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Denise Lithgow

I exhibit my work widely in Australia and Internationally and they have been selected for the Canadian World of Threads, Ukraine contemporary Textile, Wangaratta Petite Miniature Textile, Australian Artist Textile Awards and the Australian Fibre Art Award for excellence in Felting and I am published regularly at home and abroad. I teach sculpture workshops at the AGNSW, London, International Feltmakers Association and Portugal and through-out Australia. Born South Australia now living and working in Leichhardt, NSW Denise, a textile artist, uses felt as her sculpture medium. She exhibits her work widely in Australia and Internationally. She teaches felting in places such as Portugal, London and at the AGNSW. She is published widely including in “Worldwide Colours of Felt”(Netherlands), “Dimensional Cloth, Sculpture by Contemporary Textile Artists”(USA), “Australian Textile Art Award 2020” and also in her book “Living in a Felt World”. Denise’s works are produced using an intuitive layering of fibre and fabric for both her sculptures and 2-dimensional works. Growing up on a sheep property in South Australia has inspired her love of working with merino wool. Her inspiration comes…

Edward Milan

PROFESSIONAL EXHIBITION EXPERIENCE 1989- 2001 Exhibited extensively in Newcastle and Sydney in numerous solo and group exhibitions; highlights include: – Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery ,1989 & 2001, Newcastle Region Art Gallery 1993, Legge Gallery (annually)1990- 2001, Melbourne Art Fair 1998, Sculpture by the Sea 1997, 1996 Commissioned by Newcastle City Council Hannell Street Gateway Project Collections Newcastle Region Art Gallery Art Bank 2013-current Exhibitions Curve Gallery, Newcastle, 2013 Newcastle Show Art Prize 2013 (runner up) Art Systems Wickham 2013 Maitland Art Prize 2014 (winner) Gallery 139, Newcastle,2015 “Newcastle” Newcastle Art Space, 2016 Kilgour Art Prize, Newcastle Region Art Gallery 2016 (finalist) “Carnival” New Work (solo)Art Systems Wickham 2017 Hunters Hill Art Prize 2017 Nexus 19, Newcastle Grammar School, 2017 Little, Gallery 139, Newcastle, 2017 Foundation Art Prize, Newcastle, 2017 North, South, East & West, new work,(solo) Studio 21, Hamilton 2017 Sculpture in the Vineyards, Wollombi, 2017 30 X 30 art prize, art piece gallery, Mullumbimby, 2017 Hillview Sculpture Prize finalist April 2018

Edward Ramsay

Ed Ramsay of The Edge of Nature has been designing and producing beautiful sculptured furniture and functional art for over 20 years. From four poster beds in the vineyards and huge entry doors for churches to small wombats in the garden, Ed has worked on a wide scale of projects. The finish on each piece is so tactile, people often can’t resist running their hands over the surface. He and his wife Barb run a small-scale gallery workshop from their home and also attend monthly specialty artisan markets to sell their smaller pieces.

Eric Werkhoven

Eric’s art work and life are equally colourful. Eric was born in Java, Indonesia, his heritage is Dutch Indonesian. His family moved to Holland and later to Tanzania, Africa. Here he spent a happy and spirited boyhood, surrounded by the exotic beauty and dangers of wild Africa. His teenage years were lived in Holland, there his interest in the Arts developed, attending Art College in Den Haag. The yearning for open space and adventure led Eric to Australia in 1972. Travel has been an integral part of his life, journeying to Israel, New Zealand and New Guinea, revisiting Indonesia. Absorbing the ethos of different lifestyles has been an important factor for his artistic development. Eric attended the Visual Arts Diploma Course at Newcastle University in 1988-98, and has had many exhibitions of his work in Newcastle. Eric is primarily a sculptor but also loves drawing, print making and writing. Near sell out exhibitions of collaborative works with Robyn Werkhoven, and sculptures by Eric Werkhoven – CAPRICE were held at SOAG Gallery Newcastle in 2009 and 2010. Collaborative work on fabric…

Eva Kellermann

I started my career as a textile designer. Mainly for women’s fashions and children. Later on moved to graphics, working for Fashion and Sport magazines. I always painted but discovered sculpture about twelve years ago and it has captivated me ever since. I mainly work in two mediums, bronze and stone, observing nature and abstracting the form. Always fascinated by new topics.

