Musings on things Ethereal - the film
Kathryn works across a wide variety of embroidery techniques from hand and machine embroidery styles, appliqué, printing and dyeing to surface embellishment, basketry and felting in both 2D and 3D forms. Tutor, educator and artist, Kathryn has exhibited extensively both nationally and overseas. In 2016 Kathryn collaborated with Liz Powell and Denise N Rall to create Tahuna: Ocean Navigator, a piece which won the paper on skin Betta Milk Major Award of $5000 that year and was purchased by the Burnie Regional Art Gallery for their collection.
Images from nature of lichens, fungi and plants with wonderful textural surfaces were inspiration for the development of the design of Musings on things Ethereal, with Kathryn wanting to explore these textures in paper. The artist is also interested in the environmental, social, political and personal contexts within which we live. The piece was created during the time of bushfires, torrential rains and COVID-19 - created the space for looking inward… thinking about what is important, stripping back the inessential and causing no further harm to our environments. Musings on things Ethereal is about slowing down, being aware and taking personal responsibility for how we live our lives and how this impacts our world.
Materials: Various mulberry-based papers, teabags, silk organza.
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