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Waverley Artist-in-Residence Program

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:27:43 +1100

Waverley Council offers six places in its 2011 Waverley Artist-in-Residence Program. This program provides rent-free studio space for six months in the Bondi-Waverley School of Arts in Bondi. Applications are now open to Australian artists working in visual arts and craft, design and new media.
Applications close: September 17, 2010

EWES Tea Cosy and Tea Pot Exhibition

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:24:55 +1100

EWES (Epping Weavers Embroiderers & Spinners) is holding a Tea Cosy and Tea Pot exhibition morning and/or afternoon Tea on Friday, October 15, 2010, 10-4pm in aid of Pink Ribbon Day, the Cancer Council's official fund raising day for breast cancer research. Tea Cosies are handmade by members. Wear pink if you wish.
Come to Epping Creative Centre, Dence Park, 26 Stanley St, Epping, NSW for morning or afternoon tea or stay all day (bring own lunch). Bring your spinning wheel and join in spinning or whatever you like.
Raffle and Lucky Door Prizes Entry $5
Entry fees and raffle proceeds go to Pink Ribbon Day.

RSVP and Enquiries: Yvonne Eade

Red Point: Wearable Art Showcase

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:21:50 +1100

The showcase will be a parade of garments interspersed with song, dance and circus acts.
To enter the competition you must design and make a garment that fits the criteria of art that can be worn on the body. The festival's theme for 2010 is Stories of land and sea, while the theme of the show is past, present and future.

Hyperbolic Crochet Reef

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:19:08 +1100

In Stitches (Michaela Davies, Claire Conroy & Charlotte Haywood) are looking for a permanent home for the Sydney Reef, a satellite of the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef created by Margaret and Christine Wertheim of the Institute for Figuring, Los Angeles.
In the meantime In Stitches have decided to keep the crochet moving in an evolutionary state transforming it into a Collective Mind which will be a sculpture of the human brain made from the contributed crochet pieces. This sculpture aims to celebrate everyone's efforts of working together. As the Collective Mind suggests, all contributors will be acknowledged. The Collective Mind will be exhibited as a part of the Sydney Fringe Festival 2010, at the Carriageworks, Eveleigh, September 10-26.

Sturt Artists in Residence

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 11:17:31 +1100

Applications are now being invited for Sturt residencies in 2011. Applications will be considered from established professionals and recent graduates in the areas of woodwork, ceramics, weaving/textiles and jewellery/metalwork. Sturt maintains one of the largest craft based residency programs in Australia with places for up to eight residents each year to live, work and teach in Sturt's unique environment.
Applications close: October 31, 2010

Instruction book on ring spinning by Francis L Lincoln

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:32:09 +1100

Project Gutenberg has a new book available for free download that may be of interest to Guild members: Instruction book on ring spinning by Francis L Lincoln.

First published in 1885. The object of this little book is to give help and instruction to those who are engaged in this department of mill work. It imparts that knowledge which only years of thorough study and observation can give. It has been carefully prepared by an experienced Spinner, who has given years of study to it, in order to benefit and help those who are interested in the Spinning department.

Instruction book on ring spinning by Francis L Lincoln — Project Gutenberg

June Guest Speaker: Joan Fisher and Pam Bayfield

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:05:05 +1100

Pam is a self published author who was approached by Joan to help Joan write her story. Two hundred and fifty people attended their book launch at Narrabeen. Two hundred copies of the book were sold.

Call for Guild Journal Submissions

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:03:22 +1100

If you have an interesting story or something to tell, why not have it printed in this year's Guild Journal?

Please submit a draft or idea submission to Carol Hoh by mid August. If selected for publication, your finished article will be due by early September.

Sydney Design 2010

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:01:37 +1100

The Sewing Room will run workshops at Sydney Design 2010. The design festival runs for 16 days from Saturday, July 31 to Sunday, August 15. The program, with more than 70 events, is produced by the Powerhouse Museum (PHM) in partnership with more than 50 cultural institutions, organisations and individuals across Sydney.

The theme will reveal the many captivating stories behind design ideas, objects and processes. It will invite participants to have meaningful conversations with others about design, and let you to connect with design on a more personal level.

