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that must be painted using fabric. Do you travel to teach often
and what’s coming up in 2020?
Your postcard series is beautiful! How I love teaching and am more
did this come about and how do you than willing to travel to any
produce the designs to teach with? place to which I am invited.
I was asked by Glenys Man (Ballarat I have been asked to
Fibre Arts about 5 years ago, I think) return to Australia in 2020
to bring along something to sell. What and based on the fact
relates to travel and has a picture on that I will be doing what
it? Post cards! I have made at least I enjoy with a people,
one hundred of these fibre art pieces, many of whom have become
each based upon an original drawing my friends, in a land of
which I sketch directly onto the such vast, inescapable
canvas before covering with fabric and beauty, perhaps that is what I
thread. Brenda Wood in Brisbane (2 Sew shall be doing in 2020:
Textiles) produces the kits. She has Travelling back to this land
my original drawings printed onto fine of friends and inescapable
cotton and then puts this beauty! (Besides making art
together with the canvas, directions, and practicing saying no).
image of the completed image and some
other bits and pieces, posting them You are so prolific and produce
out to where ever they need to be. huge pieces of work,
How often do you sew?
How often do you exhibit your work and I would say (besides what I
what are some of you most memorable call down-time; when
exhibitions? nothing works and I wander
Oh dear! This question reminds me of around listlessly with the TV
my own greed rather than a memorable remote glued to my hand) every
occasion; I have never had a solo day. If I’m not sewing then
exhibition. Starting with all good What does a day sewing with I’m sketching (for a
intentions, I complete a couple of you in your studio look like? prospective piece of textile
works. Then along comes a client and An incredible mess! When art).
all I see is the dollar sign – I am I am working at the sewing
immediately more than willing to trade machine, I empty all the snippets
the pieces for money. I have so many of fabric onto the floor, my son
works, not yet realized, living in my described it once as dress makers
head; one day, soon, I shall put them vomit which I think is absolutely
onto a gallery wall and begin to perfect.
create exhibition memories.

What is coming up in the future
for you Kathryn?
Oh definitely that illusive solo
exhibition! I even have the
title: The Skin I’m In”. Dealing
with appearance and adornment
and decoration; things both
surface and psychological.