The Blooming Threads exhibition at the Australian National Botanic Gardens, March 6 to May 27 was a great success.  There was a constant stream of visitors through the gallery.  So many people didn't believe that the specimens weren't real that we had to put a smaller version of the front gate billboard on the end wall of the Gallery to convince the visitors that they were in the right place.

 

Thanks to all the people who have given me copies of the photos they took.  I have sorted them into topics - just click on the row that interests you to access the rest of the photos in that section. Please understand that these are "happy snaps", not professional photographs (though some are very good) but they still give an overview of the exhibition.  If you find a mistake, please let me know.

 

	We set up just after the enormous storm that filled Canberra's streets with piles of hailstones, and damaged dozens of buildings.
	I arranged embroideries on the interesting timber I had collected to display the pieces, while Graphic Designer Barry Brown hung the information panels.
	The specimens were set out according to the region they come from, making the exhibition a "round Australia" tour, starting with South Australia and Victoria, up through Queensland and the Centre ......
	...... to the Top End and down through Western Australia
	I filled the cabinet at the end of the Gallery with examples of early work, working drawing, partly made pieces, and the threads and wire used to make them.
	There were a number of special days - Artist in the Gallery and Meet the Maker were very popular.  Canberra Needlework also hosted a Workshop "Dyeing without Dipping"
	The exhibition was such a success I wanted thank everyone who had contributed, so I threw a party.
	Kerry-Ann Cousins wrote a review of the exhibition in the Arts section of The Canberra Sunday Times