The New Quilt 2024 Preview: Barbara Mellor

Today we highlight Winter Weeping with Moon by Barbara Mellor of St Helens, Tasmania.

Barbara was educated in Scotland and grew up in the country with a love for people and open spaces. She moved to Australia as a home economics teacher and after a successful career in Secondary education as a school principal, she retired to Tasmania and indulged her love for beautiful textiles.  Tasmania's wonderful landscapes and natural beauty drew her to the Island. Barbara loves the Japanese style and often discovers elements coming through in her quilts. She often uses Japanese silk in her traditional quilts. Barbara’s main work is in art quilting and is often pictorial.  She likes to research how to achieve different effects in textiles using different media. She usually applies paint on fabrics when she works and has recently experimented with the use of paper and loose threads.

Plan an art excursion!  

The New Quilt 2024, on exhibition at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, Windsor, NSW from 4 May to 23 June 2024. Official opening and awards ceremony from 6pm on Friday 3 May 2024. RSVP to the gallery. 

Gallery hours: Open 6 days a week Monday, Wednesday-Friday 10am-4pm Saturday-Sunday 10am-3pm. Closed on Tuesday and public holidays.