HELPING HANDZ
Helping Handz was conceived as a balance to business with a growing understanding of ways to empower makers whilst they, in turn, help others.
–– MARGARET DOODY HOUSE ––
(2009 – 2011)
––––– MARGARET DOODY HOUSE (2009 – 2011) –––––
The Helping Handz project supported a cause close to home where our skills could make a difference. The local MS respite house, trying to upgrade their facilities, needed help. Our role started small - to create decorative artworks for the house but quickly extended to include a major fundraising side project. Thirty-six versions of my ‘Squished & Stretched Melonz” quilt were made from donated fabric in a variety of styles and colours, which we then auctioned privately. Money raised helpied to renovate the kitchen, the laundry and to install functional items like bathroom heaters and shower chairs. We were all so proud – but we could do more….
bedroom 2 wall piece, 2011
Lisa Repsevicius
upholstery samples, threads, stretcher
bedroom 3 wall piece, 2011
Lisa Repsevicius
upholstery samples, threads, stretcher
quilt auction, hall view, 2010
princess charming the first, 2010
group quilt
133 cm x 153 cm,
princess charming the first, [detail]
the business of dreaming, 2010
Amanda Papas
199 cm x 199 cm
'framed stamp’ , 2011
Valmae Stonehouse
fabric, threads, stamp, frame
'framed stamp', 2011
Jan Holland
fabric, wood, stamp, frame
shot with a golden glow, 2010
Margot Downing
153 cm x 181 cm
shot with a golden glow, [detail]
ancient idyll, , 2010
Amanda Papas
145 cm x 137 cm
autumn harvest, 2010
Jan Holland
147 cm x 135 cm
calm in the conservatory, 2010
Margot Downing
123 cm x 163 cm
calm in the conservatory [detail]
dust till dawn, 2010
Margot Downing
175 cm x 175 cm
dust till dawn [detail]
floribundance, 2010
Margot Downing
145 cm x 145 cm
loribundance [detail]
––––– SALVAGE/SELVEDGE –––––
With many past students on the cusp of creative change, I felt that time was ripe for a bigger challenge. Increase their design and technical skills, talk in art based language, break down problem solving and empower them with constructive criticism. Exhibition planning presented another raft of new learning. Finally 83 quilts plus ‘textiled' furniture were exhibited and auctioned raising funds for The School of St Yared, Ethiopia, see the Salvage/Selvedge online catalogue and also the Salvage/Selvedge website.
salvage/selvedge catalogue (2014)
Salvage/Selvedge Exhibition, The Moores Building, Fremantle, 2014
Jan, Claire, Lisa & Margot, press release photo, 2014
sorbet, 2013
Charmian Lee & Mignon Mitchell
187 x 147 cm
little boxes, little boxes, 2014
Trish Davis
163 x 173 cm
test pattern, 2013
Lesley Clugston
149 x 193 cm
klimpt’s kiss, 2013
Mignon Mitchell
165 cm x 182 cm
Salvage/Selvedge Exhibition, The Moores Building, Fremantle, 2014
Salvage/Selvedge Exhibition, The Moores Building, Fremantle, 2014
Salvage/Selvedge Exhibition, The Moores Building, Fremantle, 2014
Margot & Charmian hard at work.
hi vis, 2013
Margot Downing & Amanda Forknall
170 x 193 cm
musk sticks and mint leaves, 2013,
Claire Turpin
144x 144 cm
nose to tail – waist to cuff, 2013
Shantell Pike
165 x 152 cm
city scene, 2013
Judy Campbell
142 cm x 203 cm
Amanda & Valmae stitching up a storm
with the beat of a drum , 2014
Judy Stevens
173x 175 cm
fire box, 2014
Lisa Repsevicius
203 x 170 cm
magpie feather, 2013
Jan Holland
175 x 215 cm,
Sal working on it’s all about the red
––––– MARJORIE COLEMAN –––––
Over the years my work with the Marjorie Coleman exhibitions and publications has been a great inspiration and resulted in the production of two extensive retrospectives of one of Australia’s great textile artists.
Marjorie Coleman Lyrical Stitch exhibition conversation.
This is Marjorie Coleman responding to a Q&A at Holmes à Court Gallery
Marjorie Coleman Lyrical Stitch exhibition, highlights.
A "walk around" the gallery, Marjorie Coleman's Lyrical Stitch exhibition 16th October 2020