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

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Denise N Rall

Denise N Rall

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Deconstruction and re-assemblage of recycled garments that are embellished with lace, buttons, beads, trims and materials found on hand.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Dr Denise N. Rall is an adjunct fellow in Humanities and Social Sciences at Southern Cross University, in Lismore, New South Wales and an adjunct lecturer in the School of Humanities , Arts and Social Sciences at the University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia. In 2009, her research into textiles followed after her Certificate IV accreditation in Costume from NSW TAFE. Her eclectic research interests include textiles, fashion and wearable art, and how technology and the Internet have changed women's roles in computing, domestic work, craft, and social protest. She currently examines the narratives surrounding the clothing of women in political positions. Rall's textile work focuses on reconstructing and re-assembling recycled clothing to provoke the audience to rethink fashion as 'new' along provocative themes such as: Fashion & War, Fractured Royals, and The Suffragettes - Women's Right to Vote.

BIO

Dr Denise N. Rall began her journey into recycled textiles following her Certificate IV accreditation in Costume from NSW TAFE. Her eclectic research interests include textile artworks, fashion and wearable art, with links to women's domestic work, and craft as social protest, or craftivism. Rall's textile work focuses on reconstructing and re-assembling recycled clothing to provoke the audience to rethink fashion as 'new' along provocative themes such as: Fashion & War, Fractured Royals, and The Suffragettes - Women's Right to Vote. She has exhibited at RMIT's Textiles & Fashion program in Melbourne, at Curtin University's Fashion & Design Course, and lectured at the University of Adelaide, Sydney University, in Brisbane, and Wellington, New Zealand on the topics including fashion, craft, reconstruction and re-use of the 'all ready made' as well as the cultural significance of mending.

CONTACT

denrall@yahoo.com or use the form below.

Mary Ann Svenson

Mary Ann Svenson

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Spinning, Weaving, Felting, Needle Felting, Creating Brooches, Tabards, Scarves, Hats, Gnomes and more.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I have been a spinner and weaver for over 25 years. Using beautiful natural fibres such as Merino, Polwarth, Alpaca and silk in vibrant colours. I create ponchos, tabards, scarves and needle felted brooches and gnomes. My knitted and felted hats are also something I enjoy creating. Being a part of Make It Tenterfield means I am able to show case my work every day of the week.

BIO

Tenterfield TAFE Certificate Spinning, Weaving, Dyeing, Design. TAFE Sewing and Textile. Exhibited Stanthorpe Art Prize 2018. Granite Belt Arts Trail 2019. Warwick Jumpers and Jazz since 2012. Borderline Art Exhibition.

CONTACT

maryannsvenson@gmail.com or use the form below.

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Helen Evans

Helen Evans

CREATIVE PRACTICE

Crafts, Visual Arts

Helen makes textile pictures and tactile books for
children from a variety of fabrics

ARTIST STATEMENT

Helen Evans worked for many years as Director of Minimbah Preschool in Armidale and then as a teacher at Armidale campus of TAFE in the Early Childhood sector. During her time at TAFE, she became very interested in the power of storytelling in education. As a storyteller, she became well known and was beloved by children at many early childhood centres in Armidale and nearby areas where she told stories every week for 24 years. Helen used toys, puppets, natural materials, music and drama and involved the children actively in the storytelling. After completing a writing course from the Australian College of Journalism, she also began to write stories for children and to make tactile books to illustrate her works. In retirement, Helen continues to make tactile books for babies and busy books for preschoolers. Many of her books can be seen at the family gallery, Chaucer on Bridge Street, in Uralla.

CONTACT

0458 783 806
mhevans@tpg.com.au
www.helenevanswriter.com.au www.evansgalleryuralla.com
www.helenevans-storyteller.com