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Thank you 2019….

Posted: January 15, 2020 in 2019, Creating, Gallery, Sew as I go
Tags: art, creativity, exhibition, needlepoint, sewing, tapestry, urbanart

Thank you 2019 for the many opportunities to express, exhibit and teach my passion, needlepoint tapestry.

8 gallery exhibitions, including galleries in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, London and Los Angeles. 4 online exhibitions, 3 stitches and craft shows, 12 workshops, 2 magazine features, 1 million stitches and many Sew as I GO moments. I’m stitching over summer and am preparing to thrive and blossom in 2020. All my love and gratitude for the creativity, support and opportunities throughout 2019

Slowly Taking Dictation

Posted: April 18, 2019 in 2019, Creating, Sew as I go
Tags: art, canvas, contemporary, creativity, Pleasure, sewing, sydney, tapestry, Textile Art, textiles, urban, urbanart

Anni Albers Quote. Being creative is not so much the desire to do something as the listening to that which wants to be done: the dictation of the materials. Creating is the most intense excitement one can come to know.

I was chatting with a friend about my needlepoint tapestry, Slowly Taking Dictation, she said that it worked with the Polish Poet’s, Secretary of the invisible. I’m drawn to the idea of slowly taking dictation in the role of the secretary of the invisible.

Niki_McDonald_ Slowly taking Dictation _ NP Tapestry _ 2019

Slowly Taking Dictation 110x90cm. Hand dyed 30ply wool, 3.75 tapestry canvas, 2019

Secretaries by Czeslaw Milosz

I am no more than a secretary of the invisible thing
That is dictated to me and a few others.
Secretaries, mutually unknown, we walk the earth
Without much comprehension. Beginning a phrase in the middle
Or ending it with a comma. And how it looks when completed
Is not up to us to inquire, we won’t read it anyway.

Sydney Stitches + Craft show Guest Artist

Posted: January 31, 2019 in 2019, Creating, Exhibition, Gallery, Sew as I go
Tags: creativity, exhibition, magazine, needlepoint, sewing, stitchesandcraftshow, sydney, textiles, urbanart, workshop

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Stitches and Craft

I am honored to be a guest artist at the Sydney Stitches and craft Show, I’ve been stitching for months and am looking forward to hanging my new body of work. In addition to my tapestry pieces I am selling cards and printed tapestry canvases so you can reap the benefits of stitching yourself. I am also offering free workshops each day from 2pm for the first 10 to sign up. If you’re in Sydney, please come by and say, Hi.

Artisan’s On Lewis – Sew as I Go, Mudgee

Posted: September 3, 2018 in 2018, Gallery, Sew as I go
Tags: art, creativity, exhibition, needlepoint, tapestry, textiles

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Sew as I go, at Artisan’s on Lewis, Mudgee was everything I wanted, a gorgeous gallery, my body of work professionally and carefully curated, enthusiastic gallery goers, family and friends, the most heavenly wine from the sponsor, Pieter van Gent and an array of red dots.

To be playful I themed up for my exhibition and wore a, Lady and the Unicorn, tapestry printed skirt.

Mudgee is a 4 hours drive from Sydney, it’s over the Blue Mountains and into the Central West. For all those that couldn’t make it to the opening I’ve posted a photo collage. Sew as I Go, runs until September 16th, so if you’re up for quintessential wineries, colonial buildings and friendly Mudgee folk take the trip and visit.

Why Tapestry Girl?

Posted: July 19, 2018 in 2018, Gallery, Sew as I go
Tags: art, blog, creativity, needlepoint, sewasIgo, sewing, sydney, tapestry

The name Tapestry Girl is playful and I like to dip into playfulness when things get too industrious. Textile art draws on creativity, skillfulness and industriousness. It’s easy to get bogged down in the mechanical side of life but when I remember to be lighthearted, grateful and playful, it feels like magic happens.

Life is busy, I have a day job, kids and a house to manage, my needlepoint tapestry is portable, so I sew as I go, it’s part of my playful project. It’s fun and rewarding to find interesting, challenging and gorgeous places to sew. People ask me how I get it all done, the key for me, is to remember to be playful and to sew as I go.

Using the tools of domesticity for urban sass

Posted: March 7, 2018 in 2018, Creating, Gallery, Sew as I go
Tags: art, creativity, exhibition, sewing, sydney, tapestry, textiles, urban, urbanart

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Using wool, tapestry canvas and pegboard for urban sass. On exhibition at Be Brave Art Space at 5-7 Careel Head Road, Avalon. Opening 16th of March and running 3rd of April. Invite PNG

Maximizing the medium

Posted: June 10, 2017 in 2017, Creating, Sew as I go
Tags: needlepoint, tapestry, tapestryGirl, textileart, textiles

Me and my girls

Posted: May 30, 2017 in 2017, Gallery, Group Show, Sew as I go
Tags: art, Tapestry Girl, textiles

I loved working with KPC Yarn and felt connected to the pop up space in Paddington. The workshops were a hub of creativity and exploration of the needlepoint tapestry medium. I’m thinking of more making, more workshops and of creating kits, watch this space x