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current  | scarf | 8th September 2010 to 3rd October 2010
SCARF
An exhibition of contemporary shaped resist dyed scarves and shawls
| | click for more | previous  | barometer | 13th November 2008 to 1st January 2009
BAROMETER is now open | | click for more |  | image object | 17th January 2009 to 8th February 2009
The objects in this exhibition have evolved from a collection of photographic images, predominantly textures, which have been taken at the point at which ‘the eye falls’. | | click for more |  | lamba and lambamena | 19th March 2009 to 29th March 2009
Shawls and Shrouds of Madagascar
Collected by Lenore Blackwood on a recent journey to the Malagasy Republic | | click for more |  | naturally | 6th April 2009 to 26th April 2009
This group of work reflects my current exploration of Jacquard design and industrial weaving. All fabrics in this collection use only natural colorants: either dyes or pigments. Issues of safety for the global and my own personal environment have led me to seriously explore the natural colorants. | | click for more |  | cheap chips | 17th May 2009 to 28th June 2009
Cheap chips and the forests of the Styx and Upper Florentine Valleys in Tasmania
May 17 - June 28, 2009
Catherine Rogers
These photographs of two of Tasmania's unique, pristine, ancient, remnant rainforests date from 2003. | | click for more |  | linen hangings by barbara rogers | 1st July 2009 to 19th July 2009
I use a traditional resist-dyeing process of pattern making, known in Japan as shibori. This traditional shibori is combined with contemporary design and influences such as the colours and patterns of African textiles.
“Linen Hangings” 3 x 230cms x 66cms | | click for more |  | australia naturally | 19th August 2009 to 28th August 2009
Open Wednesday – Sunday
19th August – 28th August 2009
10am – 4pm
Opening Saturday 22 August at 2pm by international shibori artist Barbara Schey
A glorious exhibition of small shibori works created exclusively by World Shibori Network Australia members, as a showcasing of their use of natural and synthetic dyes. These works have recently been on exhibition in Paris as part of the 7th International Shibori Symposium at the Musee Quai Branly. Curated by Joan James | | click for more |  | circles | 3rd September 2009 to 11th October 2009
The circle motif and its potential for creating pattern is explored through a variety of textile techniques by two of Australia’s leading textile artists. | | click for more |  | wanderer in the wilderness | 5th November 2009 to 28th November 2009
Dianne Finnegan’s quilts are autobiographical. She attended Wilderness School and lived in Canada for a couple of years and these facts influenced her choice of a title for her current exhibition, Wanderer in the Wilderness, which is the Canadian name for a quilt design more commonly known as Drunkard’s Path. | | click for more |  | no limits | 3rd December 2009 to 17th January 2010
NO LIMITS: Shibori in Fashion
SHIBORI, the ancient shaped, resist dye technique, continues to inspire in the 21st century, fusing yesterday’s techniques with today’s limitless opportunities to produce original designs.
| | click for more |  | transgenesis | 21st January 2010 to 28th February 2010
‘transgenesis’ is a solo exhibition of digitally printed textiles and crafted objects by Julie Ryder
open by appointment | | click for more |  | scenes from still life - the culture of the table | 4th March 2010 to 11th April 2010
The photographic images in this exhibition were inspired by sixteenth
and seventeenth-century Dutch (and Spanish) still life paintings.
Seemingly ordinary paintings of fruit, vegetables and 'breakfast' meals
depicted in, often, quite extraordinary and surreal settings.
These photographs involve no camera or film, but were made using real
fruit and vegetables as well as cutlery, crockery and kitchen implements. | | click for more |  | stepping back in the studio | 15th April 2010 to 9th May 2010
Sharon Peoples is a machine embroiderer with over 20 year experience. She is well known for her explorations on the theme of red shoes. Her first travelling solo exhibition was 100 Red Shoes, beginning at Object Galleries in Sydney and travelled throughout regional NSW. Peoples has exhibited nationally and internationally with work in public and private collections throughout Australia. | | click for more |  | shibori: yesterday & today | 12th May 2010 to 6th June 2010
Shibori, the ancient shaped, resist dye technique, continues to inspire in the 21st century, fusing yesterday's techniques with today's limitless opportunities to produce original designs.
| | click for more |  | earth | 10th June 2010 to 30th June 2010
Colour photographs taken from a moving car explore the relationship between simultaneous stillness and movement. Photographed in the mountains that form the spine of Sicily, Italy, a region rich in human and mythic history, the images capture both a sense of movement and gentle meditation on the landscape. | | click for more |  | autonomy clinic | 3rd July 2010 to 23rd July 2010
What remains after dissecting oneself? Teenage artist Aedan Madden has created a room of white sculptures, made from various media such as fabric, plaster, wire and wax, to form his autonomy clinic. | | click for more |  | changing spaces | 28th July 2010 to 5th September 2010
To celebrate Sydney Design and Fashion Festival, Barometer presents
'Changing Spaces', featuring textiles by Marli Popple, Barbara Rogers and
Julie Ryder. | | click for more | |
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