Category Archives: Fabric printing

which key?

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Nancy

Our keys, our choices. Opening up or locking down? keys to peaceful existence? to  hearts? to imaginable freedom? to the gates of…….. Upatree keys. unlocking some big things

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day of the dead

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Nancy

A day with Upatree puppetry in Mt Nebo screenprinting day of the dead images and very big feathers for some new puppets.

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paisley peace

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Nancy

  This has been an ongoing theme in my community textile projects. Everyone creates an offering for a screen, and we arrange them together to form the designs. I can then use the screens for charity/not for profit printings, somewhere … Continue reading →

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birthday quilt

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Nancy

Juliet cut all the stencils for this screenprint and together we printed it for her brother Jarrah’s birthday

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Dysart tour Flying Arts

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Nancy

Flying arts tour to Dysart, a workshop in printmaking using less toxic techniques. We etched aluminium using bluestone copper sulphate, and tried inky ground and crayon as our blockout mediums. The chine colle corked very well with the imagery. Had … Continue reading →

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anything is possible… IWD 2012

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Nancy

BRISSC banner celebrating women and girls. The banner was designed and made in an afternoon for International Women’s day. Generosity of spirit, compassion, vibrance, resourcefulness, connectedness, caring, and listening are attributes of women I like, and when given a voice … Continue reading →

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textiles and music program for people with disabilities

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Nancy

The program covers sunprinting, textile work, screenprinting, ikebana, drumming circle, song circle, learning about pattern and rhythm. There is felting, jewellery making, claywork, painting and drawing in an integrated program designed specifically for people with very high needs. It’s about … Continue reading →

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Brews and bubbles

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Nancy

A few photos of the natural dyes and indigo concoctions that we brewed up at the Woodford Folk festival this year

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December!

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Nancy

Back from a recent trip to Wandoan with Flying Arts, enjoyed the workshops, the op shop and the pub. The town is about to be consumed by a gigantic open cut coal mine. With rents there at $800pw mining people … Continue reading →

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Indigiscapes Centre Koala Arts textile project

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Nancy

Here are some photos from a project with Indigiscapes Redlands, sponsored by Redlands Council.Redlands has one of the largest urban koala populations in Australia, but their numbers are dwindling drastically, due to declining habitat, speeding cars, attacks by dogs when … Continue reading →

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