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- Artist profile - Carolyn Sullivan
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- 13 Aug 2009
- An inspiring woman who pursued her love of quilting and embroidery via further education, whilst raising her family, Carolyn Sullivan is now at a point in her life where she can focus on her work, happily ensconced in her much longed for studio in the Southern Highlands of NSW. We ...
- Craft on the small screen
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- 12 Aug 2009
- Online and video education is on the rise. One can study everything from languages and guitar techniques to Thai cooking or accountancy. Crafts are no different. Join a class on the internet, or buy a DVD and study at your leisure, either way techno-savvy creative types are soaking up lessons ...
- A good friend is like...
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- 07 Aug 2009
- “A good friend is like a warm quilt wrapped around the heart.” - Anon. Whenever you talk to a quilter, novice or professional alike, the word ‘friendship’ comes up early in the conversation. Like many other creative hobbies, quilting provides people with much more than stitching skills or an overflowing ...
- India Flint
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- 07 Aug 2009
- Regular ‘get creative’ readers may remember a book called ‘Eco Colour’ that we reviewed in the July 08 issue. This month we have the great pleasure of interviewing the author, India Flint, internationally renowned dyer, costumier and artist. We met her at the Geelong Forum run by TAFTA - The ...
- Artist profile - Maggie Grey
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- 06 Aug 2009
- Sometimes in life it takes a huge and tumultuous change to put us on a new and happier path. When the husband of textile artist, Maggie Grey, was retrenched from his insurance industry job the couple were initially in shock. “We thought it was the worse thing in the world,” ...
- A brief history of... Crazy quilting
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- 06 Aug 2009
- Crazy quilting does not actually refer to a specific kind of quilting; instead it refers to a kind of patchwork. Originating in the late 1800s during the Victorian era, the word crazy was used to mean not only wild but also broken or crazed into splinters; a good description of ...
- Artist profile - Hilary Peterson
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- 15 Jul 2009
- Late last year at TAFTA (the Australian Forum for Textile Arts) in Geelong, Victoria, Gale from the ‘get creative’ team met Hilary Peterson and was blown away by the work produced in her class, ‘Mixed media and the artist book’. This month we’re privileged to have Hilary share her story ...
- Sue Dennis
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- 14 Jul 2009
- Not many people can say their quilting career kicked off in a mining region where the dramatic, sometimes harsh, natural environment inspired their work. Sue Dennis can. It was when her husband’s work took her to Mt. Isa, in North-West Queensland, that the stitching bug bit. Since then she has ...
- Nic Bridges note on project
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- 14 Jul 2009
- This note is in regards to a project supplied by Nic Bridges, which you can find on this site by searching for 'fabric postcards'. Fabric Postcards have in recent years become popular in art quilting circles as a wonderful way to collect miniature artworks made by quilting friends. They have ...
- Artist profile - Sue Pearl
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- 14 Jul 2009
- Sue Pearl, vibrant felt maker, artist and author of the new book, ‘Making Felted Friends’, was recently in Australia where she took time out to speak to ‘get creative’ about 500-year-old farmhouses, making Nuno, teaching and felting on the international stage. Sue’s website describes her as “a felt maker making ...
- Artist profile - Nic Bridges
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- 14 Jul 2009
- Nic Bridges is a professional longarm quilter, artist, designer and teacher whom we met at Be Creative By the Sea at Coffs Harbour. She makes fantastic textile postcards, journal covers, quilts and much more and, this month, Nic shares her talents, and her story, with us. Nic has been making ...
- Freeforming into the future
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- 13 Jul 2009
- Creating textured surfaces with Jenny Dowde. ‘Surface Works’ by Australian artist, Jenny Dowde, is about adding surface decoration to plain knitted or crocheted backgrounds. Through more than 30 projects Jenny, using traditional and freeform approaches, provides numerous suggestions for creating textured surfaces in knitting and crochet, using fancy yarns, handmade ...
- Nina Bagley
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- 12 Jul 2009
- Some of the ‘get creative’ team had the pleasure of studying under the USA’s Nina Bagley when she came to Australia for Art Journey Retreat. Inspired by her spirit and ideas we’ve tackled a project based on her approach and pinned the busy artist down to answer a few questions. ...
- Artist Profile - Helen Godden
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- 08 Jul 2009
- She only began quilting in 2002 and already Canberra’s Helen Godden has become a rising star of the international quilting world. While those who have toiled over needle, pin, machine and fat quarter for years might groan when they think of the success of this ‘newcomer’ - she had an ...
- Christmas: made by hand
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- 08 Jul 2009
- It’s a hard heart that can’t be just a little warmed by the trappings of Christmas. You don’t have to be a confident handcrafter to play a hand in creating your own festive atmosphere, you just have to have a go. Or you can employ the skills of women like ...
- Artist profile - Christine & Julie Ashford
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- 28 Jun 2009
- English jewellery makers, Christine and Julie Ashford, whose book, ‘Spellbinding Bead Jewellery’, was released in the UK, Australian and NZ at the end of 2008. The sisters established their company, Spellbound Beads, in 1984, where they gather beads from all over the world. The shop is supported by a ...
