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Copyright: © Alison Muir
Date Made: July 2016
Dimensions: (H) 198 cm, (W) 86 cm, (H) 78 inches, (W) 34 inches
Materials and Techniques: Silk, polyester, paper, fused applique, heat set images, batik, machine stitch
Photographer: Andrew Payne
Caption: Mining, climate change, ship wrecks and coral bleaching are all impacting Australia’s greatest tourist attraction. Corporate business does not comprehend the idea of Custodianship as opposed to Ownership and is wrecking the Great Barrier Reef for all mankind.
Awards and Collections:
Exhibitions: juried into SAQA ‘H2oh!’
Publications: SAQA catalogue ‘H2oh!’ and Portfolio 24
Date compiled: March 2017
Dimensions: (H) 230 cm, (W) 110 cm, (H) 90 inches, (W) 43 inches
Materials cotton, linen, commercial and hand dyed silk threads
Techniques: natural dye; indigo, mangrove and onion skins. Arashi shibori, machine and hand stitching, hand embroidery
Photographer: Andy Payne, Photographix
Caption: water wars have been predicted for some time in Australia, especially in relation to the Murray/Darling Basin and the enormous aquifer under the Queensland, NSW and South Australian outback.
Stories of illegal drawdown of river waters are rife, and the state borders and capitalistic approach to water do not assist.
Finally, after 10 years of major drought in Eastern Australia, in this year of the horrendous bushfires, raging floods and Coronavirus, water is returning to the Murray Darling system from upstream.
Can all these catastrophes allow a rethink, at many levels of Society, on protecting water and what it means to all living beings
Date compiled: May 2019
Date Made: May 2023
Dimensions: (H) 140 cm, (W) 176 cm,
Materials: cotton sheeting, linen curtaining, indigo
Techniques: natural indigo dyed, ferrous & synthetic indigo painted and machine stitched
Photographer: Tawfik Elgazzar
Caption: Glaciers and Polar ice are melting at an alarming rate, not seen or recorded in documents including Lloyd’s logs. Capitalism and Corporate greed continue to take the one-off resources from planet Earth without any return on the asset to the planet or its inhabitants. Its time Capitalism and Corporations worked out ways to repair the Earth, make income and allow a future before there is nothing left
Date Made: 2019
Dimensions: (H) 40cm, (W) 40cm, (H) 16 inches, (W) 16 inches
Materials and Technique: recycled plastic bags, bubble wrap and credit card cut, torn, layered with tape and hand stitched
Photographer: Andy Payne, Photographix
Caption: plastic, in all its forms is infiltrating our waterways and human bodies. Minute particles of plastic are being mistakenly identified as food by plankton, which are then ingested by other fish/food.
Exhibitions: made to submit or ‘Australia wide 7’ OZQN, submitted to SAQA, ‘On the Edge’ virtual exhibition
Date compiled: Mar 2020
Date Made: 2016-2019
Dimensions: (H) 120 cm, (W) 146 cm, (H) 47 inches, (W) 57 inches
Materials: wool cloth, wool blanket, silk threads, oil stick, dye
Techniques: natural dye; indigo, mangrove. Arashi shibori, drawing, painting, machine and hand stitching
Photographer: Andy Payne, Photographix
Caption: the euphemism suggests ‘ruining a surprise or event’; this work shows a pond with rotting eucalyptus leaves colouring the water and disguising the depths beyond…………………….water and wool hold memory
Selections: ‘Art Quilt Australia’ 2019
Collections: Collection of artist
Exhibitions: ‘Art Quilt Australia’ 2019 at The Wool Museum, Geelong, Victoria
‘Art Quilt Australia’ 2019 at Yarra Valley Art Gallery, Victoria
Publications: ‘Art Quilt Australia’ 2019 catalogue, published by OzquiltNetwork
Date updated: May 2020
Date Made: December 2021
Dimensions: (H) 100 cm, (W) 100 cm,
Materials: recycled and commercial cotton and clothing
Techniques: indigo dyed, raw edge piecing and machine stitching
Photographer: Andrew Payne, Photographix
Caption: Reflecting on the generational trauma on the male side of our family of origin. Experimenting by assembling squares of ‘sunshine & shadow’ cloth and the juxtaposition of smaller and larger pieces around an ancient piece of recycled hand stitched textile
Selections: ‘One step further’ Victorian Quilters’ 2022
Collections: artist
Exhibitions: Textiles Sydney ‘spin, knit stitch’ exhibition at Primrose Arts and Crafts Centre, Cremorne in April 2022.
