Facilitated by Katherine Morrison and Philippa Doyle
Saturday 12 April
12 - 3pm
Studio 30
$35
Textiles have been used in protests for centuries and today we feel there’s plenty to protest about! Come and learn a technique for hand stitching onto wool or linen to express your protest thoughts. Katherine and Philippa will show you how to embroider with embroidery threads to get your ideas across. Techniques for marking designs, sewing and washing will be taught. You will come away with a new technique, new ideas and hopefully inspiration!
All materials will be provided but feel free to bring pieces that you are working on. Places are limited so bookings are essential. To book please e-mail: artscentre@wcc.govt.nz
Artists Biographies
Katherine Morrison
Katherine Morrison is a 68 year old self taught textile artist and has been creating art for the last 40 years. Her practice consists of repurposing old woollen blankets and other textiles into quilts, clothes and sculptures, adding embroidery to turn them into cohesive installations.
Transforming old cloth (with its atavistic qualities) into new narratives is her passion. Her concepts vary but are mostly of a human essence. Katherine’s body of work for “Connections” is inspired by “ Te Waka Hourua”.
She has exhibited widely in Aotearoa and overseas in group and solo shows. Katherine has also been a finalist in The Norsewear Art Awards and Wellington Art review several times.
Philippa Doyle
Philippa Doyle lives in Te Ahumairangi, Whanganui-a Tara with her family. She is a textile artist, an adoptee, an active volunteer for Good Bitches Bake and a recovering public servant.
Philippa uses textiles as a tangible way of making unseen and fleeting moments visible and enduring, and stamping her views on the world. She focuses on ways of marking both the small and the big events of life – all significant in their own way. She has been working on her craft/art for over 50 years, working predominately in quilts and stitched works.
Creating Connections
Saturday 29 March – 25 April
When we work together, we call ourselves Les Grandes Dames – a whimsical expression of the many years of art practice we collectively share.
We are eight artists with varied creative practices who came together because of our shared interest in textiles. We all wanted to develop as artists, and honest but encouraging critique from other group members has allowed us all to progress our work in varied ways.
Featured Artists:
Anna Hicks, Anna Prussing, Catherine Croucher, Gael O‘Donnell, Jill Bowman, Katherine Morrison, Marilyn Daly and Philippa Doyle.
