ARTIST IN RESIDENCE WORKSHOPS IN 2005 WITH JANE GIBSON

There were four workshops held with each of three groups.

The adult quilting group had a one day workshop on fabric dyeing, a one day workshop on fabric printing and a one day workshop on “fantasy fabrics” created with fabric and thread scraps held in place with tulle and machine stitching. During these workshops, participants were working on the design of their quilts, designing blocks based on a 9 x 5 grid as a salute to Tom Roberts and drawing inspiration from their own lives. The final session covered free machine quilting as well as solving individual design problems. There was no requirement that the participants use all the techniques covered in one quilt, rather that the techniques were added to their repertoire and used as a starting point for the workshop quilts.

The Textile and Design students from the High Schools in Inverell also learnt dyeing, printing and “fantasy fabrics” but the emphasis was on helping them with techniques to be applied to their major works for HSC. They produced some wonderful pieces of jewellery.

The Years 5 & 6 students came from Ross Hill, Inverell, Tingha, and Delungra Primary Schools and Holy Trinity. They also had one session dyeing fabric and one printing fabric and produced some outstanding pieces of fabric. These fabrics were then incorporated into small quilts with photos of the children and strips of commercial fabrics chosen because the subjects were of interest to the children.

Work from all three groups has been on display at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney and will be on display during the Tom Roberts festival.

	Display of works at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney Display at St Vincent's Primary Quilt High School work Primary Quilt Primary Quilt Primary Quilt