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QUILT OF RESILIENCE 2020 - work in progress

This project is our members' response to the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as being a shared collaborative activity in a time of social distancing when we are unable to meet as a group. The Quilt of 'Resilience' will be made up of postcards to be sewn together by members at a future meeting. The idea of a quilt is that it provides comfort, warmth and protection, all relevant during the social upheaval of the pandemic.

The participants have been challenged to use stitching or evidence of stitching on their postcard/s, as the completed quilt will be exhibited at a planned exhibition themed around paper and stitching.

Artists' work featured below: Tricia Smout (QLD), Kathy Carter (NT), Mareene Hutchings (QLD), Ruby Purple (QLD), Lyn Rushby (QLD), Jen Conde (QLD), Ngaire Macleod (QLD), Karin Hannigan (QLD), Jan Pearce (QLD), Glenda Hennig (QLD), Zela Bissett (QLD), Wendy Drake (QLD). More images will be added as the postcards are completed.

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TOUR TO CURTIN SPRINGS CATTLE STATION & PAPERMAKING STUDIO - SEPTEMBER 2019

EXHIBITION OPENING 'THE IN-BETWEEN' - CABOOLTURE HUB - FEBRUARY 2019

PAPERMAKING WEEKEND IN TENTERFIELD WITH LIZ POWELL - JANUARY 2019

PAPERMAKING 'HANDS ON PAPER' DAY @ BVAC, TARRAGINDI - AUGUST 2018

PAPER BRACELETS WITH MARY BARRON - FEBRUARY 2018

HANDS ON PAPER @ NOOSA - APRIL 2017

HANDS ON PAPER AUGUST 2015

A day of papermaking fellowship and sharing on 9 August at BVAC at Tarragindi.

HANDS ON PAPER
MAKING MOMIGAMI
JUNE 4TH 2015
Led by the wonderful Di Tait this was a fun day playing with dyes and paper. Members can read more about the day and making momigami in the September newsletter.

INTO PAPER exhibition 2014/15

Member - Anne Grant

Mostly Thallophytes
Dimensions: Height 32cm; width & depth 36cm

Handmade paper from crinum stems, with various seeds (including gahnia, basil, grass tree and golden penda) and flower filaments from bat plant flowers added.

Member - Joolie Gibbs

Flood Language 1
2012
Dimensions: 800mm w x 1200mm h

Handmade Paper (Mother-in-laws tongue, banana and bladey grass),

Berbagi Exhibition 2012

Below is a selection of photos from the successful Berbagi Exhibition held at Sunshine Coast University Gallery.

Papermaking at Dion Channer's studio and papermill

Below are photos from the Papermakers' weekend in 2011 with Dion Channer at his studio north of Gympie.

Dion is originally from the UK but lived in Italy before coming to Australia. When he came to Australia he brought all his papermaking equipment including Hollander beater and vacuum table with him, as well as a large amount of unprocessed mulberry fibre. His equipment and fibre took up a 20 ft. container.

The 9 papermakers spent the weekend experimenting with the vacuum table, making large sheets of paper measuring approx 2m x 1m, as well as cooking, beating, and couching sheets of paper from Dion's fibre supply of mulberry bark fibre and cotton linters. They also used their own fibre including banana and a weed from Helga's property.

Several of the papermakers have subsequently returned to Dion's studio to work on individual projects.