Lisa Walton
Lisa Walton Australia Lisa Walton lives in Sydney Australia and has been a textile artist & teacher for over 20 years. She dyes and prints her own fabrics and loves to embellish and layer her textile art. She was awarded the Jewel Pearce Patterson Scholarship for Quilting Teachers by the
Life in the City
One of my joys as a child was watching ants. Whether just in the garden going about their frantic activity or in ant farms where I must admit, I was never very successful and they usually turned into ant cemeteries. I thought I would base my Ecosystem quilt on
Organic relationship
At this prompt “Ecosystem”, the bushfire of Australia that lasted over the last 5 months came to mind. Many media continue to report on the bushfire in Australia. It is so sad and unfortunate. I think this threatening ” Nature disaster” is probably a warning of “climate change” and is
Life Imitating Nature
Working with the theme of Ecosystems for our current prompt makes me think of how colonies of insects and animals work together for a common goal. This goal is just to survive but shows there is power in numbers. How clever are these termite ants to build this? For my
Where’s my Gate
I travel a lot! Too much some would say! I spend a lot of time in airports and they are always enormous. Why are my departure gates always the most furtherest away? Recently on a trip I went through 6 airports and sometimes with limited time between connections.
Too Many Airports
Our new CLOTH IN COMMON prompt of INTERNATIONAL really appealed to me. I travel a lot – top level frequent flyer category lots. Glamorous? Fun? Exciting? Well maybe sometimes. Most of my time travelling is dragging myself through enormous airports. Packing bags to fit within weight limits and
Reflecting on the Past or the Future
Sometimes when you are struggling to find inspiration for a theme something just happens and presents itself as the perfect thought. I have been dealing with getting my mother settled into a new lifestyle and this meant clearing out years of memories. When going through a pile of
Reflection
Serious scientific definition – Reflection is the change in direction of a wavefront at an interface between two different media so that the wavefront returns into the medium from which it originated. Common examples include the reflection of light, sound and water waves. Or you can be reflective in your
I Am Who I Am
I am an introspective type of person. I think I am the only one who truely knows the mess that is in my head. So I felt I should attempt a self portrait for this prompt as it would be a first for me and an attempt to look
What is my Identity?
Identity is a tricky prompt. What is your identity? There are many studies about identity which only serve to confuse me further. There is your personal or self identity which is the way you see yourself and is related to self image, how you feel about yourself. It is a
Behind Closed Doors
We all wear masks. We wear different ones for different audiences or situations. But one thing is common – we take them off when we go inside our homes. How many times have you heard of something horrible happening and the neighbours say things like ‘they seemed such a nice