Metamorphosis is an exhibition , a group exhibition where artists present work which reflect the developments and changes in art practice over the last 15 years - currently showing at Timeless Textiles Gallery, 90 Hunter Street, Newcastle East, NSW Australia until 28 November. 2026 Workshop Walls, a stitched triptych, represents the metamorphosis my work has undergone over the lifetime of Timeless Textiles Gallery . This work celebrates the thousands of hours learning, sharing and experiencing many aspects of textile and fibre art in the gallery workspace – wonder filled hours of meeting, working with and being inspired by artists from all over the world, creative groups, art interns and friends. I returned to a quotation I’ve used as a basis for much of my past work - ”What surrounds us is what is within us” (D.H. Hodge). I have interpreted the heritage wall surfaces of the workshop space in stitch. The changes in my work have come from the gradual development...
Wilma Simmons: Magpie Grid, 2026 Straight lines - no not my style! However, here I am stitching grids to create net like structures. In a recent Stitch Club workshop by Eszter Bornemisza, the brief was to create small, transparent textile samples consisting of airy, net-like structures made from a variety of leftover and recycled materials. Using machine straight stitch, small scraps of material including transparent fabrics, lace, cotton and paper were secured onto water-soluble stabiliser or a layer of paper napkin tissue, or mulberry paper. In the sample pictured above, I used cotton fabric scraps and some roughly cut out motifs secured to a paper napkin with stitching. I washed away the paper napkin , leaving a net like composition, inspired by magpies strutting about in the garden. Eszter Bornemisza's s innovative technique has been developed over many years, and her gird designed map like installations are world renowned. Esz...