Two exhibitions start next week at the Doris Crowston Gallery at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre.
Quilters Out of Bounds will show their fabric arts in Quilting Song & Poem, and Michaela Cochran will show her porcelain pieces in Radiance. The joint exhibition will open on Wednesday, July 9, with a reception open to the public from 7 to 9 p.m. The exhibition runs until Sunday, July 27.
Cochran is a maker of decorative, functional pottery, seeking to draw attention to our rituals of daily life.
"The highly ornate quality of my pots prevents thoughtless use, and rather demands respect and encourages the celebration of their functions," Cochran said.
"The mood of my self-confident and highly energetic pots is one of festivity, exuberance and delight in existence. It is my hope that these emotions are carried on to those who see and use my work."
Quilters Out of Bounds is a group of eight women from the Sunshine Coast who have worked together for the past four years to hone their colour and design skills in a collaborative critique effort.
They are all quilters of long experience who have moved from traditional quilting to fibre art, a fairly recent development among quilters and one that has not yet been fully recognized by the art world. Because each person in the group works in a different style, they chose to spend the last year developing work that focused on a theme, thus giving coherence to a body of work.
Members of the group include Jill Sullivan, Sharon Roye, Laura Mann, Marie Berry, Ann Dickie, Janet Tufnall, Hillary Henderson and Judy Ross.
The Doris Crowston Gallery at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre is a public gallery. Work exhibited is for sale.
