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