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Ain't the Archies - Margaret

  The Archibald Prize, a prestigious Australian portraiture art award is celebrating its 100th year. Every year, artists portray celebrities, local "heroes" , famous and infamous personalities in what has become a living social history. The Archibald Prize   is administered by the trustees of the Art Gallery of New South Wales and awarded  for "the best portrait, preferentially of some man or woman distinguished in Art, Letters, Science or Politics, painted by an artist resident in Australia during the twelve months preceding the date fixed by the trustees.  In Newcastle, at Timeless Textiles Gallery,  a current exhibition "Ain't the Archies" is a portraiture show with a difference. All the portraits are textile art works, all the artists are textile artists, and all the subjects are textile artists. Twenty chosen  artists from Australia, Germany, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Italy and United States are represented in this show. I am feeling very honou...

Mantle of Mystery - Art Doll

  "She wears the night like a mantle  of  mystery ... In sweet solitude of mind, she listens to wind secrets  and echoes of distant star songs " John Michael Green  Materials : hand dyed fabric, silk chiffon, muslin, tulle,  stretch fabric, coloured pencils, air dry clay sticks /twigs, novelty yarn and wool, embroidery thread and fibre filling,  Techniques :  pattern design, cloth doll making, dyeing, wrapping and embroidery