Design Canberra Festival Open Studio: Monique van Nieuwland – Design Canberra Festival

Monique van Nieuwland, Everyone, Everywhere, 2015. Photo: Supplied
Monique van Nieuwland, Everyone, Everywhere, 2015. Photo: Supplied
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Open Studio: Monique van Nieuwland

Monique Van Nieuwland is an artist/weaver/designer and an accredited professional member (APM) of CraftACT. She teaches weaving at tertiary and at community interest level. Her studio is filled with many types of loom: back strap, inkle band, countermarch treadle, computer dobby and a state-of-the-art computer operated Jacquard loom.

Monique weaves to create conceptual work for exhibition but also loves the challenge of answering commission briefs and creating practical items. Her conceptual work focuses on the environment and our human existence within it.

A variety of looms will be set up to demonstrate different weaving projects and people can try their hand at weaving on a band loom. There will also be exhibition work on show, a display of design processes and also scarves and small woven homeware items for sale.

While you are there, duck next door and see Tiffany Abbott’s Open Studio!