Felicity Cavanough

Felicity Cavanough sculpts wire drawings. Sometimes the lines are more simplistic like a single line drawing and recently Felicity has explored weaving with wire inspired by preparatory sketches of her drawings done with a sanguine pencil. “A lot of emotion goes into my work. I always create with feeling, often finding inspiration in everyday moments with my 3 children. I observe connections and similarities between all humans and I aim to draw you in, hoping that my work becomes part of the viewer’s story just as much as it tells mine” Illustrations in books were some of my first journeys into the world of art, to me, the pictures sometimes explained more than the words did. As a child I would pursue anything crafty. If I was creating something with my hands I was happy. It took 20 years after completing a Degree in Fine arts at COFA UNSW to realise that Art was definitely my career path! I arrived at that decision in a very roundabout way. There were lots of things that got in the way but my…

Feyona Van Stom

Drawing and painting where I started. Egon Scheile’s artworks – angular hands – stretching fingers, fascinating. He took colours and muted them. Shades of personality peeked through. I see people differently, make them my way. I want movement – even unnatural movement. We are what we want to be. Large, small, bright, dark. My ladies dance, walk, move, twist. No two alike. China – a huge step, amazing honour, sculpting 3 metres tall, faces watching. Positive feedback. Translating to people who once were my people. Feeling part of a huge population. Artists and artworks. Never stop. Never want to stop. Art Journey Born in Hong Kong, BCC – Dutch and Scottish parents – in 1951. Chinese painting classes from 1965 Started Art journey in 1972 in New York state Drawing, Painting, Quilting, Knitting. 1991 Seaforth College of Fine Arts- Art Course for 4 years Live in Mosman, (Borogegal Cammeraigal) NSW where I live and work. My studio is inevitably in my home – I like to have my people around me. Ideas are everywhere. I have worked in studios, and…

Gerdi Schumacher

ART RELATED EDUCATION/TRAINING 2008 Introduction to Felting with Jane Richens (1 day at Catbird Gallery, Dungog NSW) 2010 Felting with Wendy Bailye (4 days at Beautiful Silks, Melbourne VIC) 2010 Felting with Wendy Bailye (3 days at Yugar/Brisbane QLD) 2011 Felting with Rachael Meek (4 days at Grampians Textiles, Halls Gap VIC) 2011 Felting with Sachiko Kotaka (3 days at Timeless Textiles, Newcastle NSW) 2011 Felting with Wendy Bailye (3 days at Yugar/Brisbane QLD) 2011 Eco Dyeing with India Flint (3 days at Beautiful Silks, Melbourne VIC) 2012 Felting with Vilte Kazlauskaite (4 days at Wendy Bailye, Yugar/Brisbane QLD) 2012 Eco Dyeing with India Flint (3 days at Regional Art Gallery, Taree NSW) 2012 Felting with Lisa Klakulak (3 days at Wendy Bailye, Yugar/Brisbane QLD) 2012 Felting and Stitching with Sylvia Watt (3 days at Timeless Textiles, Newcastle NSW) 2012 SAORI weaving with Kaz Madigan (2 days at Kaz Madigan, Old Bar NSW) 2013 SAORI weaving with Kaz Madigan (2 days at Kaz Madigan, Old Bar NSW) 2013 Felting with Liz Clay (4 days at Wendy Bailye, Yugar/Brisbane QLD) 2013…

Inge King

Biography Born in Berlin in 1915, Inge left Germany for London in mid-1939. She studied first at the Royal Academy in London and then at the Glasgow School of Art. In 1947, Inge moved to the Abbey Art Centre, an artists’ community near London, where she met her future husband, Australian painter/print maker, Grahame King. In early 1951, the Kings arrived in Melbourne where they were to work and live for the remainder of their long lives. While it was challenging for Inge to adjust to Australia’s culturally staid, conservative environment, the house the Kings’ built in bushy Warrandyte and the birth of their children provided a degree of stability after the tumultuous war years. With a determination to always look forward, Inge learned jewellery at the Melbourne Technical College, (now RMIT University) designing and making hand-beaten silver and copper rings, earrings, pendants and bracelets. Highly sought after by the public, her jewellery helped to pay for the materials she needed to produce sculpture. An engineer neighbour taught her to weld which allowed her to experiment with shaping sculpture from…

Ionas Kaltenbach

Boilermaker – Austec Engineering, Queanbeyan NSW 2010-Current Key skills: Steel fabrication and engineering. Welding repairs and heavy machinery maintenance. Major steel sculpture fabrication and installation. Repair and restoration on prominent Canberra sculptures and historic buildings. Certificate III Metal Fabrication and Engineering Apprenticeship 2009-2012 Food, Wine and Travel Photographer and Assistant, Sydney 1988-2007

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