Dawn Duncan-Smith, Textile Artist/Graphic Designer

"Inspiration comes from many sources……. and new to me, fishing!

These pieces where inspired by a relaxing holiday on Lake Wallaga in New South Wales, where I discovered fishing.
Many tranquil hours were spent as the ‘day’s catch’ never arrived but not being deterred from the ‘non-event’, I found my vivid imagination taking over and wondered how many fish were circling around my line beneath in the deep, dark, waters, many times I could feel the tug of little (big) fish.

I loved the piece and quiet of that day and reluctantly, decided it was time to reel my line in, and there it was a fish trailing after my line….the one that got away."

Gone Fishing, 2013
Shibori on dyed silk, dyed silk pieces and hand stitching
150cm x 150cm





Gone Fishing, 2013
Shibori on dyed silk, dyed silk pieces and hand stitching
150cm x 150cm





"I love a Sunburnt Country", 2011
Dyed Silk shibori, resist, felted fibres, silk and cotton threads, hand stitched
27cm x 32cm





"White ring-barked forest", 2011
Dyed Silk shibori, resist, felted fibres, silk and cotton threads, hand stitched
33cm x 32cm





"Core of my heart, my country", 2011
Dyed Silk shibori, resist, felted fibres, silk and cotton threads, hand stitched
26cm x 45cm





"Land of the Rainbow Gold", 2011
Dyed Silk shibori, resist, felted fibres, silk and cotton threads, hand stitched
30cm x 30cm





"An opal-hearted country", 2011
Dyed Silk shibori, resist, felted fibres, silk and cotton threads, hand stitched