East Meets West

1996
Highly commended, Bega Art Awards, Bega Valley Regional Gallery - for "Magic Carpet Series 1', wall piece 1.5 metres x 1 metre.
Collaborative work with Judith Lamb, machine embroiderer. Judge Tim Fisher, Assistant Curator of Sculpture and Painting, National Gallery of Australia.

1995
Namoi Valley, 5th Australian Cotton Fibre Exhibition, Narrabri. Open section - first for 'Tete A Tete'. Judge Janet de Boer, Editor of Textile Fibre Forum Magazine.

1993
Namoi Valley, 4th Australian Cotton Fibre Exhibition, Narrabri. Major Acquisitive Award and Open Section - first for wall hanging 'East Meets West'. Judges Jenny Kee, Barbara Schey, and Effie Mitrofanis.

J.R.Kirkland Memorial Award, Bega Valley Art Society, for 'Spirit Mask'.

1991
Highly Commended, Caltex Awards, Bega Valley Regional Gallery for 'Paradise Lost- The Fast Lane'. Judge Colin Parker. F.R.H.S.

1994
Postcodes Travelling Exhibition. A rural arts project funded by the Arts Council Of N.S.W.. Acquired piece - 'Treaty Now'. Property of the Arts Council of NSW.

1993
Namoi Valley 4th Australian Cotton Fibre Exhibition, Narrabri. Acquired piece 'East Meets West'. Property of the Narrabri Gallery.

'East meets West' - The Cotton Connection/Peace Mantra 1993.

Description 1.5. metres square wall piece, made from cotton that had been grown in Narrabri and processed by the Bemboka Paper Mill, near Bega, embedded with cotton buds and treated with dyes and finishes. Each panel is joined with cotton fabric.

This piece is a celebration of different cultures weaving together. The kimino was chosen as a symbol of the Eastern connection, and married with the versatile and universal fibre of cotton. The cotton buds simulate a weave that represents the warp and weft of the human race.

On a local level it is a connection between Bega in the east and Narrabri in the west. The peace sign is from the I Ching and along with the Yin and Yang is representative of China, a prolific user of the cotton fibre.

Detail - East Meets West