One Step Further exhibition at Kyabram Gallery, Melbourne 2022
SAQA Portfolio 2023
Publications: @textile_expressions
@textiles_sydney
Catalogue ‘one step further’ 2022
Date updated: Feb 2023
Date Made: November 2022
Dimensions (H) cm, (W) cm
Materials: recycled wool felt, recycled wool blanket, knitting wool, recycled wool clothing scraps
Techniques: Shibori Eucalyptus dyed, Eucalyptus eco dyed, hand pieced and hand stitched
Photographer: Tawfik Elgazzar
Caption: ‘Make do’ was a challenge to create a baby’s cot quilt out of recycled and scrap wools without buying anything new.
Selections: Applied to AQA 2023 Wool prize
Date compiled: May 2023
Date Made: 2020
Dimensions: (H) 46 cm, (W) 43 cm, (H) 18 inches, (W) 16 inches
Materials: linen
Techniques: fused, printed, machine stitch
Photographer: Andrew Payne
Caption: A daily line of stitching to monitor my hydration and well-being in this time of isolation.
Exhibitions: made for SDA ‘Mandatory colour’ juried exhibition
Date compiled: June 2020
Date Made: 2019
Dimensions: (H) 50cm, (W) 50cm, (H) 20 inches, (W) 20 inches
Materials and Techniques: recycled cotton wrapped, indigo dyed, hand and machine stitch
Caption: As we age, our ability to see ‘blue’ diminishes.
Exhibitions: Made for Visions exhibition
Date compiled: Dec 2019
Date Made: 2019
Dimensions: (H) 45 cm, (W) 30 cm, (H) 15 inches, (W) 12 inches
Materials: silk
Techniques: printed Xray (by Warwick), machine and hand stitch
Caption: recovering from CIDP, I trialled weekends in an apartment with my husband to see how life would be out of residential care. My lower legs & feet were quite weak and I tripped on the edge of the rug and face planted with my left hand under my chest. 2 fractured fingers
Selections: ‘One red thread’ exhibition
Collections: Collection of artist
Exhibitions: ‘One red thread’ travelling exhibition in NSW, WA, SA etc
Publications: Instagram ‘textile_expressions
Date compiled: May 2020
Date Made: 2020
Dimensions: (H) 83 cm, (W) 89 cm, (H) inches, (W) inches
Materials: purchased & gifted naturally dyed silks (some indigenous), polyester interlayer and linen back
Techniques: pieced, hand & machine stitched
Photographer: Andrew Payne, Photographix
Caption: While Covid19 has distracted the Australian population, State & Federal governments have approved gas fracking that will pollute our greatest water source: The Great Artesian Basin underground from Papua New Guinea to Adelaide South Australia.
Exhibitions: Mosman Artists 2088 exhibition 2021
Publications: Entries for ‘Seed Stitch’ collective at Design Centre, Sydney 2020
Date compiled: July 2020
Copyright: © Alison Muir
Date Made: May 2007
Dimensions: (H) 40 cm, (W) 40 cm, (H) 16 inches, (W) 16 inches
Materials and Techniques: Silk and polyester voile, netting, cotton back and felt interlayer
Heat set images, fabric manipulation, machine quilting and embroidery
Photographer: Andy Payne
Caption: In some countries, tap water is undrinkable and is labelled not potable. This could be a solution to Australia's water shortage. The international symbol for 'not potable' water is overlayed with water-coloured voile under a layer of blue netting to signify the filtering of water and information, an experiment in image-text.
Awards and Collections: Collection of the artist
Exhibitions: 'Across Australia' touring exhibition by Ozquilt Network Inc. 2007 to 2009
Publications: Across Australia on www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au
Date compiled: July 2009
Date Made: June 2019
Dimensions: (H) 96 cm, (W) 74 cm,
Materials: cotton, silk organza, dye, pentel pen, pencil
Techniques: block printed, drawing, hand and machine stitching
Photographer: Andy Payne
Caption: Australia is the driest continent on the Blue Planet and is currently in full drought, some
areas for 10 years. Some parts of the continent are marginal farming land even when it’s
not a drought.
