Timeless Textiles

The second colour surprise rainforest fruiting aren’t these two beautiful? Acrylic paint on linen and stitched by @sophiemunns #exhibition #seeds #fibreart #hellonewyeast

Colour surprise by @sophiemunns Art Work on linen with stitching part of SeedArtLab exhibition @timelesstextiles #seeds #exhibition #painting #linen #stitch #hellonewyeast

Today’s workshop with @sophiemunns @timelesstextiles acrylic and ink #fibreart #workshop #textileart

Some of the brilliant reds used by @sophiemunns as part of SeedArtLab Acrylic painting on linen and paper stitched #drawing #exhibition #seeds #stitch #hellonewyeast

XRay seed pod by @sophiemunns from PlankBank residency collected from Tweed River Valley part of SeedArtLab exhibition @timelesstextiles #drawing #seeds #exhibition #hellonewyeast

Amazing art Work by @sophiemunns capturing the intricacies of seeds Ink and acrylic on watercolor paper exhibition open Sophie in gallery over the weekend #exhibition #seeds #drawing #stitch #hellonewyeast

Zhongi by @sophiemunns as part of SeedArtLab exhibition Acrylic on linen painting in homage to the artists time in Hong Kong #seeds #seedlanguage #artworkonlinen #exhibition #hellonewyeast

SeedartLad @sophiemunns exhibition almost installed @timelesstextiles opening night Thursday 6-8 pm #seeds #seedlanguage #seedlanguageartexhibition #artworkonlinen #hellonewyeast

Remember all of the women killed this year through male violence so far 39 Women in Australia this year Data from Destroy the Joint #notaccepable #notok

Swirling motions by @sachikokotaka nuno felt garment orikiri felt cut pieces stitched kimono jacket As part of Subterranean exhibition@timeless Textiles until this Sunday at 2 pm #sculpture #felt #hellonewyeast #exhibition

Stratum by Anne Kempton part of Subterranean exhibition now on until 5 August Felt silk thread leather and slate #exhibition #felt #sculpture #hellonewyeast

This workshop offers you, whether highly experienced or quite new to Art, an enlivening approach for exploring a fascinating diversity of Seed material from various habitats. You are invited to bring along native Seed material from your local area to add to samples we can work with. Mixed media & paper will be provided… with exercises designed to guide and prompt wide-ranging experimentation. In no time you'll be immersed & interpreting the world of seeds with ease. Bring a...long a smart-phone/digital camera and journal & we’ll examine numerous processes for working visually to capture the wonders of seeds, pods and capsules. You will gain an Artist's view into the world of Seeds, Conservation & Science in a relaxed and enjoyable series of sessions that will give you glimpses of fresh ways to work with the unique world of seeds ... allowing you to reflect further on the land where you live & the Seed material waiting there to discover up close in your own time.
Dates: 9.30 am – 4.30 pm Sunday 12 August 2018
Cost: $110 including a delicious morning tea and lunch
Venue: Timeless Textiles Gallery
Estimated material fee ($30) payable to the artist
Book in now https://timelesstextiles.com.au/…/seeds -through-an-artists…/
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Bleached by Catherine O’Leaey as part of Subterranean exhibition merino felted #exhibition #feltsculpture #felt #hellonewyeast #sculpture

The primal language of seeds informs exhibition
"To this day, 50 percent of our calorific intake comes from just three grains — wheat, rice and maize.” The Book of Seeds, Ed. P.Smith Munns has been preoccupied with the language of seeds for many years. It took shape, however, at the 2010 launch of the Homage to the Seed project for a year long artist residency at Brisbane Botanic Garden.
... The investigations carried out on residency began to really give shape, and voice, to ideas around the pressing matter of seeds at this time of human history,” she said. “During further residencies in seed banks, botanic gardens and educational institutions, around Australia and abroad, I slowly gained a closer view into the complex world of seeds, science and conservation projects.
“I wanted to know what was really happening and how that might differ from public debates around seeds. I have been seeking clarity on some of the common themes and, in some cases, misconceptions.”
The concept behind the Seed Language exhibition started with a look back across time. Munns dipped into the interrelated fields of archeo-botany, ethno-botany and economic botany to unearth rich and complex stories revealing the multiplicity of ways that seeds have impacted on, and shaped, human life.
Seeds and grains feature prominently among glyphs from several of the world’s earliest known languages. Munns finds seeds and their vessels translate well into motifs and symbols.
“Across time many individuals, and indeed whole cultures, have created a language of seed forms expressed in all kinds of mediums,” she said. “It has been one of my primary visual preoccupations, as I collect and observe seed diversity in different habitats.”
Fibre and textile traditions also owe a great deal to seeds. Munns loves to use linen as a surface and explores a few paper sources that avoid trees being cut down. To minimise the use of unsustainable resources artworks may be smaller, worked on in a series, are often unframed, and certainly designed to be more transportable.
Seed Language brings together images and ideas highlighting the ways that seeds have long been and continue to be central to human life on the planet. Emerging technology and science offer the potential for new discovery in plant life. Although losing species at a concerning rate, we are also discovering new plant species, bringing new discoveries in medicine, more resilient food crops and the potential for more sustainable products.
“The challenge in being so open to wide-ranging stimulus around seeds to find a focus to translate ideas that are meaningful to me into art forms,” Munns said.
The importance of seeds as the basis of human life, with a primal language that speaks to us all, lies behind Seed Language, an exhibition by Sophie Munns, an artist with a passion for textile arts, opening at Newcastle’s Timeless Textiles Gallery in August.
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Geodes - open heart by Pam de Groot, one of the contributing artists in Subterranean exhibition now on at Timeless Textiles Gallery wool and beads #feltsculpture #felt #hellonewyeast @pamdegroot

Wonderful upcoming exhibition with Sophie Munns, as well as the opportunity to spend three days learning

Our Wednesday Group had a great morning - hope to see you again next Wednesday, 10.30am -12.30pm for some stitching, creating and sharing.

Glacial shift by Giselle Penn as part of Subterranean exhibition #feltsculpture #felt #sculpture #exhibition #hellonewyeast

Amazing Artists amazing Art Work !!!

Amazing Artists amazing Art Work !!!