Making Ends Meet
Mechanics Institute – Singleton Potters, Singleton Quilters Inc and The Tarts (Textile Artists)
- Opening Night: Thursday 6 April | 6pm
The Mechanics’ Institute is one of Singleton’s oldest buildings, having been officially opened in July 1867. This amazing space is now home to the Singleton Family History Society Inc., but also to an engaged group of local makers who meet regularly to share and collaborate, celebrating the traditional skills of crafting by hand. The works displayed in ‘Making Ends Meet’ show the strengths to be gained through working as part of a collective, where individuals bring their distinctive perspectives to the materials they use. The exhibition’s title relates to the long crafting tradition of ‘making do’, where raw materials are recycled and reimagined into new objects, embedded with the care of their makers. Here, the way humble materials are joined and processed is key to the outcome. Whether the material is clay or thread, these makers invest time and energy to both preserve traditional techniques and to inspire us with new and unique creations.
- Jane Wardle – Tenmoku Glaze Vessels
- Helen Stacey – 2 Vessel with Copper Wire Woven Work
- Sue Burns – Hollyhock
- Sue Burns – Two small abstract forms with washing machine coil copper
- Jan Andrews – Hand Built (Bon Fired)
- Helen Stacey – 4 Small Vessels
- Jane Wardle – Mushrooms (Red)
- Jane Wardle – Mushrooms (Blue)
- Helen Kentwell – Mud Tracks
- Heather Anderson – Fluted Flowers
- Jan Andrews
- Helen Kentwell – Freedom
- Jan Andrews – Rustic Pot with Leaves
- Jan Andrews – Seed Pods
- Jane Wardle – Memory
- Jane Wardle – Bird Platters
- Heather Anderson – Opium Pods
- Sue Burns – Belly Pot
- Sue Burns – Poppy Seed Heads
- Jane Wardle – Choir of Ducks
- Jane Frankham – Free-wheeling Single Girl
- Janet Fenwick – Paris Opera
- Cheryl Hayes – What a Wonderful World
- Heather Anderson – Frogs
- Sue Wheelhouse – Fractured
- Chris Bromfield – Layers
- Chris Bromfield and Sue Wheelhouse – Collaborative Member Portraits
- Singleton Quilters – The Village
- Janet Fenwick – Memories
- Margret Thraves – A Sampler Quilt
- Heather Anderson – Way Beyond Baltimore
- Margaret Cox – Chocolate
