting group. Private tuition with many tutors over a period of thirty years studying oils, pastels, watercolour, mixed media and silk painting.
Bev Daly Images
I am a textile designer, artist and tutor.
My work is in many private collections in Japan, America and Europe. I have taught at Sturt Summer School, and worked as artist in residence in Alice Springs and Tasmania. I have been published in Craft Arts and German craft magazines
Helga Muschinski Images
I am based in Newcastle, and have been exhibiting my work since 1984. I have a degree and Post Graduate Diploma in Art.
A strong interest in printmaking while completing my degree in Visual Arts evolved into a passion for surface design. Working for many years designing and printing metreage, clothing and quilt covers, I now burn my designs into silk velvet and satin using the devore technique.
My prints and patterns are inspired from decorative periods of history, etched into the fabric, then hand dyed. This work is unique and timeless, a special edition to any wardrobe.
Sandra Shaw Images
