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055.. Susan fell

3/4/2022

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EDITOR: As you read, Susan has been a victim of the floods in Northern NSW... many artists have lost treasured pieces including huge losses at the Lismore Regional Art Gallery and other independant Galleries in that part of the flood ravaged areas.
Fibre Arts Australia's CEO Glenys Mann is raising monies at the April event in Ballarat.
​We cannot support all of the affect areas but doing as much as we can for the community of Tumbulgum, that has been affected.
More about the monies raised in later news! Glenys Mann.
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I live in Mullumbimby, Northern Rivers NSW 
These images are not very attractive but this is my studio right now.
 I have a small space attached to my house where I create beautiful natural dyed wearables and accessories, stitched artworks and shibori sculptures. My studio is also where I mentor younger textile artists.  
Hard to reconcile the extremes of beautiful clean silk, luscious soft wool and fine stitching with destruction of intense roughness of extreme weather,  all in the one place.  
This is Climate Change in action. 
Endless heavy rain pelted down over the weekend on Feb28 /March 1/2. 
Stinky muddy water inundated both my home and studio.  
Water rushed into the studio and toppled everything over, and filled things with dirty water and dumping a layer of mud about 7cm deep  
Had little visitor wander in to investigate the mud layer  
This morning in my emergency accomodation in Byron Bay, I am experiencing the second inundation of water in a month.
My car is swamped again and I cant get out. 
At least I have stitching I can do for the next few hours till the water recedes and I can return to Mullum to check the water level, check if all the cleaning has to be done all over again.
Ironically I’m currently working on a rivers stitching series - the beautiful Brunswick River as it slides through Mullumbimby making a headlong dash towards the sea.  
 
Not much creativity this month.
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Can't live without...
Having thrown out so much mud covered equipment and materials from my studio onto the flood damage pile on my front nature strip, over the last month, I’ve been reassessing what I can, actually, now do without
 
But I cant live without 
My Bernini
Eucalyptus leaves, and leaves from the hinterland subtropical rainforest
My 80 L pot with its space blanket for long slow warm dyeing
My professional library of books for various research and writing 
Good needles and stork scissors
 

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9 Comments
Sally Wright
5/4/2022 07:58:45 am

Oh my unknown fibre friend ,it breaks my heart to see so much destruction and loss ,I cry with you.
I send you strength and hugs .
Sally wright fibre friend.

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SallyRose Carbines
5/4/2022 08:07:03 am

I can’t imagine the loss and I admire your tenacity to keep going . I love the image of you stitching as you wait .
My thoughts are with you take care SallyRose

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Linda Chee link
5/4/2022 08:41:25 am

What a devastation when you feel ok come to Tassie to do some dyeing

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Nancy Batenburg
5/4/2022 08:57:52 am

Oh dear! I'm glad Glenys has been proactive in providing some support but truly, if you think there's something that we, as a small community, could source, find or donate from our own supplies, PLEASE ask. I have had my own reconciliation with essentials versus luxuries (equipment, supplies, etc after a cyclonic weather event). On the one hand, it's a liberation and will give you new tools, new ways and new strategies. On the other hand, there WILL be things you would like to replace. Wish I could help the clean up but if there is anything specific, please ask - or get Glenys to ask. I'm sure we'll all do what we can. Stay safe, spit at the rain Gods who are threatening more rain this weekend, and take care. XXX

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June Fiford
5/4/2022 09:19:02 am

It's hard to know what to say but my thoughts are with you. I know your area well as Lismore was my hometown. It's all devastating for the beautiful spirit of the district. So good to hear that you had some stitching with you as it's the process that will keep you going. Your studio space looks like a great working area in normal times so good thoughts of it being so again.

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Robert Resing
5/4/2022 10:23:00 am

Sending condolences or the flooding. I had some water in my basement here in Saint Louis, Missouri and that wasn't nice but I can't imagine what you're going through! I hope you can recover well.
All the best

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Threadpainter link
5/4/2022 12:42:05 pm

I cannot begin to imagine your stress. But, we are women...and we are artists....and as long as we can create, we will overcome.
Sending good wishes your way.
Sharron

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Isabell Salce
5/4/2022 02:11:30 pm

💙🙏🦋☮🌈

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Yvonne Line
6/4/2022 09:01:14 am

A great issue. What commitment to the Arts. A great incentive to have a clean up myself and in the process found a ruler and a small torch that I had been missing for months!
Keep up the great work. I always enjoy Fibre Arts. It feels like I’m visiting friends especially in this period of limited excursions.

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