Centred

Inspired by a world in flux, these woven works explore grounding, stillness, and personal meaning through ancient techniques reimagined in contemporary ways. Across diverse materials and approaches, each piece reflects thoughtful foraging, meditative process, and a search for centre through making.

Centred

Student exhibition: Form to Freedom with Harriet Goodall

"During the 8 week period after the September 2022 release of my online course Form to Freedom, the news cycle was all about climate catastrophe; La Niña causing widespread flooding across Australia and hurricanes making landfall in the USA. As such, I was inspired to call this exhibition 'Centred'; when the world is spinning chaotically around us, what we most often crave is to be grounded in stillness. The slow, meditative nature of weaving can really be a fast track to finding our centre. Even if it is sometimes a little wobbly! 

 

Despite the astounding variety in palette, patina, material, scale and technique, the level of experience from beginner, emerging to career artists within these pages, we can easily sense the delight ALL have found in foraging natural organic and salvaged materials (bus tickets! tyre rubber! painting rags!), transposing ancient weaving techniques into the contemporary context and imbuing very personal meaning. I really implore you to read the accompanying texts and be surprised by their ingenuity, depth and passion. Congratulations to each and every one of you. I am beyond proud to be a part of your journey."

– Harriet Goodall


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