Indigenous Australians have managed the resources of coastal and inland waters for Millennium, with care to nurture stocks, feed the people and provide custodial techniques for future generations.
Currently the major water systems that support aquafers and the river systems
downstream have been robbed by greedy companies and large multicorporates who
take the water personal gain.
Some towns and people on the Murray Darling River have no water for drinking
When will immigrant Australians adopt the same values and let the Indigenous people fix
the broken water systems for all Australians?
Selections: ‘Soft borders’ Surface Design Association 2019
‘Dare to Differ’ Quilter Guild of SA 2019
Collections: Private collection:
Exhibitions: ‘Dare to Differ’ Gallery M, Adelaide, SA 2019
Publications: ‘Soft borders’ print and electronic exhibition illustrations published by Surface Design Association USA 2019
Copyright: © Alison Muir
Date Made: June 2012
Dimensions: (H) 40cm, (W) 40cm, (H) 16inches, (W) 16inches
Materials and Techniques: Cotton, oil stick, pentel pen Stencil, hand paint, hand draw, hand & machine stitch
Photographer: Andy Payne, Photographix
Caption: Driving to work each day through the roadwork to expand Sydney M2 motorway I reflected on the exposed sandstone layers and the embedded history. Water seeping into the bedrock brings nutrients and life to the layers
Awards and Collections: Collection of the Artist
Exhibitions: Australia Wide 3 touring exhibition of small art quilts arranged by Ozquilt Network Inc
Publications: www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au
Date compiled: January 2013
Date Made: 2021
Dimensions: (H) 107 cm, (W) 124 cm
Materials: recycled clothes, sheeting, recycled kimono
Techniques: hand painting, stencil, hand and machine stitching
Caption: reflecting on loss of family, body function, friends and time
Selections: Textiles Sydney exhibition 2022 at Primrose Park Arts & Crafts Centre
Collections: Artist
Exhibitions: Textiles Sydney exhibition Mezzanine March 2022 at Primrose Park Arts & Crafts Centre, Cremorne Sydney
Date compiled: 2021
Date Made: November 2020
Dimensions: (H) 50 cm, (W) 100 cm, landscape
Materials: recycled cotton, gifted silk
Techniques: hand dyed, hand painted, drawn, hand and machine stitch
Caption: Using landscape textiles made by indigenous artists, I have contrasted my own work and say to the viewer; our views of country are poles apart. Indigenous people are of the country and immigrant people use the country.
Selections: Juried into SAQA Oceania exhibition ‘distance and diversity’
Collections: Artists
Exhibitions: SAQA Oceania in New Zealand and Australia and on-line at SAQA Conference 2021.
Travelling exhibition in Australia and New Zealand 2020-2023
Publications: ‘Oceania: Distance and Diversity’ SAQA Regional Exhibition 2021-2023 catalogue.
Additional video discussion while on show in Sunbury Gallery, recorded Friday 20 Jan 2023
Date compiled: Jan 2023
Date Made: 2022
Dimensions: (H) 40cm x (W) 60cm
Materials: whole cloth silk
Techniques: tied eucalyptus natural dye, dip dye, Inktense pencil & Posco pen, machine stitching
Photographer: Jasmin Cooper, Jazzy Photography
Caption: ‘wind and water are the arbiters of sand and its movement of dunes over time; an ephemeral landscape’
Selections: Dare to Differ 2022 exhibition in Adelaide, SA 2022.
Collections: Artist
Exhibitions: Dare to Differ 2022 exhibition in Adelaide, SA. 2-25 September, 2022.
