Jo-Anne Barr

Jo-Anne Barr
JAMB Hats and Millinery

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Millinery – structured felt hats, wet felt hats, straw hats, sinamay hats and fascinators

ARTIST STATEMENT

I have had a passion for textiles from a very early age, learning dressmaking from my grandmother when I was 12. I consider myself a ‘fibre junkie’ and love to experiment and work with a large selection of fibres. I create hats and fascinators from a wide range of fibres including, superfine merino, alpaca, crossbred merino, banana leaf, silk, cotton, merino blends including merino and silk, paper, a range of straws. I make a range of hat accessories including changeable hat bands to jaze up your hat and macreame hat hangers. I have also explored upcycling pre loved, unloved and vintage hats, whereby I re-block them, and trim them with vintage belts and broches where possible.

One of my many occupations over the year has been a teacher as a result I enjoy sharing my skills and passion and teach wet felted cloche style hats to eager members of local communities.

Hats are my passion, I love to wear them and make them and often struggle to part with them.

BIO

I have a Bachelor of Applied Science in Textiles and Food.

I have undertaken a series of short millinery courses both in person and via zoom from milliners around the world.

A lot of millinery skills are from trial and error and hands on experimentation, applying my science background and understanding of textile fibres and how they behave

CONTACT

0425 272 155
joanne_barr@bigpond.com

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Jo-Anne Barr (@jambmillinerydesigns)

Tania Hartigan

tania hartigan

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Paper Maker, Lino Printing, Landscapes, Portraits.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Tania Hartigan is a woman of the land with great knowledge of bush foods and owner of ‘The Artshack’ at Wallabadah, a paradise with deep history in its soils. She grew up in Woolbrook and belongs to the Gamilaraay people with family ties connecting her to Barraba, Quirindi and Gunnedah in the New England North West. Tania grew up surrounded by family and strong role models, with grandparents who always put family first, aunties and uncles that contributed her growth and cultural knowledge.

Those same priorities of a tight knit family have been instilled in Tania, she started her family tree as a young girl and has been adding to it ever since.

“I love organising family reunions, I am moved to inspire my kids, nieces and nephews to keep their family close,” she said.

Tania uses these bonds as inspiration, capturing family portraits in pastels. Amongst her other inspirations, she describes herself as being earthy, connected to country and all it’s whispers of history and life. ‘The Artshack’, Tania’s farm, is her happy place,

“It feels like equal part luck and fate that I ended up here. The terrane the country the trees the ruggedness of the land felt instantly like home.”

Tania loves to be immersed in the landscape, around the gum trees and native plants and lively nature. While on a walk around her property, she discovered evidence of sacred sites that is evidence Gomeroi people have travelled through and lived there for thousands of years. Tania says,

“We all look, but we don’t see. Art has taught me to slow down and take in the little details that slip past you when life is at full pace.”

Tania loves working across the board with mediums, painting is her go to and getting lost in the tones and hues. She also has a talented hand for portraits, print making and weaving.

BIO

2021
5 Friends Exhibition, Sold 3 paintings + 2 Commissions, ArtShack@Wilgabah

2018, 2020
Sunflower Exhibition, Raise Funds for Fire brigade Quirindi

2007 - 2014
Art & All That Jazz Exhibition, First Place -Portrait Wallabadah

2015
Kootiganal Art Exhibition, First Place Oil/Acrylic, Kootingal

2016
Colours of Autumn, First Place Print making, Bendemeer

2010 -2015
Currububula Art Show, Sale of paintings Currububula

2010 - 2018
Frost Over Barraba, Art sales Barraba

CONTACT

taniarod@bigpond.com

View this post on Instagram

A post shared by Art Shack@Wilgabah (@wilgabah)