Wrecking the reef
Materials: silk, polyester, paper, cotton rear Techniques: fused applique, heat set images, batik, machine stitch
Mangrove water 2
Materials: Recycled antique Japanese silk Techniques: Shibori hand dyed in mangrove, hand embroidered and Kantha stitch
Mangrove water
Materials: silk organza, silk threads Techniques: hand dyed in mangrove bark, couched threads dyed in mangrove and eucalyptus, heat set plankton images (copyright Martina Doblin) Kantha stitch
Banksia Creek
Materials: recycled silk Techniques: bundled flora dyed in banksia, machine and hand quilted, hand embroidery
Corio Bay 1
Material: silk Techniques: digital photography printed on silk by Warwick Tonkin, machine quilted and hand embroidery
Cremorne
Material: silk, whole cloth Techniques: Hapa zome plants, bundled flora dyed in banksia, heat set images, machine and hand quilted, hand embroidery
Carbon 3
Materials: silk Techniques: whole cloth, heat set images, hand dyed and kantha stitch
Carbon sink 2
Materials: various recycled silks, beads Techniques: hand dyed and painted, machine pieced, hand and machine quilted
India 2013
Materials: silk Techniques: tie dyed eucalyptus caps, indigo dyed and kantha stitch
Nuts
Materials: recycled silk Techniques: tie dyed eucalyptus nuts, dyed in mangrove and kantha stitch
March of the cane toad
Materials: recycled silk kimono, silk organza Techniques: heat set map, natural and crayon on organza, machine appliqué and machine stitching
Antarctica
Materials: tissue paper, sheeting Techniques: hand dyed, machine stitch & hand painted
Damning the Molonglo
Materials: tissue paper, cotton Techniques: hand dyed, machine stitched, hand paint
Hidden wealth
Materials: commercial dyed cotton, gold net, glass beads Techniques: hand painted, stencilled, beaded & machine stitched
Caught in a trap
Materials: Recycled silk kimono Techniques: machine pieced, heat applied images, kantha stitch
La Nina Lake Eyre
Materials: Silk organza, cotton damask Techniques: silk painting, oil stick stencil & machine stitching
Blue Gum Creek
Materials: Cotton, silk, cotton, Thai silk Techniques: Hand dyed, fused appliqué, machine stitched
cost of carbon
Materials: Commercial water silk Techniques: heat set images, hand quilted ‘kantha’
Outfalls
Materials: Thai silk, pentel pen, polyester wadding and cotton quilting thread Techniques: appliqué, hand writing and hand quilted from rear and top edge
Water marks 5: tropical
Materials: cotton sheeting Techniques: hand dyed and hand & machine stitched