INTERVIEW :: ANNE HARRIS

The zines ‘Lovingly Interrupted’ & ‘Expressions of Love II’ were created to accompany an exhibition of the work of Anne Harris and Kim Schoenberger. Since the exhibition, the zine has taken a life of its own, becoming a new way for Harris to share her voice and her unique pieces of slow-art with the world. Upasana Papadopoulos spoke to Harris about the exhibition, lessons learned from zine-making and the evolution of her work.

http://verge-gallery.net/reading-room/feature-zine/

Zines available www.anniesworkroom.com.au/shop
Cost: $20 limited edition or $7 PDF download

By Anne Harris|2020-04-14T12:01:53+10:00February 17th, 2016|Blog, Exhibitions|0 Comments

Notions of an Ordinary Yarn Opened by Tamsin Kerr
Notions of an Ordinary Yarn Opened by Tamsin Kerr

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Notions of an Ordinary Yarn Opened by Tamsin Kerr

EXHIBITION DATES: 23^rd October to 6^th December 2015

Noosa Regional Gallery, Pelican Street, Tewantin, Qld, Australia

Dr Tamsin Kerr, Cooroora Institute. October 2015

Opening Speach

I’d like to acknowledge the Kabi Kabi peoples and traditional owners of this land who understand the critical role of art as part of everyday life; who model ways of being in creative partnership with the natural world and its material thinking. We might […]

By Anne Harris|2020-04-14T12:01:59+10:00October 27th, 2015|Blog|0 Comments

50 Days with a Cotton Tree – Hibiscus tiliaceus
50 Days with a Cotton Tree – Hibiscus tiliaceus

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50 Days with a Cotton Tree – Hibiscus tiliaceus

An excerpt from my exhibition The Notion of an Ordinary Yarn

Noosa Regional, Queensland, Australia 22nd October to 6th December 2015

The journey to make string has taught me so much about being with plants, and the absorption of process. I have delved into string, cordage, twine a number of times in the last few years. It is a subject that seems to repeat itself in fibre weaving classes. There are many techniques and twists so to speak, and string is as old as civilization, so I guess it goes to prove it is the simple things in […]

By Anne Harris|2020-04-14T12:01:59+10:00October 16th, 2015|Blog|1 Comment

Dyeing to Resist the Fold at Sunspace
Dyeing to Resist the Fold at Sunspace

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Dyeing to Resist the Fold at Sunspace

On a beautiful sunny day we gathered and I facilitated some fast and furious Shibori techniques using local natural dyes. The dyes were prepared in the two weeks prior, I gathered Citrus leaves from a day of pruning, turmeric had just died off and was ready for harvest, a branch of eucalyptus that I had been saving from a storm a while ago, good old faithful red onion skins and Zig Zag wattle seeds.

As this was all about the resist, I really wanted colours that would make it easy for the participants to see what they had achieved. We used Silk […]

By Anne Harris|2020-04-14T12:02:00+10:00August 22nd, 2015|Blog|0 Comments

Interruptions and Exhibitions
Interruptions and Exhibitions

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Interruptions and Exhibitions

The day finally came, the work was finished, stretched and hung. The mentoring process that Kim and Gallery 159 provided has been a wonderful nurturing, and helpful process. I felt very prepared for the opening, and it was a wonderful group of people both physical and online that showed their support and appreciation of our work. Please accept my heartfelt thank you to everyone that is participated in this ongoing process.

The interruptions of love and making artwork becomes a clearer and clearer path as my journey unfolds, over the past week there have been two tragic passings of people in […]

By Anne Harris|2020-04-14T12:02:28+10:00September 17th, 2014|Blog|0 Comments

Its Not All Blue
Its Not All Blue

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Its Not All Blue

The pursuit of blue has taken me on lovely journey and into a new obsession with colour…. I was lucky to have a whole weekend where I could play, and with the easy to follow directions provided by Jenai of Alchemist Inside (link below) I was able to finally make some of the shibori samples that I have been looking at online and in books for what seems like ages. It was so much easier than I had made it in my head.

IMPORTANT – use heavy duty thread i.e. linen or heavy weight quilting cotton thread, you can put a […]

By Anne Harris|2020-04-14T12:02:28+10:00August 29th, 2014|Blog|3 Comments

Colour and Inspiration
Colour and Inspiration

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Colour and Inspiration

Upcoming Exhibition

The last few months have passed in a blur, my head down working on the final preparation for the upcoming exhibition in September. Contemporary artist Kim Schoenberger has been mentoring me while I put together a body of work entitled ‘Lovingly Interrupted’ which will be shown along side Kim’s own established work ‘Expressions of Love II’. I feel immensely gracious to have this opportunity and petrified as well to really, truly have a body of work that will be in a public space, opening 14th September 3.30pm at Gallery 159, Payne Road, The Gap, Brisbane.

By Anne Harris|2020-04-14T12:02:28+10:00August 11th, 2014|Blog|0 Comments

Learning Materials of Place
Learning Materials of Place

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Learning Materials of Place

Preparing for the Workshop at The Cooroora Institute and mini Exhibition for Materials of Place meant a new body of work. I have been exploring my own journeys and surroundings, using the dyeing process for a few years now. This was the first time I had been invited to present and explore. Having accountability and purpose really helped me stay on track, the workshop and exhibition are proving a wonderful way to hone my skills and make the process repeatable and documented in a way that can be shared. My mud map and the initial collection pictured above is entitled […]

By Anne Harris|2020-04-14T12:02:28+10:00May 24th, 2014|Blog|0 Comments

The Humble Nest
The Humble Nest

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The Humble Nest

The humble nest has taken on a multitude of meanings, as I sit and construct and doodle in 3D, with whatever materials are on hand I find my mind drifting off on many tangents. As I become more aware of truly owning my footprint on this planet, value in everything that passes through my hands becomes apparent. Recycling and landfill become challenged as solutions for ‘waste’ that is created in our opulent society. I was given a glass jar the other day, (with some leaves that I was trying to get some dye from) I asked, “Would you […]

By Anne Harris|2020-04-14T12:02:29+10:00March 29th, 2014|Blog|0 Comments

Why the Scarf?
Why the Scarf?

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Why the Scarf?

This story is about why I spend endless hours making scarves, why not ranges of garments, or ‘fashion’?.

My upbringing was that of a preacher and a teachers’ daughter in the Northern Territory of Australia, our childhood was full of experiences not possessions. So as we moved to the city in my teenage years ‘brands’ and ‘fashion’ consumed me. I loved sewing and making and so the allure to work and be fashionable took me on a journey.