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Posts Tagged ‘Textile Art’

NeedleXchange with MrXstitch

Posted: November 7, 2023 in Gallery
Tags: art, conversationsontheartofthread, mrxstitch, needlexchange, podcast, Tapestry Girl, tapestryGirl, Textile Art

Jamie Chalmers interviewed me on his podcast, needleXchange, I was a bit nervous and due to the time zone had worked 8 hours, made the family dinner and then launched in. Listening to the interview took a bit of adjusting but once I had made peace with my voice, my ummings and pauses I was totally on board. The first podcast works but the second one is my favorite, I feel like Jamie and I are chatting and unpacking creativity it’s origins and manifestations.

https://www.needl.exchange/niki-mcdonald/

And once you have listened to part 1, here is a link to part 2, please enjoy and let me know if you have any questions, we could start a conversation x

https://www.needl.exchange/niki-mcdonald-2/

Inspirations – Magazine Article

Posted: October 3, 2023 in Gallery
Tags: creativity, Inspirations magazine, Tapestry Girl, Textile Art

Thank you to Ansie and Inspirations Magazine for the thoughtful article. Please follow the link below to see the piece written by Ansie van der Walt

https://www.inspirationsstudios.com/tapestry-girl/

Blame it on the Sunsets

Posted: June 30, 2022 in Exhibition, Gallery
Tags: contemporary, creativity, exhibition, street art, tapestry, Tapestry Girl, tapestryGirl, Textile Art, urban

Sydney winter sunsets are awe inspiring, warm gelato pinks, streaks of strawberry, rose lemonades, fluffy flamingo coloured clouds . The sun sets in the west and the silhouettes of people, places and things contrast against the bubblegum skies.

Intelligent animal and the Darlington Installation Project (DIP) present
Blame it on the Sunsets by Niki McDonald, Tapestry Girl. https://www.intelligentanimal.com.au/

‘I’m saying that our urban environment empowers the women who embrace
the colours, reflections, lights, and Sunsets’. Follow the link for the catalogue . https://www.intelligentanimal.com.au/_files/ugd/7c5458_5c41c7e30d85469a885e6b54dc3fd61c.pdf

Follow the link for What’s on in Sydney. https://whatson.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/events/blame-it-on-the-sunsets-niki-mcdonald-aka-tapestry-girl

The purpose of Intelligent Animal (ia) is to financially contribute to people and organisations undertaking critical action to ensure the future and ongoing protection of our bio-diversity.

Seemingly Compliant – Exhibition

Posted: July 27, 2021 in Gallery
Tags: art, contemporary, creativity, exhibition, street art, tapestry, Tapestry Girl, tapestryGirl, Textile Art, urban

It’s happened again, just as my, Seamingly compliant , exhibition was about to open, Sydney went into a Stage 4 Lockdown and the Traffic Jam galleries had to close. The exhibition has been set up and photographed and you can see my work in the Catalogue by clicking on the link. I am so happy with this Body of Work, Seemingly compliant, is an exhibition divided into 3 parts, and is an exploration of my personal journey to find authentic self-expression and reinvigorate the story within the common thread. Scroll down for a taster or click for the whole show

Click for the catalogue

And….There’s a Light on

Posted: October 7, 2020 in 2020, Gallery
Tags: exhibition, Sydneycraftweek, Tap Gallery, Tapestry Girl, Textile Art, textiles

Opening Celebration – Saturday 10th October 12-4 pm

TAP Gallery is at 1/259 Riley Street, Surry Hills, Sydney

Exhibition from Thursday 8th of october – Sunday 18th of October 2020

Wednesday 14th for Craft up Late – 5-7pm

And… There’s a Light On, an art exhibition, is a response to the Sydney Craft Week theme, Change Maker. Immersion in the gallery space will offer a sensory shift for the viewer. The space is compact, and the textile art is hung Salon style for limited visual resting places, artwork titles draw on song lyrics to evoke mood and past experience. The artwork is tactical, and touch is encouraged on some pieces, bowls of sweets are offered creating small dopamine hits. The artist’s intention is to provide a space for sensory immersion as an intermission from the unfolding world at large. Niki McDonald, Tapestry Girl, employs the half cross stitch traditionally used in needlepoint tapestry to find the balance between playfulness, industriousness and urban sass.

http://www.tapgallery.org.au/and-theres-a-light-on-niki-mcdonald/

Stitching for our environment

Posted: August 1, 2020 in 2020, Gallery
Tags: art, contemporary, creativity, exhibition, sewing, stitching, sydney, tapestry, Textile Art, textiles, urban, urbanart

Intelligent Animal and Darlington Installation Project (DIP) present Niki McDonald, Tapestry Girl.

This is the sixth exhibition in an awareness and fundraising campaign series to support Frontline Action on Coal (FLAC) curated by intelligent animal in conjunction with DIP window Gallery.

50% of all sales will go to supporting the community members from around the country that are undertaking frontline action to stop the construction of the Adani Carmichael Mine at Moray Downs, Queensland. The Great Barrier Reef is at risk of being destroyed and since I haven’t been there yet, I really want to make sure it’s preserved and is ready to welcome eco tourists.

Our environment is precious, precarious and needs our help to thrive and survive. Covid 19 has taught me that with less planes, trains and automobiles, by keeping life simple, the skies are crystal clear, the water ways can play host to marine life and our environment has a chance to recover.

The window exhibition can be seen at 30 Golden Grove street, Darlington, NSW until 16.08.2020

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.

Where the Vertical meets the Horizonal

Posted: September 5, 2017 in 2017, Exhibition, Gallery, Group Show
Tags: exhibition, gaffagallery, inspiration, seedstitch, tapestry, Tapestry Girl, Textile Art, urbanart

‘Where the Vertical meets the Horizontal’ my 20ply merino wool latch hook cross on exhibition with the Seed Stitch Collective, at the Gaffa Gallery, Sydney. The audience is asked to start a new conversation by pulling handfuls of fluffy wool from the piece, balling them up and discarding the wispy creations on the wooden floor. The orginal gives rise to a new conversation and where the story will go, I’m looking forward to seeing x

Issue 1 of XStitch Magazine with a peak at my inclusion

Posted: July 12, 2017 in 2017
Tags: art, contemporary, creativity, magazine, needlepoint, Published, stitching, tapestry, Textile Art, textiles, urban, xstitch

I am excited to be part of, Issue 1 of XStitch Magazine created and developed by Jamie “Mr X Stitch” Chalmers. There’s an abundance of textile artist profiles and patterns. You can purchase copies of the magazine from the website (http://xstitchmag.com/shop/issue-1-pre-order) and because I’m in it, you can use the discount code ISSUE1STAR to get 10% off the xstitch pattern magazine, the discount doesn’t apply to shipping though. Here is a sneak peak of one of my pages.

Tangerine Dream