Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
This half day symposium organised by the TAASA NSW Ceramic Study Group on the beauty and utility of East Asian tea wares will explore how the rich variety of ceramic tea wares has developed over time in response to different and evolving tea drinking traditions in China and Japan.
The NSW Textile Study Group invites you to this lecture with Robyn Maxwell
Date: 8 October 2024
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Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
Although centrally situated in the Indonesian archipelago, Lombok has attracted relatively little attention from textile scholars, the largely Muslim Sasaks being widely viewed as rather dull relations of their exuberant Hindu Balinese neighbours across the strait to the west.
This richly illustrated lecture will hopefully dispel any notion of Sasak woven textiles as monotonous and inconsequential. And in doing so, provide some understanding of the roots of those Sasak textile traditions that survive in Lombok today.
A retrospective of the work of Mitsuo Shoji at the Rochfort Gallery, North Sydney
Date: 22 October 2024
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Location: Rochfort Gallery
Invitation from the TAASA NSW Ceramic Study Group
'Henka / Transformation' is a solo retrospective exhibition currently on at Rochfort Gallery, North Sydney by 78 year old Japanese born artist Mitsuo Shoji. Learn about some of his ideas and inspirations in a floor talk by his wife, Christine Shoji.
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
Frances Ergen has a background in textile design and development in Europe and Japan and has lived in Turkiye for many years, where local textile techniques became a focus. In this talk, Frances will show how the traditional craft of Turkish needlelace has endeavoured to survive, illustrated by her own Oya collection, reference books and other material.
Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
The representation of mythical creatures has influenced the shape and decoration of ceramics in many parts of Asia. Our panel of experts - Jackie Menzies, John Yu, Michaela Russell and Ann Proctor - will help us explore the significance of these mythical motifs.
NSW Textile Study Group Event with Maria Wronska-Friend
Date: 11 March 2025
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Location: Annie Wyatt Room at the National Trust Centre
Following his 1927 visit to Indonesia, Rabindranath Tagore - the great Indian writer and
artist - introduced the technique of Javanese batik to West Bengal. It evolved into a
significant cottage industry, nowadays practised by several thousand people. The talk will
be illustrated with batik saris made at Santiniketan in West Bengal.
