{"title":"Positively Original","description":"\u003cp\u003eI am a textile artist.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI specialise in creating colour and pattern on textiles with dyes and paints - using such techniques as shibori, block printing, batik, and silk painting. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was taught the lady-like accomplishments of knitting, crochet, and hand embroidery at an early age, and then went off on a tangent... Dyeing offcuts of worn out cotton sheets with mulberries ! A Diploma of Visual Arts (majoring in textiles) and Graduate Dip of Education (Art) followed, and then 10 years in the fashion industry as a Textile Designer working closely with the screenprinters. Picking up my Dyeing Certificate and Patternmaking Certificate from TAFE along the way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI live and have my studio in the Lake Macquarie area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/madeit.surf\/collections\/positively-original.oembed","provider":"Madeit Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}