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Kathryn recently visited
                                                                                                                                                                                        Australia and travelled
                                                                                                                                                                                        extensively to teach her Art
                                                                                                                                                                                        Textiles…we were lucky enough to
                                                                                                                                                                                        meet Kathryn and have her teach in
                                                                                                                                                                                        Urunga NSW and take time out to have
                                                                                                                                                                                        a chat with us about her work and
                                                                                                                                                                                        visit to Australia….


                                                                                                                                                                                        What was your earliest influences in
                                                                                                                                                                                        your Art Journey?
                                                                                                                                                                                        I have always been able to draw
                                                                                                                                                                                        (starting so young that I cannot
                                                                                                                                                                                        remember the beginnings of this
                                                                                                                                                                                        skill). To this day, whether I am
                                                                                                                                                                                        painting, sculpting or sewing, I am
                                                                                                                                                                                        always drawing. I still rely on my
                                                                                                                                                                                        sketches as a source for my artwork.

                                                                                                                                                                                        Where do you live and work?
                                                                                                                                                                                        I live in South Africa just outside
                                                                                                                                                                                        a town called East London, in a
                                                                                                                                                                                        seaside village called Kwelera Mouth
                                                                                                                                                                                        – I can watch the whales blowing
                                                                                                                                                                                        from my studio windows.


                                                                                                                                                                                        Family story if you want to share!
                                                                                                                                                                                        I studied for a BAFA but ran away
                                                                                                                                                                                        with a handsome musician before
                                                                                                                                                                                        completing my degree. I lived in a
                                                                                                                                                                                        caravan for a couple of years, had 2
                                                                                                                                                                                        beautiful babies and lived the life
                                                                                                                                                                                        of a travelling hippy for a while. I
                                                                                                                                                                                        remember lugging my sewing
                                                                                                                                                                                        machine to the communal wash rooms
                                                                                                                                                                                        in order to sew (the only
                                                                                                                                                                                        electricity source). To this day, I
                                                                                                                                                                                        have a deep dislike of caravans!

             Kathryn                                                                                                                                                                    Kathryn your Textile Art pieces are

                                                                                                                                                                                        so lush and rich in thread and
                                                                                                                                                                                        layers what inspires you?
                                                                                                                                                                                        Light. I think it is the way light
                                                                                                                                                                                        falls on anything; sometimes it
                                                                                                                                                                                        wraps itself around the pinkly
                                                                                                                                                                                        exposed ears of a rabbit and at
                                   Harmer Fox                                                                                                                                           wire-haired snout of a pig. I go
                                                                                                                                                                                        other times it rests upon the


                                                                                                                                                                                        through phases, where the glorious
                                                                                                                                                                                        animals of Africa have to be
                                                                                                                                                                                        rendered in thread and then, at
                                                                                                                                                                                        other times, it is the human body
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