Threads of Melbourne

Solo Exhibition at Tacit Contemporary Art

8th-26th November 2017

“As long as I can remember and wherever I have meandered I have engaged in sketching purely for enjoyment.
Recently I have been working with my sketches of my favourite Melbourne spaces and the city’s iconic buildings to produce mixed media, stitched and collaged artworks. These vibrant scenes of Melbourne city life aim to convey the atmosphere of the moment and character of the city.
The Melbourne works presented here are developed directly from my onsite sketches. I use freehand machine embroidery on paper to reproduce my spontaneously drawn line, then collage with fabric and recycled papers. Finally I work into the piece with a variety of my favourite mixed media drawing materials including (but not limited to!) pencil, water-soluble aquarelle crayons, chinagraph, water-soluble graphite, charcoal, ink and gouache.
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