Harvest Textiles: Drawn Quilt

Harvest Textiles, 'Drawn Quilt' Harvest Textiles, 'Drawn Quilt'

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1 November – 4 December 2010
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Harvest textiles is a Melbourne label by three women: Lara Davies, Emma Byrnes and Jess Wright, who share a love of creativity, sustainability, community and collaboration. Products include homewares, clothing, yardage and handmade DIY kits. Drawn Quilt is a good example of the label's collective making process; incorporating individual designs to create a unified piece. The exhibition features individual drawings stitched together in a paper version of a quilt, alongside the final quilt design, hand screenprinted onto fabric. The work was inspired by the notion of the patchwork quilt - the three makers coming together with scraps and ideas to contribute individual "patches" that then become part of the greater picture.

Harvest textiles also run screen printing and textile workshops and seminars from their studio in Melbourne. The business incorporates low impact processes and uses organic and/or sustainable fabrics and water based inks for products and workshops. All fabric is hand screen printed at the harvest textiles studio in Melbourne. DIY kits allow people who enjoy the harvest textiles range to become part of the making process.

Visit www.harvesttextiles.com.au for more information.