ISSN 2007-00IX 12 September, 2019
Out of the past and into the future – a weekend of talks and demonstrations in Strathalbyn on the
5th & 6th of October, 2019
presented by the Strath Matters rugmaking group.
FREE ENTRY – ALL WELCOME
A Guild General Meeting is to be held Saturday 5th October at 4:00 pm after the days activities at the Town Hall on High Street, Strathalbyn. Members have been notified by email and nomination forms sent out – if you are a member and did not receive the email, contact rughookingaustralia@gmail.com
The program for the weekend is full of presentations and demonstrations by local, national and international artists.
Local textile artist from South Australia Yvonne Dalton will give a talk and demonstration on Saturday and Sunday. India Flint introduces Yvonne in this article in“Hand Eye” magazine.
International visitors; Canadians, Karen Kaiser and Susan Sutherland, will give presentations – Karen on “Design” and Susan will talk about how the “Barachois Hooked Cushion” project came to be and her involvement in it.
Some of the cushions have been “on tour” – Rob Thomson in “The Buzz”, Prince Edward Island’s Guide to What’s Going On, a free monthly magazine featuring community events and local art, music, theatre, books, food & drink, film and more – describes the project on display at the Kirk of St. James in Charlottetown, PEI, in mid-September …….
They come from Barachois Historic Church in Grand-Barachois, New Brunswick, near Shediac – 250 cushions, covered in a kaleidoscope of hooked-rug fabric and colour created by rug hookers across Canada and the United States and from places as far away as Scotland and the UAE, They are the result of a project to celebrate two historic events: the 2019 World Acadian Congress, and the upcoming 200th anniversary of the church in 2026.
Other discussions with international interest will be with Australian Rugmaking Guild members who traveled to the UK for The International Guild of Handhooking Rugmakers 2018 Triennial Conference and their travels before and after the TIGHR Conference – including an Artists in Residence in Wales, a Knitting Tour in Iceland and meeting rug hookers on the Isle of Guernsey and in Normandie, France.
A tapestry weaving demonstration will be presented by Betty Wolf and local Guild members will demonstrate associated fibre techniques, crocheted rope baskets, toothbrush rug making, and twining, another weaving technique.
Jo Franco, Editor and Membership Chair and Judi Tompkins, Communications Chair for the Australia Rugmakers Guild have ventured into the “online” world with a virtual textile exhibition in 2018. More recently, along with Kira Mead the third member of their team, they presented the Global rug Hub webinar which brought rugmakers together from around the Globe.
Jo and Judi will talk about this experience and show the video’s produced by Australian Guild member Kira Mead.
The Strath Matters rugmaking group and the Australian Rugmakers Guild Committee hope you will join us for this weekend of interesting events.
