Fibre Arts Take Two, Friday Feature Artist, LIVE Interview

Excitingly, 

Fibre Arts Take Two 

 invited me to be their 

Friday Feature Artist 

and so I did a

LIVE INTERVIEW 

with team member & mixed media artist extraordinaire

Tara Axford (!!) 

on Saturday 30 April at 10am New Zealand time, 

(8am Australian time). 

Follow @tara.axford on Instagram HERE

Website: www.taraaxford.com

As the interviews are global, the interviews are done on either the Friday or Saturday depending on the time zone of the interviewee. 

What is Fibre Arts Take Two??

Fibre Arts Take Two, is a family owned business based, in Melbourne, Australia, that collaborates with fibre and mixed media artists all over the world to create quality online learning experiences.

Last year they created the Friday Feature Artist LIVE Interviews 

as a way of connecting their audience, promoting artists and 

further championing art textiles.

 

The interviews can be viewed 

LIVE on Facebook or YouTube 

or are available to view at anytime on their YouTube channel. 

There you will find a growing library of over 60 interviews 

with artists from all over the world.

On Facebook & Instagram:

@fibreartstaketwo

Facebook

Instagram

Join the LIVE interviews on Facebook 

or you can also join in on the YouTube channel.

There is also a Facebook Private Group: 

Fibre Arts Take Two Community, 

where members can connect and share their experiences 

with a like-minded community.

Website:

https://www.fibreartstaketwo.com/ 

Here you can enrol for online workshops or register your interest 

for advanced notifications when enrolments open. 

Also SUBSCRIBE to the newsletter to get reminders, 

latest news updates and a heads-up to register for coming workshops.

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/c/FibreArtsTakeTwo

SUBSCRIBE to the channel or drop in at any time to watch past interviews.

Connect to the LIVE interviews on the channel 

where you can participate in the live chat, ask questions or just say HI!

Many thanks to everyone who joined us!

It was wonderful to see so many familiar names pop up 

on the screen, plus people from all over the globe! 

And thanks for your lovely comments and your many questions too. 

Unfortunately we couldn't answer all the questions as the 

hour absolutely FLEW past and we had 

so MUCH to talk about. 

Feel free to contact me if you have any burning questions 

you would like answered.

VIEW MY INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBE HERE

VIEW MY INTERVIEW ON FACEBOOK HERE

Solo Exhibition Announcement: Artful Narratives

I am excited to be presenting this large collection of my sculptural artist's books and 3D objects, created over the past 5 years. Many have never been exhibited and the few that have, have not been exhibited widely.

Having the opportunity to exhibit these works collectively allows me to share an insight into my creative process and inspirations.

 

Opening event: Saturday 2nd October, 2 - 3.30pm.
All welcome!

 

Open daily
Angela Morton Room, Te Pātaka Toi Art Library,
Level 1 Takapuna Library.

 

 

Public programme

I will be presenting a series of artist's talks onsite throughout the exhibition allowing also the opportunity to see the books and structures being manipulated and to get a good look at the features hidden within.

I'll share specific dates and times of the events soon,
on my blog, social media and in coming newsletters,
so you can mark them in your calendar.

I hope you'll join me.

 

 

Auckland Heritage Festival

I'm delighted that Artful Narratives is included as one of the events of this annual festival. My artist's talks, during the festival, will focus on my inspiration and motivation to create the series of works based on the demise of the once mighty kahikatea forests of the region. 

 

 

Workshop

I will be teaching a workshop as part of the
Printopia - Festival of Original Prints in November.

The aim of the workshop is to introduce participants to ideas of creating folded structures and 3D work as an extension to their printmaking - taking print to new dimensions!

Details and how to book will be announced online very soon.

 

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The Big Idea feature article

 

 

 

Silence the ‘Shoulds’ in Your Head

"Top tips and advice on how to shake off the mental constraints 

that can hold your creativity hostage from an artist who refuses to be defined."

 

Written by Vicki Holder.

 

 

 

 

A while ago I was interviewed by Vicki Holder for The Big Idea website and TODAY the article has been published. Vicki managed to take my excessive blurble and compose it into a very well written piece. Who is this person she writes of?! Even I feel inspired! I could certainly do with taking some of my own advice sometimes.
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All joking aside, I'm delighted and so grateful to Vicki and to The Big Idea!
Click link in title or go to: www.thebigidea.nz/stories/silence-the-shoulds-in-your-head
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Great timing for this to be published now as I'm very nearly ready to share news of my upcoming exhibition as mentioned in the article, so stay tuned! 

 

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 In order to view this and other published articles about my work 

I have added a new button to my tool bar above.

 

 

 

 

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New Button: Artists Books

Hello again, I'd just like to draw your attention to 

another new button I have added to my menu:

Artists Books

Here you will find a gallery of my artists books, 

all created within the past 3 years.

The books that I have previously written about 

have a link that will take you to that page. 

Thanks for visiting!

Updating my blog - a new Gallery of images

Although I get a lot of positive feedback from people who enjoy reading my blog, which btw is absolutely heartwarming - thank you, I also blog for the benefits I gain personally in my own development as an artist. By regularly writing about my work it helps me to make sense of what on earth I am doing and where I may be going with it - which, believe me, is often not very clear otherwise.

By recording my thought processes and techniques I find it is helpful to look back on earlier projects to see how far I have progressed, what I have learned, or even what I had intended at the time. There are often ideas or projects that have slipped my mind so it is good to be able to jog my own memory banks back into action.

In doing a recent "refresh" of my blog, after quite a hiatus due to a particularly busy year, I have again found that despite search aids such as the Labels in the right-hand side bar, it is actually difficult to navigate back to particular posts, and that's knowing what posts I have written. I imagine its nigh on impossible for a visitor to find early blogs.

SO, I have now added a new "Gallery" page in the toolbar at the top of the page where you can scroll through images of most, but not quite all, of my works that I have exhibited over recent years. Links in the Headings will also take you to the relevant posts.

Another way to find possible posts is to simply type keywords into the Search field in the right hand side-bar although, again, this is not always very successful.

Thanks for visiting, 

feedback always welcomed 

and I hope you are able to discover 

some "new"old posts

hidden away 

in the far recesses 

of my blog.

Oh and keep an eye out for other changes I am currently working on 

- a whole new focus 
coming soon!