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    • 'Fragmented Memories'
    • 'Amity'
    • 'Castaway'
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    • 'Witness', 2018
    • 'Swathe', 2018
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Ruth Halbert

textile artist & maker
  • Exhibitions
    • 'Fragmented Memories'
    • 'Amity'
    • 'Castaway'
  • On the wall
  • In the round
    • 'Witness', 2018
    • 'Swathe', 2018
    • Previously
  • Blog: Dear Prime Minister
  • About
  • CV
  • Contact
  • on Instagram

I live & work on the stolen boodja of the Bibbulmun people.

Towel / Handduk 1
Towel / Handduk 1

2016.

Handwoven cloth, hand stitching, assemblage,
cotton/linen yarn, cotton thread, towel rail.
32 x 33.5 x 7cm

Private collection

For the Bonds of Love are Ill to Loose
For the Bonds of Love are Ill to Loose

2014.

Textile,
Shirt, blouse, thread and coat hangers,
Fabric manipulation and hand stitching.
86cm x 50cm x 26cm.

Alight
Alight

2013.

3D textile,
Wool yarn, silk thread, tie and gilt wire.
Hand knitting, bobbin lace.
130cm x 65cm x 65cm.

Photograph by Josh Wells

To the Station
To the Station

2013.

Installation,
Coal, hand knit wool lace.
Dimensions variable.

Continuity
Continuity

2014.

3D textile,
Beading wire and silk lace yarn,
Hand knitting.
43 cm x 19 cm x 12 cm.

Towel / Handduk 1 For the Bonds of Love are Ill to Loose Alight To the Station Continuity