In Winter Margrit creates many types of felt objects. In 2012 a Felt Project
in the Nambucca valley took place. Ten Aboriginal women artists created, with
the help and expertise from Margrit Rickenbach, created a big body of artwork in felt.
An exhibitionof this work was held in Boomaali Gallery in Sydney and a catalogue was printed.
Felt and textile work can be seen at the "Atelier" in Bowraville 2449 Australia.
Felting originated in Central Asia, and was a way of making
insulation. Felt is made by layering cleaned, carded wool to a desired
thickness, then wetting and rubbing it until the fibres mat.
Margrit saw the craft being used to make clothes and to build
the traditional Mongolian houses known as yurts during a visit to
that country in 1995.
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Nyamibiin Gaagalnyarr Juluumnyarr
Women from the Sea & the Mountain
From the Nyamibiin Gaggalnyarr Juluumnyarr Collection - Artist is Aunty Emily Walker
A Collection of Atrworks, created by Gumbaynggirr Artists with Swiss Artist Margrit Rickenbach
You can get the book from: Muurrbay Aboriginal Artists Cooperative 14 Bellwood Rd Nambucca Heads NSW 2448 Tel 02 65694294 Email: muurrbay@westnet.com.au |
Felting Workshop
Margrit conducted workshops on felting with
elders and members of the Gumbaynggirr community in a project
initiated by Beyond Empathy, an independent organisation that uses
the arts to build relationships between generations in disadvantaged
communities. Fifty of the resulting works, which include wall hangings,
were exhibited at Melbourne's Koori Heritage Trust.
