From the Artist:
Walking and weaving are entwined for me; one feeds the other. Walking ties me to place and this ‘sense of place’ feeds my creative energies which find their outlet in the process of weaving. Thus my work is an exploration of the elusive expression of place, specifically the Sturt Gorge, Warripari in Kaurna language, south of Adelaide. Walking this amazing terrain has deepened my understanding of its beauty, its energy and its importance. I have learned much about its changing seasonal face, its bones, its structure and its content. My work is an abstraction of natural forms. I find my cues in nature and then try to express the essence of the textures and surfaces I encounter. I choose to work with jute fibre for its textural qualities, hand-dyeing it to achieve subtle variations in colour and using frame looms I built myself. Each work is woven in a continuous piece, not sewn together. This body of work seeks to share with others the joy and respect that Warriparri generates within me.