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094... Donna watson

12/6/2023

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I live on a cliff, on an island, in the Pacific Northwest part of the United States.
I have a view of water and distant mountains, with woodland trails down to a beach below my home. 

My studio is filled with collections of nature’s tokens like stones and seed pods.
It is also filled with collections from Japan, washi papers and fabrics.
Because of where I live, nature has a huge influence on my art work.
Another influence on my work is my connection to my Japanese heritage.
​My studio is filled with everything I love. 

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Can't live without...
water view from my studio
collections of nature tokens
Japanese washi papers
printing press
camera 

Donna's Social Media

Website      Instagram    Facebook
Donna is teaching for Fibre Arts Australia in April 2024
Workshop info here 


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093.. chantal tichit

1/5/2023

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I live in the western suburbs of Paris, about 1 hour from the center of the French capital.
My studio is on the 3rd floor of a small residence.
The space is illuminated by the light of a velux through which I often contemplate the changing graphics of the clumps of trees that surround the residence.
This small workspace is suitable for research, to work small and medium formats. When I work on larger pieces I am hosted by artist friends who have larger surfaces available.
Thus to work on the installation of La Saga Des Equivocations (
Ground layout 4m2, greater height 2.50m ) 2 workshops friends opened their door to me.                            And because there is also no room to drill, screw, saw...
​I install a folding workbench in the living room ...
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Can't live without....
Brushes, pencils, glue, papers, threads,
​fabrics and all kinds of recovered materials
My 3 sewing machines    
Natural and artificial light
Music and podcast

Chantal's Social media

​WEBSITE  INSTAGRAM  FACEBOOK

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092.. KATHARINA SOMMER

6/4/2023

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I live in Darmstadt, Germany 
My studio is in my house with a "summer-room" outside.
There is all I need, water, place to meditate, desk to work on where I can cut, paint, leave traces ... It is quiet. 
Changes to the bureau with computer, bed to sleep or eating in the garden is easy.

KATHARINA also won the International Award at the
​International Art Textile Biennale 2023... Here to read about her work...
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Can't live without...
Mixed Music - I am listening during work, classics, ethnic music, pop, rock .....
and Rilke.
My place to meditate in the room
the infinite variety of colours of the threads
good lights to the pictures
space to see the pictures from a little more far away
The outside working place
some friends: Buddha; friends and relatives in pictures;
​an angel, made by a friend ...

Katharina's Social Media
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WEBSITE   INSTAGRAM  FACEBOOK

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091.. SAMANTHA BRYAN

3/4/2023

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I live in Mirfield a large village in West Yorkshire England.
My workspace ‘The Fairy Workshop’ is at the bottom of my garden.
It is a busy and cluttered space that calms me as soon as I enter.
I have also converted our garage to house all my bigger tools.
Band saw, spot welder, blow torch etc.
​This portion of my workspace is for the ‘dirty work’
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Can't live without..
I cannot live without my treasure shelves,
my blow torch,
my favourite pair of pliers
and a sharp leather needle..
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​and chocolate biscuits​

Samantha's Social media

WEBSITE   INSTAGRAM   FACEBOOK

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090.. VICKI CROWTHER

27/3/2023

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I live in Mosgiel, a small town just outside Dunedin city
in the South Island of New Zealand. 
I occupy the former master bedroom of my home.
It has good light & adequate space. I have good storage with easy access & work surfaces at various heights.
​I use a lot of machines in my work & my setup means no packing away. 
I’m a machine embroiderer.
I use sewing machine, free motion & digital machine embroidery along with other textile techniques like applique to make stitched art textiles.
The basis for my work is landscape photography.
​I use my photos as both the subject matter & substance of the work. 
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Detail of the stitching

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Can't live without..
My machines & PC. 

Vicki's Social Media...