Publications: Catalogue Dare to Differ 2022
Date compiled: November 2022
Date Made: November 2016
Dimensions: (H) 258 cm, (W) 149 cm, (H) 101.5 inches, (W) 59 inches
Materials: Commercial silk, Tiwi Island silk, cotton, polyester, paper Shibori, heat set images, lino cut prints, fused applique, machine stitching
Techniques: Fused appliqué and machine quilting
Photographer: Andrew Payne
Caption: Man has explored Earth’s Moon, most of the planets in Earth’s Solar system and some outer space but until Man could withstand water pressure at depths and still breathe the deep oceans were out of bounds. Recent published works by marine scientists and photographers have started to document the creatures of the deep. This work draws on my imagination to visualise a World down deep with little sunlight but much life
Awards and Collections: Selected for Expressions 2000 at National Wool Museum Private collection
Exhibitions: Expressions 2000 the wool quilt prize, The National Wool Museum, Geelong Victoria. North Shore Craft Group exhibition and Postcards from the Hunter Valley at Capercaillie Wine Company 2002
Publications: Expressions 2000 catalogue. Members Pages at www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au
Date compiled: 21 November 2016
Date Made: April 2014
Dimensions: (H) 40 cm, (W) 40 cm, (H) 16 inches, (W) 16 inches
Materials: silks
Techniques: fused appliqué and machine stitch
Photographer: Andy Payne, Photographix
Caption: undercurrents invade calm
Selection: ‘Australia Wide 4’
Collections: Collection of artist
Exhibitions: ‘Australia Wide 4’ travelling exhibition by OzquiltNetwork to Adelaide, Wangaratta, Millicent, Queanbeyan, Naracoota, Bunbury, Wanneroo WA, Geelong, Katherine, Ballarat.
Online archive at www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au
Publications: online archive exhibition at www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au
Australian National Quilt Register: online
Date updated: May 2020
Date Made: 2010
Dimensions: (H) 40 cm x (W) 40 cm, (H) 16 inches, (W) 16 inches
Materials: cotton sheeting
Techniques: hand dyed and hand & machine stitched
Photographer: Andy Payne, Photographix
Caption: Water marks……. evidence of the many layers of information in tropical waters
Selections: Australia Wide 2, 2010
Collections: Collection of artist
Exhibitions: ‘Australia Wide 2’ touring exhibition with OzquiltNetwork Inc 2010; ‘Alison Muir’ Colorida Galleria de Arte Lisbon, Portugal 2014
Publications: Members Gallery on www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au
Australian National Quilt Register: online
Date updated: May 2020
Date Made: May 2015
Dimensions: (H) 79 cm, (W) 101 cm, (H) 31 inches, (W) 40 inches
Material: silk
Techniques: digital photography printed on silk by Warwick Tonkin, machine quilted and hand embroidery
Photographer: Andy Payne, Photographix
Caption: Geelong Grammar School on Corio Bay is where the annual Textile Fibre Forum supports artists to retreat and experiment. The seagrass images were taken at 2014 and are used to raise awareness of seagrass beds and their ability to provide carbon sequestration.
The map of Corio Bay’s seagrass beds is shown using embroidered stitch in the style of ancient maps.
Corio Bay is an ancient place for escape and contemplation for both First Australians and the current population.
Collections: Collection of artist
Publications: Australian National Quilt Register: online
Date updated: May 2020
Date Made: October 2000
Dimensions: (H) 120 cm, (W) 193 cm, (H) 48 inches, (W) 76 inches
Materials: Commercial silks, polyester, voile and lamé, cotton back and felt interlayer
Techniques: Fused appliqué, and machine quilting
Photographer: Andrew Payne, Photographix
Caption: To review the passing of events and make judgements is healthy and wise. Our ability to review and reflect on the Australian nation moving from a monarchy to a republic is timely at the turn of the 21st Century and after 200 years of monarchy. Australia, black and white is in the autumn of an Australian monarchy moving to independent nation status
Awards: Selection to ‘Celebration Quilts 2001, The Centenary of Federation’ exhibition, Canberra 2001, Third place in Innovative Section at 2002 World Quilt Competition
Collections: Artists collection
Exhibitions: ‘Celebration Quilts 2001’, The Centenary of Federation exhibition, Canberra 2001,
2002 World Quilt and Textile exhibitions in Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania National Quilt extravaganza and Pacific International Quilt Festival in San Francisco, USA. ‘Aquamarine’ artist’s solo show at Mosman Art Gallery 2005
Publications: ‘Celebration Quilts 2001’ published by Canberra Quilters Inc. Pg 21. Members Pages www.ozquiltnetwork.org.au
Australian National Quilt Register: online
Date updated: May 2020