Liz Powell
Textile/Fibre Art
I live in Tenterfield on the New England Tablelands and am a practicing mixed media artist. I completed a four year Diploma with the National Art School in 1978 and have continued as an exhibitor and art educator ever since. I have taught and exhibited extensively around Australia and overseas. My experience as a studio tutor includes Fibre Arts New Zealand, The Australian Forum for Textile Arts, Papermakers of Victoria, Papermakers of Queensland, Tweed Regional Gallery, Arts NW, Fibres West WA, Grampians Textures, New England Regional Art Gallery and Embroiderer’s Guild NSW. Regular exhibitions over the years have included Papermakers of Victoria and Queensland, with Borderline Regional Arts, International Association of Papermakers and Artists in Florence, Shanghai and Seoul, with Bojagi Association in Boston. I have also have solo exhibitions at Tweed Regional Art Gallery, New England Regional Art Gallery and Gallery 159 in Brisbane I’m a member of Print Council of Australia, President of Borderline Regional Arts Association and one of the artists forming the Artist’s Collective Studio Gallery in Tenterfield. My work is in the collections of State Library NSW, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Lismore Regional Gallery For more information about my work please see my website studio13paper.com.au
Indigo and Silk: During this workshop we will play with indigo and silk using shibori techniques i.e. clamping and stitching to resist indigo dye, to make scarf lengths of dyed silk. By lunchtime you will have created your own line of individual silk scarves.
Shibori techniques include stitching folds in different directions, giving patterns once the silk is dyed. Clamping and folding the silk between different shapes extends this technique and is a quicker option. It’s an addictive method, watching the indigo dyed fabric morph into a rich blue, as you undo the stitching and clamps is always exciting. I have worked with indigo over many years as part of my art practice using both silk and paper, and it never gets old.
I live in Tenterfield and have been exhibiting and teaching for 40 years around Australia and overseas. I use a variety of techniques and media, including papermaking, drawing, print making, stitch and dyeing, often in combination