- Designing our world
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- 24 Jun 2009
- In recent years it has become clear that the worlds of paper and scrapbooking, fabric and even wallpaper design are morphing together and greatly influencing our lives and the lives of the artists who create them. This month we meet some of the creative women whose job it is to ...
- Artist profile - Lorraine Carthew
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- 22 Jun 2009
- At 'get creative' we met quilt artist, Lorraine Carthew, and decided we had to know more about her. Lorraine is a former fashion designer and, now, an award winning quilter, author and teacher. Many of her quilts have been exhibited in international shows including the American Quilter’s Society’s one in ...
- Inside the studios of creative women
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- 19 Jun 2009
- In the late 1920s the famous English author, Virginia Woolf, delivered some essays that came to be published under the title, ‘A Room of One’s Own’. In the years since, these writings have become famous for one of the key messages they presented; that “a woman must have money and ...
- Catherine Howell
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- 19 Jun 2009
- In May this year UK-born embroiderer, Catherine Howell, made her debut appearance as a guest artist at the 2008 Craft & Quilt Fairs. She will be front and centre again at the Canberra Fair in August, in New Zealand in September, Brisbane in October and Adelaide in November. She’ll fit ...
- Bustles, bows & fundraising
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- 18 Jun 2009
- How an embroidery store is helping children at risk. The Mirabel Foundation was established in 1998 to assist children whose parents have drug addictions and who, therefore, find themselves orphaned or abandoned and living with extended family. Every second year the Victorian embroidery Mecca, Bustle and Bows (in Surrey Hills), ...
- Artist profile - Jhoanna Monte Aranez
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- 18 Jun 2009
- Jhoanna Monte Aranez is part of a new breed of crafters producing wonderful soft toys that are as appealing to adults as they are to children. An artist and inventor as a child, Jhoanna has always loved to make things with her hands but it took the birth of her ...
- Artist profile - Katherine Rees
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- 18 Jun 2009
- Twenty-six-year-old Katherine Rees is the perfect example of the talented indie crafters now coming out of Australia. Her website has been up and running for more than six months and, under the business name of Macho Bantam Cards, she sells her gorgeously artistic work. Every card is drawn, painted, pressed, ...
- Indie craft report
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- 18 Jun 2009
- Changes are afoot in the craft scene and major players in the industry are finally sensing the shift. Carrying the moniker, ‘indie craft’, this new trend sees 18 to 35-year-old crafters taking to needle, thread, the computer, the recycle bin, you name it, and coming up with beautiful, cheeky and ...
- Just can’t get enough!
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- 17 Jun 2009
- The addictive world of beading The last five to seven years have seen a rise in popularity in beading that rivals many other craft forms. Today, most major shopping centres house at least one specialist bead store, most craft markets overflow with handmade creations and the amount of related books, ...
- 3D textile art - Art you can grab hold of
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- 15 Jun 2009
- International magazine contents, new books on the market, work on display at local galleries or on sale at various shows and stores all indicate that three dimensional textile work is growing in popularity. Textile art, as a segment itself, is a constantly moving feast but many of its players struggle ...
- Memory Art - Where life is your muse
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- 14 Jun 2009
- Memory art is a term that has been used in recent terms to describe a new wave of creative work being produced by people whose original scrapbooking forays have evolved, now, into works of creative wonder. Three leading women in the field - Carol Wingert, Helen Bradley and Nic Howard ...
- Artist Profile - Claire Aristides
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- 10 Jun 2009
- Claire Aristides describes her new jewellery making book, ‘Bejewelled’, as the first of its kind because it takes a high fashion, magazine editorial style approach to the handcraft. “I think it’s fair to say it’s the first of its kind,” says Claire. “Everyone’s very excited.” Whether she’s on Channel 7’s ...
- Art emotion & letters
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- 10 Jun 2009
- Calligraphy - what is it? Calligraphy comes from the Greek words ‘kallos’ and ‘graphos’ and means ‘beautiful writing’. It is a traditional art - gestural drawing or painting that illustrates and illuminates the written word in a sumptuous, spontaneous and sometimes elaborately unintelligible way. In the western world ...
- Artist profile - Ann Baldwin
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- 05 Jun 2009
- In 2000, after 25 years teaching English in high schools in England and middle school in California, Ann Baldwin decided to take the plunge and try forging a career as an artist. “I had been painting passionately since 1991 and was already exhibiting widely and selling my work, so it ...
- Artist Profile - Lisa Daehlin
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- 03 Jun 2009
- There’s something about the Big Apple - that old town New York - that breeds uber-talented knitters and artists of all types. Could there be something in the water? Certainly there seems to be inspiration in the air. Our latest Manhattan discovery is opera singer and knitting designer, Lisa Daehlin, ...
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- Heritage mini book 11 Jun 2009
- Little lamb lovey 18 Jun 2009
- Nereid necklace 28 Jun 2009
- Continuous curves quilt 28 Jun 2009
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