Cabinet of Curiosities (2024) was announced at the September meetings, and is to be delivered at the December meetings.
Cabinets of curiosities, also known as wonder-rooms, emerged in the sixteenth century as collections of unusual objects to marvel at.
Members are asked to create a small curiosity to fit within the space of a cube 12.5cm x 12.5cm x 12.5cm. Use your imaginations to create something weird, wild, wacky, woolly or wonderful, either 2D or 3D.
Possibilities:
- wild and wonderful creatures and objects from the depth of the oceans
- hybrid botanicals, morphing into odd varieties
- steam punk with metal attachments
- strange objects serving weird purposes
- scientific tools and jars with specimens intact (or not)
Hoops! (2024)
In ATASDA's 50th anniversary year, we are re-visiting a past National display from 2014 and re-imagining it with a new lease of life.
In 2014 the colour theme was greyscale and fabrics needed to be sheer or light-weight because they were being hung in a heritage building, but this time we want colour! Each person is to work in a monochromatic colour range, e.g. if you choose "green" your colours could include lime green, emerald green, blue-green, and everything in between or just the tints and shades of a single green hue. Hopefully when they are displayed together we will have every colour of the spectrum to create a colourful assemblage.
Purchase or recycle a wooden circular embroidery hoop of any size, and create your magic within it, using your own choice of textiles and techniques (embroidery, weaving, beading, crochet, knitting, patchwork, applique, needle tatting, dyeing, slow stitching, plaiting, paper art, etc).
Hoops are to be brought to September meetings in either Brisbane or Redland.
We will tie or stitch the hoops together, and display them as an installation, possibly at the Craft Fair in October.
Images: ATASDA Qld
Artists’ Village National Challenge 2024 AGM
The wonderful houses created for our “Artists’ Village” challenge by our talented members were displayed at our AGM on June 15 on a "village green” made by Chris Bryant - with added items made by Texture Arts members.
Images: ATASDA Qld
