Openings: Netting and Looping with Pat Hickman

Image: Constellation, Patricia Hickman, Gold thread and cocoons

This workshop will encourage participants to explore visual ideas suggested through openwork textile structure, primarily that of knotted netting and knotless netting. Reserving space for air and the importance of what is "not there" will be built into conceptually based quick studies and studio projects, both 2-D and 3-D. There will be exploration using a variety of materials. In addition to learning these openwork techniques, it will be an experience in discovery, questioning, and ongoing ways of working. No previous knowledge of these textile structures is required, just a willingness to explore and learn.

Pat Hickman was, until recently, Professor of Art and Head of the Fiber Program at the University of Hawaii. She now lives and works in the Lower Hudson Valley in NY. She is affiliated with the Phoenix Gallery in NYC and with Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Hickman exhibits her work extensively and has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards. Hickman twice received NEA Individual Artist’s Grants. In 2005, she was elected a Fellow of the American Craft Council. She is Past President (2010-2012) of the Textile Society of America. Hickman curated traveling exhibits: Innerskins/Outerskins: Gut and Fishskin and Baskets: Redefining Volume and Meaning. Her work is in several major collections, including the Oakland Museum, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, the Hawaii State Art Museum, and the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. In Hawaii, Hickman’s commission, Nets of Makali’i–Nets of the Pleiades, stands as monumental entrance gates for the Maui Arts and Cultural Center.

To book your place
Email: kirsty.darlaston@anu.edu.au
Phone: 6125 5883
Materials list will be forwarded after booking