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Olga details

  • Owner:
    Private Collection
  • Location:
    Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Maker:
    Alison Muir
  • Pattern:
    Contemporary
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 110 cm
    Width: 60 cm

History

Made as recollection of a trip to Uluru & The Olga's with German friends in 1992.
Selected to ‘Quilt Art Australia, from the Bush to the Sea’ in Gröbenzell, Germany and Sydney Quilt Festival 1999. Solo Show 'Artespresso', Canberra ACT and 'Wandin Valley Winery' 1999. Published in ‘Quilt Art Australia, from the Bush to the Sea’ in Gröbenzell, Germany and Sydney Quilt Festival in 1999

Description

During a visit to Uluru and the Olga Mountain range, the details of the conglomerate caught my eye. Where the water runs through the stone its mouldy and mossy; where the sun blasts its various shades of red, and it glistens

Made from Commercial silk, cotton, poly-cotton and lamé; Techniques are machine appliqué, reverse appliqué, fused appliqué and machine quilted.

Acknowledgements

Photograph: Margaret Taylor

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