This weaving piece is a collaboration with one of my daughters, April. The coil is woven by April and painting and finishing frills by myself. I took the pleasure in asking April for her coil to demonstrate the practice of applying ochre to the weaving.
Name: Suzanne Atkinson
Language: Yorta Yorta
Biography:
Suzanne Atkinson is a proud Yorta-Yorta woman, mother and grandmother. She is an established artist who practices in a range of different media that includes traditional weaving, ceramics, painting, poetry and wood burning.
Taking inspiration from her mother’s creative talent and her own ability to make artwork from what nature could provide, Suzanne studied Visual Art in a Bachelor Degree of Contemporary Arts/Visual Arts in 2015 at Deakin University and Certificate 3, Visual Arts Centre for Koorie Education, GOTAFE, Shepparton. In 2018, Suzanne presented her first solo exhibition titled Perfectly Imperfect at Kaiela Arts Shepparton.
