Once again the artists of untethered fibre artists group have challenged themselves to navigate pre-conceived creative boundaries in order to explore new understandings and interpretations of a familiar concept. The result is a vibrant exhibition filled with works that challenge us to reconsider countless aspects of our lives and the world around us.
I have been privileged to view the group’s journey over the last year, and have been impressed by their collective dedication to challenge themselves and grow artistically -pushing out of the known, to create works that take their considerable talents, strip them back to start anew, and venture into territory that can be both frightening and exhilarating.
Fibre of course is the common element in ebb and flow, but uncommon in its use.
Subjects range from quiet, unassuming domestic stories to migration tableaus, equally powerful in their interpretation. The cycles of life and historic shifts are explored through references to natural elements of the sea and the bush, but memory and recollection are equally at play, with poignant glimpses of jarring life events, not lessened in their intensity through thread and stitch.
ebb and flow asks us to explore, delve into and contemplate the intricacies of life.
We will be the richer for it.
Jacqueline Schultze
Exhibitions:
Muswellbrook Regional Arts Centre
12th May-2nd July 2017
Corner Bridge and William Streets, Muswellbrook NSW 2333

Belconnen Arts Centre
10th March-2nd April 2017
118 Emu Bank, Belconnen ACT 2617

Wallarobba Arts and Cultural Centre
31st October-13th November 2016
25 Edgeworth David Ave, Hornsby NSW 2077

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ebb & flow catalogue available – contact us now!
52 pages, 23 artworks, 23 full images; plus 23 detail photos, artists statements and concepts.
Catalogue $25 + P&P Australia-wide.
Detail Images
Photographer Janet Tavener

Nola Archer ‘Missing’
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Jane Bodnaruk ‘Rope Journey’
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Kelcie Bryant-Duguid ‘Yellow Protest Dress Series’
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Carolyn Cabena ‘As I see it’
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Jennifer Florey ‘Lois, Lost and Found‘
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Desdemona Foster ‘cranium ache’
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Cathie Griffith ‘Conversations with the Moon’
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Fiona Hammond ‘Fading Glories: The Ebbing of Ancient Archaeological Wonders’
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Mary Hedges ‘The beauty of Australian seed-pods’
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Bronwyn Hunter ‘Virile’
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Katherine Kachor ‘There are two Tides to this Story’
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Margo-Lynne Lee ‘Easo’
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Denise Lithgow ‘ By the Wave-cut Platform’
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Brenda Livermore ‘Gifts from the Sea’
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Mandy McAlister ‘Heat’
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Robyn McGrath ‘Fortune’
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Helen MacRitchie ‘Leòdhas’
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Sylvia Riley ‘ebb and flow I’
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Barbara Schey ‘Unwavering’
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Samantha Tannous ‘Bush Rhythm’
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Kirry Toose ‘Lifetimes’
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Jenepher Walker ‘Pod I’
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Elaine Witton ‘Continuous Life’
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