Four artists have come together to create the exhibition ‘Fabrication’ at Penola’s Gallery 54.
The collaborative exhibition showcases textile works by talented artists Kay Lawrence, Linda Walker, Jean McArthur and Jo Fife.
Ms Lawrence said each artist worked in textile processes but produced very different kinds of work.
“It is a pleasure when you exhibit work with your artist friends, people that you have worked with and shared ideas with, it is a special kind of occasion,” she said.
“We have drawn together through our love of textiles but also through friendship.”
Ms Lawrence said her work was stitched and she used plant-dyeing processes in the Flinders Ranges to dye silk and wool with the dyestuffs from particular plants.
“The cloth has been dyed with these plants and then I have embroidered the names of the plants in the Adnyamathanha language, which is the language of the First Nation’s people in that area,” she said.
“The words have this beautiful lyrical quality, like a song.”
Ms McArthur said although she was not technically a textile artist and dabbled in lots of different mediums, she had created sculptures for this exhibition.
“It was very different for me to do that type of work,” she said.
“I have made birds out of papier-mâché and wire which are covered in fabric and I have made two trees.
“I like birds, so it was sort of a natural progression.”
Ms Walker said she had three sets of work featured in the exhibition, one with quite a lot of writing on it, the second an ensemble of a table, cloth and ceramic pot and the third a set of two cloths with a stitched pattern.
“My work is quite small and it is composed of several layers of cloth, or fabric, using old Japanese fabrics and also chiffon silk and those layers are stitched together using either patterns or words,” she said.
Ms Walker said the exhibition had been going well and looked very nice in the gallery.
“The work all works together quite well and because we are all friends and we all work with fabric and stitching so it is very nice to be together,” she said.
“I think all the works are quite beautiful, really, and we hope that people will go and have a look and enjoy it.”
The exhibition will be on display until December 4.
