Gail McCall
The Textile Art Community Art Space. TACAS
HEIDELBERG HEIGHTS, VIC, Australia
42 Bamfield Road,, Unit 4
I am a textile artist and have been using discarded materials for over 50 years. I love making or mending for people.
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- English
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- Solo
About the practice
When a bushfire destroyed all of our belongings and we were given lots of clothes that didn't fits I began recycling in earnest. This led to commissions and selling in a craft gallery. My daughter persuaded me to apply to do a Bachelor of fine art at university I got in after a stat exam and the showing of my work. As I hoped this upgraded my work from craft to art. I finished my degree and changed states. I did a leaders in sustainability course and founded the Textile Art community TACAS. We rented a warehouse and divided it up into studios we now have 14 studios. I work intuitively without much planning I like to think of my work is one mistake after another. Mistakes become an incorporated part of the overall.
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