The PHM will hold a major exhibition called Creating the look which draws on the highly successful partnership between photographer Bruno Benini and stylist Hazel Benini from 1950 to 2000. It explores the creative processes involved in styling, crafting and designing powerful, eye-catching, fashion photographs.

Tapestry Student Award

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:59:23 +1100

Ymmyarns, producer of hand dyed wool and silk yarns for tapestry and other textiles, is pleased to announce a yearly award for the top first year student from the SWTAFE, (Warrnambool, Vic) Diploma of Tapestry course. This award will be for the student who achieves the top marks over the prescribed set of first year subjects.

This year it will be presented in July and mmyarns will announce the winner and hope to feature a photo of the winner and a work on the ymmyarns blog in August.
Yvonne Eade, Marie Clews and Mary Wederall.

Email: ymmyarns@yahoo.com.au
Web: ymmyarns.blogspot.com

Japan Quilting Expo

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:57:19 +1100

The annual Japan Quilting Expo will be held in Yokohama, Tokyo in November 2010. This Expo attracts quilters from all over the world including Australia. It is a 3-day event that shows the latest trends and styles in Japanese quilting with workshops and social events at the Expo.

Travel Associates are organising a tour to the Expo. After spending three days at the Expo, participants will travel to Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan and, as well as general sightseeing, will have a guided tour of local fabric shops and attend a half day quilting workshop with a well known Kyoto quilter.

Three days of sightseeing in Tokyo follow including a visit to Nippori Fabric City. Accommodation is 3-4 star and travel on the Shinkansen between Tokyo and Kyoto is a highlight. The 10 day/9 night tour, fully escorted from Australia by Japan Holidays staff costs from $5,249.

Grampian's Texture

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:10:22 +1100

Join other textile/art enthusiasts for the annual Grampians Texture: part festival - part forum. Fifteen fantastic tutors are offering a range of 2 and 4 day workshops in felting, soft sculpture, jewellery, printing, stitching by hand and machine, knitting, book making, fabric and fibre.

Halls Gap has a large range of accommodation to choose from. Book the style and level of accommodation you desire. You have the option to cater for yourself or join other students and tutors for evening meals and activities.

Activities include an exhibition, special dinners, student and tutor twilight market. Traders selling specialist textile and art supplies will be at Halls Gap Centennial Hall, open to attendees and the general public from 9.00am - 5.00pm daily.

Where: Halls Gap, western Victoria
When: 26 February - 3 March 2011
Info: 1800 065 599, www.grampianstexture.com.au

24th Wool and Natural Fibre Muster Rugged Up

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:05:42 +1100

The Bathurst Hand Weavers and Spinners Guild were extremely happy with the response to their Natural Fibre Muster held on 8 May this year.

In the true spirit of the Muster, the day was filled with demonstrations, displays and workshops covering a myriad of fibre crafts, and the supply of natural and prepared fibres and fabrics.

Traders were invited to provide a wide array of products and the free demonstrations included beginner spinning, drop spindle spinning, needle felting, fabric appliqué, weaving, wool embroidery, various quilting techniques, tricot crochet and multidirectional knitting. Workshops, for the cost of materials only, were ongoing and included wet felting, silk painting, making silk paper and knitted scrumbling.

Tracy Callinan, Executive Officer of Arts Out West very kindly officially opened the Muster and the day flowed on with the president of the Bathurst Guild officiating.

Congratulations to all in the Bathurst Guild who supported Margaret, both in the preparation of the event and on the day, and to all the husbands and men friends who helped as well.

Fibre Identification and Burn Tests

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:03:00 +1100

If the yarn is solely of one category (cellulosic, synthetic or protein), then a burn test, if correctly done, can easily reveal which category it is in. This means that silk, polyester and rayon, though all can be lustrous and can have long fibres, burn in a completely different manner.

Somewhere in My World

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:01:29 +1100

The 2010 International Freeform Fiberarts Guild show, Somewhere in My World, includes 61 freeform fibre artists from all around the globe including Guild librarian Brigitte Sieber.

The artists were given the choice of creating one freeform piece interpreting the theme any way they chose using any materials and any techniques. They were not restricted to scrumbles and many of the pieces are wearable art and sculptural as well. None of the artists saw each other's pieces until the online show was published.