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06 February - 06 March 2002
Project Space, Object galleries, Customs House,
Sydney, Australia.
The first exhibition of bidi items. Object, Australian
Centre for Craft and Design, promotes and showcases
the best of Australian and International craft
and design. The Object galleries are Australia's
largest venue dedicated to exhibitions of craft
and design.
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Sarah iddi
bidi bag and cushion bring a pair of
70's stretch cords and 80's wide leg
jeans together, with a fabric sample
from one of my Nana's 80's sample books
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| Alan |
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Alan iddi
bidi bag and cushion are made from outdated
fabric samples from a 1980's sample
book of my Nana's, a pair of groovy
brown slacks and silk shirt from an
op shop buy and a friend's old work
shirt. |
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| Elizabeth |
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Elizabeth
iddi bidi bag and cushion have more
fabrics from another op shop buy - men's
business trousers, a pleated woollen
skirt and 70's cord pants. |
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| Edwin |
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Edwin, Jane
and Stanley show-off a 'way out' 1960's
fine corded cotton fabric purchased
at the Surry Hills markets in Sydney
in the 80's, a fabulous Du Monde knitted
cardigan found in an op shop and more
discarded family fabric remnants. |
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| Rachel |
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Rachel and
William combine a beautiful floral fabric
remnant (a gift from a friend), an old
cord men's jacket of mine, and more
unwanted 'bits'. |
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| Frederick
and Samuel |
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Frederick
and Samuel are made from an old '70's
jumper my Dad used to wear to work,
a vest I bought in Germany and a pair
of my Pop's 1960's swimming trunks,
combined with a couple of fabric remnants
and an old flannelette sheet found hidden
in the cupboard. |
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21 August - 01 September 2002 -
Junk Love, Reverse Garbage Co-Operative, Marrickville,
Sydney, Australia.
October/November 2002
Junk Love, Casula Power House, Liverpool, Sydney,
Australia.
Junk Love offers positive and playful solutions
to questions of resource re-use and sustainability
and provides a space for the creation of powerful
visions from emerging and established professional
and community artists and designers. Junk Love
is a competitive exhibition run by Reverse Garbage
and sponsored by various businesses for the promotion
of inspirational use of 'garbage'.
15 April - 17 May 2003
Patterns of the Land, Spirit Level, Surry Hills,
Sydney, Australia.
The first exhibition at Spirit Level, a joint
exhibition with Keith Neighbour (Sculpture) and
Kate Hargraves (Pottery). The first showing of
Kylie Rose McLean's Textile Art Pieces. Spirit
Level operates as a landscape design practice
with a gallery showing landscape inspired pieces
across all mediums.
Memories Marked Forever
Childhood memories full of innocence and freedom
Echo graphic symbols from holidays in sheep country.
Vast expanses of land,
Broken by rocks and boulders,
Divided by barbed wire fenced paddocks,
Scattered with corrugated iron
And dotted with sheep and their tracks.
| Memories
Marked Forever: Detail 1 |
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This panel
from the Textile Art Piece Memories
Marked Forever represents an aerial
view of rocks and boulders in the landscape. |
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Marked Forever: Detail 2 |
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This detail
from the Textile Art Piece Memories
Marked Forever highlights the intersection
of many panels, showing corrugated iron,
barbed wire and sheep in fenced paddocks. |
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Marked Forever: Detail 4 |
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Detail of
one panel from the Textile Art Piece
Memories Marked Forever. This panel
shows corrugated iron, rocks and boulders
and sheep in fenced paddocks. |
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08 - 11 May 2003
DESIGNEX, Melbourne, Australia bidi will be in
The Hot House sponsored by The Lifestyle Channel,
at STAND HH02.
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