Yesterday I attended a talk by Raewyn Penrose at the Brunswick campus of RMIT. She was talking about her felted clothing and had some samples for us to handle. I couldn't get over the softness of the felt and its drape. One of the interesting things about Raewyn's work is that she comes from a tailoring background and likes to make clothes that fit well. So she is not afraid to cut the felt. The pieces were lovely.
Raewyn has been invited over from New Zealand to show her work in the Fabricate Invites 2010 exhibition being put on by the Victorian Embroiderers' Guild. It is opening tdoay at the Malvern Artists' Society, 1297 High St, Malvern, Victoria, and runs till May 2nd.
Raewyn is running a workshop in June, at Crockett Cottage 43 Studio in Mansfield and I have booked to attend. I am feeling even more excited about it now that I have seen and handled her work in person!
Textile Fibre Forum magazine had an article about Raewyn's work in Issue 4, no 96, 2009.
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