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Elaine Barnard

African Woman

African Woman
Elaine Barnard

Title: African Woman

Description: I asked women to describe South African women in ten different ways and this was their response…

It is very difficult to define the content of my work, because it comes into being through what seems to be a magical process. When I start work, I will often have very little idea of size, shape, colour or content – there will just be a gem of an idea wriggling away inside me. Things start to grow, mature and transform themselves until eventually a quilt is finished.

Dimensions: 25cm X 25cm

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Exhibition: Major Minors I

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Behind the Veil

Behind the Veil
Elaine Barnard

Title: Behind the Veil

Description: My quilts are archives of my life that stem from words, travels and my close interaction with women and the secrets they share.

I have a continuing fascination with travel, especially exotic places like North Africa and Turkey. My work is a synthesis of memories and observations that celebrates these special places and people that inhabit them.

I read these words at the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakesh and it inspired me to make Behind the veil:

"Embroidery is the living evidence of ancestral traditions and of the flourishing imagination of Muslim women. Thus needlework, keeper of innermost secrets, is a hymn to patience, harmony and intimacy.

Dimensions: 25 cm x 25 cm

Materials: Silk, batiks, cotton
Beads – glass, bone, ostrich egg, wood
Hand appliqué and machine embroidery

Exhibition: Major Minors II

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White Hands

White Hands
Elaine Barnard

Title: White Hands

Description:

Dimensions: 25cm x 25cm

Materials: Hand printed cotton, organza, surgical gauze, beads,
Machine applique and hand embroidery

Exhibition: Major Minors II

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Amulet for the Helpless

Amulet for the Helpless
Elaine Barnard

Title: Amulet for the Helpless

Description: I have made an amulet to protect women (the helpless) against the 10 deadly sins against women. Rape, HIV/AIDS, discrimination, menopause, aging, poverty, mental and physical abuse, multiple pregnancies (no access to contraceptives), cellulite and obesity.

Dimensions: 116cm 230cm

Materials: Unbleached calico stenciled with Mehndi stencils. Commercial dress patterns. Machine and hand embroidery, quilting and tying. Cotton, silk, linen and organza. Mother of pearl buttons, shells, ostrich shell beads, cocunut shells and glass beads. Machine embroidery threads.
Handmade paper machine bowl with 10 fabric labels with the 10 deadly sins against women machine embroided on it.

Exhibition: Fibreworks TEN

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Who's life are you living?

Who's life are you living?
Elaine Barnard

Title: Who's life are you living?

Description: The freedom to live one's own life is a universal aspiration, more than that a right. But most people live with a feeling that something is stopping them from being authentic.

Dimensions: 60 x 60cm

Materials: Hand dyed cotton, cotton, silk fabrics. Glass beads used for tying. Various coloured buttons. Machine and hand embroidery. Machine and hand embroidery threads. Tying and hand quilting.

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The Secret Life of Carrots:

The Secret Life of Carrots:
Elaine Barnard

Title: The Secret Life of Carrots:

Description: The idea of what lies beneath fascinates me, We must not confine ourselves to the surface, We must learn to see what lies beneath the surface.

Dimensions: L 104cm x W157cm

Materials: Cotton, linen, silk, netting and velvet, Silk yarns and threads, Cotton, wool and silk waste, Glass beads,

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Feathers on the Water:

Feathers on the Water:
Elaine Barnard

Title: Feathers on the Water:

Description: I love Khoi-fishes

Dimensions: L 690cm x W1234cm

Materials: Dyed, painted, printed and stenciled cotton batting,

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Flowering Coral:

Flowering Coral:
Elaine Barnard

Title: Flowering Coral:

Description: The pantone colour of the year CORAL was my inspiration.

Dimensions: L 127cm x W 105cm

Materials: Raw silk, velvet, tulle, silk, cotton, felt, organza, lurex, Beads - glass, metal and plastic.

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Silk Twirling Beads:

Silk Twirling Beads:
Elaine Barnard

Title: Silk Twirling Beads:

Description: Beads made from silk fabric and silk yarns in various colours.

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Elaine Barnard

Elaine Barnard

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