“ADVENTURES IN MINIATURE”
Ronnie Morgan
5th September to 4th October 2015
Ronnie will be onsite Saturdays 11am-4pm
Squid Studio also open wed & thurs 12-5pm
Artists Left Hanging by Australia Council Decision
STITCHED Lissa Jane de Sailles & Cyndy Kitt Vogelsang
Cyndy Kitt Vogelsang
Sewing is natural as breathing to me and rarely difficult; even when the work itself was hard as it was when I worked in factories as a production machinist when I first left school at 15. Sewing has been my trade and a means to an end rather than a deep passion.
Illustration is just part of my design process, normally I like to work fast with cheap materials, my hand is untrained and even when I work with paint or ink, I am drawing.
I love words and stories, though spelling and formal grammar do not come easy and there are days when I feel the weight of leaving school so young. Still, I have the writer’s compulsion and as a mature age student earned a Dip Art in Professional Writing at RMIT (graduating in 2006). When I write, I’m slow and pedantic; I roll the words around in my mouth and indulge in the shape of them on a page.
I see a connection between stitching, illustration and writing; drafting patterns and drafting tales, and getting the fit and details “just right”. These thoughts inspired a poem I wrote in 2010. Cutting the Cloth metaphorically entwines sewing, writing, art and life, and the dangers of being too hasty or too hesitant. I have taken these words and painted them in the style of an early 20th century haberdasher’s sign and stitched the canvas panels to cloth banners for my key works (Seamstress Advice #1 & #2) for this exhibition.
Seamstress
Machinist
Dressmaker
Tailor
Stitcher
Sewer
Maker of clothes
Fold the virgin cloth
Mark, Measure, Cut . . . ?
Hesitate . . . ? Meditate!
Take care once cut
It can never again be whole
Seamstress
Machinist
Dressmaker
Tailor
Stitcher
Sewer
Weaver of dreams
The fabric of your life
Remains on a roll
Fearing an error
You commit a greater sin
For cloth has a duty and a right to be worn
© Cyndy Kitt Vogelsang, May 2015
Lissa-Jane de Sailles
“I have been stitching most of my life in one way or another. Patterning, counting and manual dexterity are skills that were learned with ease and enthusiasm”
My process is mainly intuitive and I have tried not to follow any rules or inhibit myself by listening to my inner critic. I have merely created a collection of objects that reflects a small part of my rich inner life.
STITCHED METAL + CURLYWILLOW PHOTOGRAPHY Monica Hilzinger & Grace Hilzinger
Grace Hilzinger CURLYWILLOW PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography has interested me for as long as I can remember. I take photos when something captures my imagination or truly makes me wonder. The idea of being able to capture an image instantly that will never be exactly the same again is appealing. The beauty of nature and flowers has been a major influence for me; the unbelievable colours nature can produce are amazing. But my photography is not limited by one category I find constant inspiration on a daily basis. enquire@curlywillow.com.au
Monica Hilzinger STITCHED METAL
This is my second exhibition at squid the space has offered me inspiration along with the ability to produce works that are true to me and where my thoughts and ideas are heading. Metal has been a medium I have been playing with for quite a few years the constant collection of shapes and how they work together is always alluring. For this exhibition I wanted to explore another way other than welding for joining. I introduced plaster, a fascinating medium. A powder that will become strong enough to hold metal and contrast with the rusty dark elements of metal. m.hilzinger4@gmail.com
STACKS by Angela Russell
GIRLS OUT LOUD An International Women’s Day Event
DIRT by Elizabeth Langdon
BONE COUTURE RESTROSPECTIVE by Cyndy Kitt
Book Sale & biblioSQUID
As the pages turn, another chapter opens in the story of Squid Studio Nowra
Welcome to Squid Studio V.3 I am your new tour guide, door opener, bathroom cleaner and floor sweeper at Squid Studio. I share massive thanks and gratitude to Jen Saunders and Lissa-Jane de Sailles for the work that has been done over the past two years that I can now explore, expand, maybe abandon but on the whole have fun trying out all sorts of ways that this physical site and the conceptual container that Squid is becoming can engage, entertain, challenge and reward those who come within reach of our tentacles of active, creative and thoughtful content. (WOW that is a very long sentence) Hmmm content, is it contented? Is it excessive, equitable, emaciated, all or none? Squid Studio is on the turn and we look forward to you joining us on the ride.
Squid Studio V.3 