Dakota:        How did you make fencing?

I laid out the fence palings [taken from my old yard fence] in an uneven pattern and drew shapes connecting the panels. Then several women from a conference I was leading painted them in the colours they chose. If you line them up a certain way, they will reform the complete pattern. The pattern can from my imagination.

Fencing is made from recycled pence palings

Sasha:        How did you make Soundchecking?

Sasha, I think you are asking about SOUNDPACKING. These are things that I sent to myself from Canada when I got rid of things in my parent’s house. My Dad had made the wooden cassette holders in his workshop. I made it by ‘playing’ with the shapes until it looked like a skyscraper. Then I drew a pattern of how it should look and the gallery staff in Wangaratta put it together from the drawing I sent along. They did a good job.

We rebuild our homes usually copying aspects of where we grew up

Amy:        Do you like sewing?
Pearl:        I hope you have a lovely time here!

Hi Amy,

I do like sewing when I have the time and quiet to think. I don’t like to mend things…like all the pants needing patches on the knees when my boys were little! This green and red cotton was leftover from mending my children’s school uniforms. I used it in my art to try to make good use of it now that I don’t need these colours anymore.