Invisible Threads: A vivid dialogue between twenty-first century women artists and their female ancestors.
Microhistorians, craftswomen, storytellers are all words which could be used to describe the artists involved in this exhibition. Both novices and professionals worked together to produce a beautiful collection of textile art, on show at 67 Avenue Road Extension over the weekend, in conjunction with the Art House 4th annual exhibition.
Genealogical discovery provided the inspiration for the works, with the artists focusing on female characters from their respective family histories. Scraps of sepia past lives are the warp and woof of colourful present day tapestries, which tell the stories of remarkable yet ordinary women reclaimed from the shadows of patriarchal history.
The framework for the project was devised by Northamptonshire artist Carole Miles, Tasmanian textile artist Tara Badcock in collaboration with Canadian author Kathy Page.
