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.

​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)

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I live in an old Edwardian bank on the North Essex Coast in the UK, the living accommodation is above the studios.
 am lucky enough to have a wealth of well-lit space: A large banking hall where we run classes and then two separate dedicated studios for my own work.
​My Husband has a studio the other end of our building which makes for a successful and happy relationship as we “eat, sleep and breath” our creative business. 

​Sewing machine and darning foot
Copious amounts of photographic reference
Most Vlieseline products known to man
My trusty studios companions
Ooops and of course Nigel partner in all things!!!! 

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I live in Lower Plenty, in the outer suburbs of Melbourne.
Our street is lined with gum trees and my studio is constantly filled with the sounds of magpies and rosellas.
12 months ago I was lucky enough to have been able to convert our double garage into a beautiful, light-filled studio.
I basically live in this room, surrounded by my work, half-formed ideas, various tools and tech and of course fabric and threads.

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Robyn is a finalist in the International Art Textile Biennale 2023 currently on tour... see her artist statement here)

Longarm quilting machine
Laser cutter
All my tech- laptop, ipad, apple pencil…
Threads, threads and more threads
Supply of wood
Constant coffee supply
Lots of natural light

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I’m a papermaker and paper artist living on Dharawal country within the Royal National Park in Sydney. 
My studio is downstairs under the house looking out into the garden and bushland with glimpses and sounds of the sea. 
It’s a purpose-built, functional quiet space with kitchen, bathroom and natural light, routinely visited by native birds and animals, and where my greyhound roaches on her bed while I work. 
I’ve furnished this space with cherished pieces of old and new equipment necessary for the traditional craft of western papermaking, some foraged, some custom made, some with the memory and meaning of family inheritance. 
My studio operates as the ‘wet area’ where papermaking and natural dyeing happens fed by water from my rainwater tank. 
As a horticulturist I also grow some native dye plants like banksia, angophora and native indigo, and sometimes cotton and linen for fibre, which along with my stock of fleeces I spin, weave, and knit in the ‘dry area’ of my house upstairs. 
​I’m in love with organic fibres - plants for paper and dyes, wool from sheep - and like to imagine my studio space is the smallest sustainable traditional paper mill in Australia. 
 

​antique English press
hollander beater
my mother’s 1930s imperial kitchen scales
moulds and deckles
papermakers drying racks
my splattered old kauri farm kitchen work table
collection of old cooking pots
portable hotplate for natural dyeing and cooking fibres on the studio deck
my family’s old bone knives for printmaking and general use
my brother-in-law’s old dental tools, same
my nest collection
mortar and pestle for grinding ochres
Classic FM
bird song
plants - their beauty, fibres and dyes. ​

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I live in the rural town of Dereel, about 30km south of Ballarat and on the edge of the Enfield State Forest.

I step through an antique door from my house to my studio and am embarrassed by my world of creativity.
My space is light and bright, filled with inspiring materials and works in progress. 
A large table, once a workbench in a cabinet making business dominates the center of the room. 
​I’m a diverse artist, working in many mediums and my large studio allows me space to spread out and enjoy everything I like to do.

​My large central table – 3.6m x 1.2m
My antique draftsman’s table that is my drawing easel
An electric pencil sharpener and a ridiculous amount of pens
An art cabinet filled with amazing papers

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I live in Steenwijk, in the North of the Netherlands, in a house by a small lake.
This part of the country is known for its lakes and canals.
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My studio leads out to the back garden with a lakeside terrace, where I like to sit.
Water, birds  and  sunsets  give me inspiration  every day.

Opera music
My old dolls who always look at me when I am at work
A collection of old linen sheets I found in French markets, I use them as a background for my work
My water soluble crayons
A big collection of threads

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I live on an island north of Seattle, Washington - the house is a 10-minute walk to the forest in one direction or the beach in the opposite direction.
 
In the house:  a 12-foot-square studio space upstairs, packed with fabric, yarn, paper, wire, floor loom, frame loom, mixed-media ‘treasure,’ work-table, computer desk, shelves and WIP.  
From my 1 window I see cows in pasture, rolling hills, forest, sky.
 Design/display wall along adjacent hallway. 
​Sewing table downstairs.  

The messy beauty and big magic of all this color and texture.
The little tools: stick shuttles, my grandmother’s sterling silver fork that’s now my weaving comb...
Needles, pliers, adhesives, scissors, tweezers, binder clips, seam rippers. 
Kwan Yin statue...
Images and figures of my muses, photos of me as a child. 
Good lighting.
Clear plastic storage boxes.

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I live in Lewisham, in the inner west of Sydney, on the lands and waters of the Gadigal and Wangal people.
My studio is in one fifth of a repurposed fibro hut at the Addison Road Community Centre in Marrickville, NSW.
The site is built over a seasonal wetland and served as an army depot
from 1913 - 1975.
​My studio is quiet, bright and airy and frequently visited by local native birds.

​My collection of found, inherited and often unusual materials and tools
The sunlight
An old overhead projector
My mum’s early 1980’s Elna sewing machine
My stereo

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Nicole will teach for Fibre Arts in September 2023...here for that information

I live in Brisbane, in a 100 yr old Queenslander house.  
The natural timbers in the house and my tropical garden give me inspiration everyday. 
My studio is also my office, creative space and teaching workshop space.  
Every time I walk into my studio a feel a sense of calm, joy and possibility.
There is a lot of my old work that inspires me. I still have the 1st dog I ever felted
to remind me of how far I have come.
But the big windows and doors that fill the studio with light are my favourite thing. 

​* Extra large rice bag to felt on
* Ashfords wild carding machine
* Beautiful Aussie and Kiwi wools
* All my creative students and lovely customers that brings so much energy and light

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I live in Wonthaggi near Bass Strait.
My creative space which is the centre of my universe. 
A converted office space in our house that has external access so I can open the stacker doors and listen to birdsong as I create. 
​Space/time disappears in this room as I consider colour, form and texture for inspiration.

​Peace and quiet to create.
Visual access to colour at all times.  Our house is full of my art.
My solid wooden high set felting table that my husband designed and constructed.
My vast bead stash for jewellery and bead embroidery design.  I sell my jewellery in a few art galleries.
My computer and IPad so I can see what is going on in the “outside world”.
The unbending loyalty of dogs.
My dye pans and set up outside.
Keeping in touch with fellow creatives around the world.
My five year plan.
Working on my second book for the intellectual stimulation in these truly isolating times.

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