​WEBSITE

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089.. CATRIONA POLLARD

21/3/2023

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My studio is in a heritage listed series of terraces in a former military site in Mosman. It’s the sunny corner suite facing north east that looks over the bushland and Sydney harbour.
It’s vital to my work (and wellbeing) to be in a space that is closely connected to nature.
 The double French doors that open on to a verandah, grass and bushland.
I use this outside space to do messy work, or just sit and watch the kookaburras and magpies and enjoy the view.
The two large Bunnings trestle tables.
​Not glamourous, but it means I can easily configure them depending on what I’m weaving and it doesn’t matter if I mark them.
The light from the large windows which link me to outside, provides nature light on my work and also means I can sit and weave in the afternoon winter sun.
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Can't live without...
I have very few tools (just my hands) but
I do need my secateurs
and small wire cutters
​and bent nose pliers.
My thermos filled with organic peppermint tea.

Catriona's Social Media..

WEBSITE    FACEBOOK   INSTAGRAM
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Catriona is also a finalist in the International Art Textile Biennale 2023 that is managed by FIBRE ARTS AUSTRALIA...
These are her pieces and her story... ARTWORK 1    ARTWORK 2
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088.. JEANNE BRADY

13/3/2023

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I live in Smithville, Tennessee - a rural town on Center Hill Lake, 1 ¼  hours east of Nashville, Tennessee.
 
My studios – a printing room and sewing space - are situated within my home
(I haven’t taken over the entire house… yet)!   
The spaces are intimate yet fully functional; and when I am not gardening or cooking, they are where I happily spend my day.
I screen print and relief block print on fabric, specializing in distinctive textiles for daily use: cooking & garden/craft aprons, flour sack towels, potholder and buffet napkin sets, bandanas, and infinity scarves.
​Both studios are critical to what I create. The print studio looks out on my veggie and flower garden where much of my design inspirations originate. It accommodates one padded print table, storage for my silk screens & squeegees,  printing blocks and cutting tools, textile pigments, sink, essential tools, and gardening “stuff.”
My sewing space, once a spare bedroom, houses yards of fabric, a Serger, my grandmother’s 1941 Singer featherweight sewing machine, cutting table, rotary iron, copious tools, and thread.
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Can't live without..
​Padded print table
Silkscreens, print blocks & cutting tools
Windows and doors to look out at my gardens
Miele rotary iron
My 1941 Singer sewing machine
Victorinox fabric scissors (they NEVER touch anything but fabric)

Jeanne's Social Media...

WEBSITE      INSTAGRAM

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087.. hanny newton

6/3/2023

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I live in the tiny village of Rhydycroesau - right on the Shropshire (England) - Powys (Wales) border
 The peace is only broken in my studio by the trickle of the river running through my garden which defines the border between England and Wales - well, that and the occasional tractor!
I love the light here, and its been a haven since the pandemic for me to create my work. 
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Can't live without...
​Podcasts and my trusty speaker
Coffee
Sunlight!

Hanny's social media

WEBSITE   INSTAGRAM    FACEBOOK

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086.. SETH APTER

24/2/2023

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I live on the 29th floor of a skyscraper in New York City
That is also where I work.
I have one room dedicated as my studio and have learned to become super organized so that there is a place for everything.
​It is the space I happily spend the most time in.
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​Can't live without....
My inspiration wall
My gel plate
My paints and inks
My drawers of papers, fibers, embellishments and found objects
My computer
My planner and journals
Light

Seth's social media...

​WEBSITE    INSTAGRAM   FACEBOOK

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085.. ANN CODDINGTON

20/2/2023

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I live in the middle of the United States, in Champaign, Illinois, south of Chicago by about 2 hours. 

My studio is on the fifth and top floor of the Lincoln Building in the downtown area of our small town.
My large windows bring in the soft northern light.
​I walk to and from my studio a little over a mile each way, a welcome transition into my practice.
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Can't live without...
​strings of every kind,
my two favourite pairs of scissors, 
abundant light, 
blacking pencils
small sketchbooks
my comfy chair

Ann's social media...
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INSTAGRAM

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