During the long 2020 lock-down ATW weavers Sue Batten, Pamela Joyce, Tim Gresham and Chris Cochius continued to weave from their homes, gradually creating a suite of twelve small tapestries based on pastel works on paper by Arts Projects Australia artist Julian Martin.

Martin, a studio artist at Arts Project Australia (APA) since 1988, works from photographs and still-life to create abstract compositions as a continuous reinterpretation and response to form. These small but impactful tapestries are bold visual statements, each characterised by their unique interpretation of the rich pastel colour and surface qualities of the originals.

This project is an expansion of the ATW and APA’s longstanding partnership with several APA artists taking part in the Artist in Residence Program, including Chris O’Brien (2017), Bronwyn Hack (2018), Adrian Lazzaro (2019) and Mark Smith (2020).

These tapestries are for sale through the ATW. For sale enquiries: contact@austapestry.com.au +61 3 9699 7885