TITLE

`Worn and worn': Textiles of Liz Williamson

AUTHOR(S)

Brennan, Anne; Hobbs, Ian

PUB. DATE

May 1997

SOURCE

Craft Arts International;1997, Issue 39, p33

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Features the textile designs of Liz Williamson. Exploration into the gap between public and private significance of cloth; Allusion of previous collection entitled `Land Series' to the land dispute between Aborigines and white Australians; `Lie of the Land' and `On the Rise's reference to the waga, a form of Australian bedding; Philosophy of confining her works to cloth length; `Life of Cloth's analogy to aging.

ACCESSION #

9705290906

Tags: WILLIAMSON, Liz;  TEXTILE design

 

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