MARGARET-ANNE
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On Saturday 17 March 2018 I was a stall holder at the Makers' Market at TarraWarra Museum of Art at their Open Weekend in the beautiful Yarra Valley just outside
Melbourne, Victoria.
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In June 2018 I went on a women's trip to Mapuru in North East Arnhem Land partaking in a basket weaving workshop run by the local Yolnu women at Mapru. This was a wonderful experience which I loved partaking in.
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I entered a watercolour painting in the Maroondah Mayoral Prize Exhibition, Animalia, from 3-22 December 2018
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In 2020 I undertook a 3 month Artist Residency at the Barrier Landing, Lakes Entrance Victoria, during Covid Lockdown. The project is called The Land Speaks.
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On 15 May 2021 my husband and I embarked on a long road trip driving up the centre of Australia across to the West Coast of Western Australia down to the southern coast and across the continent to Adelaide and back to Melbourne on 15 October 2021. We had a wonderful time.
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Shibori, a word used to describe Japanese dye resist techniques to apply patterns on cloth, evolved over 400 years in Japanese textiles. Artisans passed their skills down the generations. Many countries use indigo and other natural dyes, for example Nigeria, Yemen, India and Indonesia among others.
Shibori can be extremely specific in detail, or it may have an accidental (wabi sabi) quality. The contrast between control and freeform is marked and has potential for much experimentation and diversity. Each piece is individual and unique. I see this as a medium for developing self expression and conceptual ideas, which will inform future art work.
I prefer to use ancient natural dyes like indigo, madder, fustic, brazilwood, cochineal and others, and use these dyes sustainably. The scope of colour is limitless depending on the type of cloth, mordants and dyeing techniques used. These natural colours blend beautifully with each other, as in Nature, creating an harmonious look.
I also use indigenous plants to dye with and make inks, and watercolour paints.
I create shibori silk scarves and my label is Margaret-Anne.
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