Threadmagnet

15/11/2017

This going to be so inspiring. x

Stunning doesn't even cut it.

06/09/2017

Some colour inspiration on a grey day.

19/07/2017

Oh yeah!

Despite the rise of mass produced, industrially manufactured fashion, the world is still full of artisans and designers making traditional textiles. These wares, dating from a rich history of culture clothing, are often made in the same way they have been for generations and sold at local markets ac...

21/03/2017

I have hung 'You Sing Me Home' in the window at Castlemaine Floristry. I am in good company with Catherine Wheeler and in house artist Robyn. Drop by and have a look.
Castlemaine State Festival 2017

16/01/2017

For those of us who want to learn some sewing tricks and make something gorgeous...this one is for you.

Sewing Classes Term 1 classes at Julie Red Projects Wednesdays 12.30-3.30pm Feb 1 Thursdays 12.30-3.30pm Or 6.30-9.30pm Feb 2 The Old Castlemaine Gaol [email protected] 0401 534 502 juliere...

12/01/2017

So many fun things to get up to these holidays.

The Australian Tapestry Workshops is the only workshop of its kind in Australia, and one of a few in the world dedicated to the production of hand-woven tapestries. Many notable Australian and international artists and architects have collaborated with Australian Tapestry Workshops weavers to create...

13/12/2016

Check out this amazing work. I am so in-love...on my must learn list for 2017.

Janet Laurence is a leading Australian artist who, for more than 30 years, has explored the interconnection of the natural word – animal, plant, mineral – through her multi-disciplinary practice. Working across painting, sculpture, installation, photography and video, she has employed diverse materials to explore the natural world in all of its beauty and complexity, as well as the environmental challenges it faces today: the epoch of the Anthropocene.
Laurence’s work addresses our relationship to nature through both site specific and gallery works. Experimenting with and working in varying mediums, Laurence continues to create immersive environments that navigate the interconnections between all living forms. Her practice has sustained organic qualities and a sense of transience, occupying the liminal zones, or places where art, science, imagination and memory converge.
The ATW is thrilled to work with Janet Laurence on a new tapestry commission Listen, to the Sound of Plants. The original artwork is comprised of images from Laurence’s extensive archive of images of plants. These have been digitally collaged photos of paint poured across glass, to create a layered transparency effect.
ATW weavers Chris Cochius, Pamela Joyce and Cheryl Thornton have selected a wide pallet of green’s to create this tapestry, including cotton yarns - which can be used to highlight areas in tapestry. ATW yarn dyer Tong Stefanovski dyed a new range of green cottons to achieve specific tones for the weaver’s requirements.
In Listen, to the Sound of Plants, the weavers are trying to capture the layers and use of transparencies and glass that are the hallmarks of Laurence’s work. The translation into tapestry is quite challenging for the weavers as they navigate the reflective surface elements of the design. They are working to achieve a soft watery effect by using very subtle colour mixing techniques and using many tones that are close together in the colour range.
Janet Laurence’s work has been included in major survey exhibitions, nationally and internationally and she is regularly exhibited in Australian and internationally. She has exhibited in galleries and outside in site-specific projects, often involving collaborations with architects, landscape architects and environmental scientists.

18/11/2016

As of tomorrow my wraps will be in a glass cube at the Castlemaine Vintage Bazaar. Treat yourself or someone you love to a special gift. x

02/11/2016

The nights are still cold here in Central Vic. Actually the days are too! If you need something lovely and warm or winter is about to get more wintry in you part of the world...feel free to head over to my little etsy shop ThreadmagnetDesign. I have one last season wrap on the loom. I am excited to show it to you.
Bern x

31/10/2016

Dive into new skills at Craftsy.com

10/10/2016

ThreadmagnetDesign on Etsy.
My small business shop is open.
It is where you can find a lovely warm wrap. It seems Spring is here but it still feels like Winter!
I am excited about making some summer wraps. Stay tuned