Fibreworks comprises a group of about 50 members, most of whom live in South Africa. The group was formed in 1997 and has subsequently had four national exhibitions: two in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal, 1997 and 2001 and two in Johannesburg, Gauteng, in 2004 and 2006. In February 2007 Fibreworks members also exhibited at the Afrifcan Window in Pretoria. This exhibition then travelled to the Margate Art Museum.
Members also exhibited their art work at Nova Constantia in Cape Town with a special display entitled 'Fibreworks TEN'. Photographs of various venues are available under Galleries.
In addition to our national exhibitions, Fibreworks members have had two travelling exhibitions of miniature artworks, Major Minors I and II. These were opened in May 2003 and 2005 respectively. Both were accompanied by full color catalogues that are still available from our web site. These art works have toured both nationally and internationally and were viewed with great acclaim.
A number of our members are internationally renowned teachers and fibre/textile artists and our works appear in public and private collections both in South Africa and abroad.
Aims of the group:
- To promote textile/fibre art as a serious art form and to establish a group committed to this ideal
- To generate interaction, new challenges and critical input
- To hold regional retreats
- To hold a national exhibition biennially that includes the AGM
- To circulate a quarterly newsletter
Major Minors I Catalogue 2003
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Major Minors II Catalogue 2005
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