Rivers – Metaphor for a Journey is an exhibition by the Professional Weavers Network of New Zealand
The show is on at the Aigantighe Art Gallery in Timaru until 22 March and then it’s coming up to the Franklin Arts Centre in Pukekohe. My two works in this exhibition were inspired by the Waiuku River, more commonly known as the Waiuku Estuary. The appearance of this tidal river changes over the day as the mudflats are revealed and then concealed by the movement of the water.

I used passementerie techniques to create my works, starting with creating twisted cords from hand-dyed corriedale wool. The browns were dyed using harakeke seedpods harvested from my garden and the blues are acid dyes.

You can see a glimpse of the river in the background of the pictures of the finished works.