Monique Van Nieuwland: OPEN STUDIO

 

Monique van Nieuwland’s Open Studio is open at 10:00am – 4:00pm on Saturday, 19 November at 41 Scrivener Street, O’Connor, ACT.

Monique van Nieuwland learned to weave in the Netherlands and bought her first loom in the late 70s while she was working on a commission weaving fabrics for curtains and tablecloths. Van Nieuwland uses a computerized Jacquard loom, which is the latest state-of-the-art weave technology. She is passionate about weaving, keeping it current as an innovative form of expression. Visitors can expect a range of works available for purchase, and a weaving demonstration on her equipment which ranges from simple band looms, floor loom, computer dobby loom to a high tech computer Jacquard loom.

Monique van Nieuwland

Jenny Manning - Work in progress

Jenny Manning 

Jenny Manning  Seed Pod 2018,Copper wire, 75cm wide x 100 cm 

Jenny Manning  Kurrajong 2019, 

 Pen and Ink on paper  h 57cm x w 75cm  unframed  67cm x 85 cm approx framed

Artist Statement - Jenny Manning 

Every tree begins with a seed

A seed contains all the genetic information to create the most complex and important growing plant in the world.

My wall piece is made from a number of crocheted seed pod shapes using fine copper wire. They are connected together to form an oval form 75cm wide by 100 cm tall.

In am interested in the patterns and the shadows that these crocheted seed pods cast on the wall as well as the way repetition of a small form can create a larger form of identical

 shape--- a structural system often found in botany.

I am also interested in interpreting this imagery in two dimensions. This large black and white pen and ink drawing explores the complex botanical structure of the Kurrajong tree.

jennymanning (AT) grapevine.net.au

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