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Red Comb #1, 2007, 39 x 39 cm, woven by Rebecca Moulton at the Australian Tapestry Workshop
Collection: Tuppy Cole. Photo credit: Vicki Petherbridge |
In 2007 the Australian Tapestry Workshop in South Melbourne commissioned two tapestries based on my hair ornament paintings. (I had to double-check the date, because I simply cannot believe how many years have passed since then).
Red Comb #1, which was woven by ATW weaver Rebecca Moulton, is part of an upcoming exhibition, PASSION FOR TAPESTRY: Small Tapestries from a Private Collection. It has set me off on a short trip down Memory Lane. The following photos were taken at the Australian Tapestry Workshop, all those years ago.
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| Red Comb #1 on the loom |
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| Weaver Rebecca Moulton at work on Red Comb #1 |
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| L- R: Shane Jones, Sara Lindsay and Rebecca Moulton |
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L-R: weavers Chris Cochius, Robyn Mountcastle, Cresside Colette, Tim Gresham and Cheryl Thornton. Cheryl wove
the second tapestry based on my work, Red Comb #2. |
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Rebecca Moulton and myself at the opening of ATW show in which the newly-completed
tapestries were launched |
PASSION FOR TAPESTRY: Small Tapestries from a Private Collection |
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Artists: GW Bot, Belinda Fox, Graham Fransella, Helen Fuller, Deborah Klein, Pauline Nangala Sunfly, Nusra Latif Qureshi
Weavers: Sue Batten, Grazyna Bleja, Chris Cochius, Amy Cornall, Louise King, Sara Lindsay, Rebecca Moulton, Laura Mar, Cheryl Thornton |
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A Passion for Tapestry is an exhibition at the Australian Tapestry Workshop of small tapestries from the collection of Tuppy Cole, long-term friend and supporter of the ATW. Throughout her long association with ATW, Tuppy has collected many wonderful tapestries.
The exhibition features 18 small tapestries, woven since 2004, by weavers at the ATW. The collection includes tapestries that interpret designs by significant Australian artists, as well as tapestries based on the weaver’s own designs. Many of the works are experimental and demonstrate the open possibilities of the tapestry form.
Together, the exhibition presents a diverse snapshot of contemporary tapestry, and the imaginative styles of ATW weavers past and present.
PASSION FOR TAPESTRY
Australian Tapestry Workshop
262 - 266 Park Street,
South Melbourne VIC 3205
Gallery hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10am - 5pm |
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