Caroline's practice encompasses creating sculptural fibre art, basketweaving, researching, learning and developing global cultural weaving practices and techniques.
Originally trained at Ravensbourne Art College, London in 3D design, she has been working in arts and crafts for the last 25 years, creating art work, holding workshops and working as a community artist. A Diploma in Sustainability has further informed the integration of sustainability practices within her art, not only in materials and methods chosen, but in developing themes such as awareness raising of endangered species.
An artwork commences with the harvesting and preparation of materials, from her surroundings, the bush, the coast and local gardens. Inspiration often comes whilst out in the environment gathering plants and imagining what they will become. Fibres such as flax, cordyline, lomandra, vines, sea grass, sheoak needles, silver birch, willow and grasses are all useful. Salvaged materials, including wires, fabric remnants, wool, old guitar strings and plastic bags or anything that to utilize in an artwork.
Originally trained at Ravensbourne Art College, London in 3D design, she has been working in arts and crafts for the last 25 years, creating art work, holding workshops and working as a community artist. A Diploma in Sustainability has further informed the integration of sustainability practices within her art, not only in materials and methods chosen, but in developing themes such as awareness raising of endangered species.
An artwork commences with the harvesting and preparation of materials, from her surroundings, the bush, the coast and local gardens. Inspiration often comes whilst out in the environment gathering plants and imagining what they will become. Fibres such as flax, cordyline, lomandra, vines, sea grass, sheoak needles, silver birch, willow and grasses are all useful. Salvaged materials, including wires, fabric remnants, wool, old guitar strings and plastic bags or anything that to utilize in an artwork.
Caroline is equally at home whilst teaching and supporting others with their creative endeavours as with making her own artwork.
She has a wealth of experience in working with new migrants to Australia, sometimes without English, in maintaining traditional cultural craft practices. Cultural crafts often form an important part of people's identity, it supports their wellbeing when they are able to create and share with others.
Often seeking out new opportunities to develop her own practice, Caroline is keen to acknowledge the following:
Basket Makers Victoria for their invaluable knowledge of plant materials as basketry firbres.
Fibre and wire artist Bryant Holsenbeck from California
Aboriginal artist Bronwyn Razem, for teaching how to make bush toys and indigenous basket weaving.
Affiliations:
President of Surf Coast Arts
Member of Basket Weavers of Victoria
Member of Geelong Sculptors Group
She has a wealth of experience in working with new migrants to Australia, sometimes without English, in maintaining traditional cultural craft practices. Cultural crafts often form an important part of people's identity, it supports their wellbeing when they are able to create and share with others.
Often seeking out new opportunities to develop her own practice, Caroline is keen to acknowledge the following:
Basket Makers Victoria for their invaluable knowledge of plant materials as basketry firbres.
Fibre and wire artist Bryant Holsenbeck from California
Aboriginal artist Bronwyn Razem, for teaching how to make bush toys and indigenous basket weaving.
Affiliations:
President of Surf Coast Arts
Member of Basket Weavers of Victoria
Member of Geelong Sculptors Group
