One of Australia's first textiled taxidermy will be difficult to miss at the Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre's first exhibition of 2020, this Friday.
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Bright and bold, the pigs head from New South Wales, covered in Indigenous fabrics, was Rachel Williams' first foray into the unusual form of art more typically seen as decor in European mansions or fancy American pubs.
It joins a patchwork of art by an emerging group of female artists, young and old, who are bringing quilting back from the dead.
"Textiles is going in new directions," Ms Williams, a 39 year old Katherine artist, said.
"The pieces are technically difficult and take a lot of time.
It's about the colour and the feel, they are just begging to be touched.
- Rachel Williams
Artwork by local artists Annabel Tink, Carrie McKenzie, Jayne Nankivell, Jeanette Lambert, Mandy Tootell, Rachel Williams, Sharron Buzzo, Shirley Trembath and Sue Godwin will be on show as part of the centre's newest exhibition K-Threads.
Featuring the work of a group of Katherine's leading textile arts and crafts workers, the exhibition sets out a pattern of tailored yarns from a local context, with common threads of nature, organics, flora and fauna.
"From quilting to stitched collage, smocking to textile taxidermy, K-Threads provides a cross-section of contemporary textile art and craft in the Katherine region," Godinymayin director Poppy Searle said.
Running at the same time, Australia Wide Six is the latest touring quilt show from Ozquilt Network members throughout Australia and overseas.
Selected by internationally recognised textile artists, Kathleen Probst and Alison Muir, and curator Lynette Nilaweera, the exhibition demonstrates the scope and variety of stitched and layered textiles, exploring a diversity of themes, interpretations, styles, techniques and materials.
"We are delighted to be showcasing the work of our textile craftspeople alongside nationally selected work from the Oz Quilt Network - this really highlights the breadth of talent in our local area," Mrs Searle said.
"Previous exhibitions from the Ozquilt Network have been extremely popular at Godinymayin, and once again this is sure to delight."
The exhibition opens to the public this Friday, January 24 at 6pm. K-Threads will be on display until Saturday, February 29, and Australia Wide Six will end one week earlier on Saturday, February 22.
For more information about the opening and the exhibition, head to the website here.
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