As part of the ‘Weaving Futures’ project and in response to Greater Melbourne’s COVID-19 stage 4 lock-down in 2020, the ATW weavers continued work at home creating a suite of twelve small tapestries, designed by Arts Projects Australia artist Julian Martin. The ‘Weaving Futures’ project was generously supported by the Playking Foundation and Creative Victoria.

Characterised by their rich surfaces, Julian Martin’s pastel tapestry designs make a unique visual statement. Methodical in his approach, he carefully works from photographs and arranged still life, deconstructing these references to create highly considered compositions. With his pastels evoking a strong bodily resonance, his work is a continuous reinterpretation of, and response to, form.

Julian Martin has been a regular studio artist at Arts Project Australia since 1988.

Arts Project Australia has a long relationship with the Australian Tapestry Workshop. Several Arts Project Australia artists have created and exhibited work at the ATW through our Artist in Residence program, including Adrian Lazzaro, Mark Smith, Bronwyn Hack and Chris O’Brien.

Photographs of tapestries courtesy of Marie-Luise Skibbe.

For sale enquiries: contact@austapestry.com.au +61 3 9699 7885