Curator: Liz Williamson
Weaving matter: materials and context exhibition examines how contemporary weavers are making their ideas visible by exploring diverse concepts through experimentation, with materials and weave structures, creating innovative and contemporary stories in their cloth.
At the loom and showcased in this exhibition, contemporary weavers experiment with diverse materials – new fibres, synthetic fibres or organic materials; excess, found, recycled or repurposed materials; unusual materials not normally woven; some combine weaving with processes such as photography, print or natural dyes; some undertake material experiments informed by historic techniques, other with recently discovered processes.
Some exhibits are experiments, other finished works.
All weavers are creating intriguing, individual, innovative, and unique woven works that comment on current political, social or environmental issues by the use of materials that take on ‘the burden’ of the concept.
Exhibitors
• Christine Appleby, ACT
• Sally Blake, ACT
• Mary Burgess, Victoria
• Hannah Cooper, NSW
• Blake Griffiths, SA
• Amanda Ho, Victoria
• Lise Hobcroft, NSW
• Kelly Leonard, NSW
• Jennifer Robertson, ACT
• Nien Schwarz, WA
• Jacqueline Stojanovic, Victoria
• Jane Theau, NSW
• Ilka White, Victoria
• Monique van Nieuwland, ACT