10 Feb 2010
Biographies - 23.03.2007
‘Emigration has defined my life'
Since moving from Scotland to Australia in 1989, Jill Kinnear has responded to her experiences as a Scottish-Australian – both as an artist making large public art works, and as a textile designer and maker.
In 2005, based in Toowoomba, Kinnear began to make printed textiles that focus on the airport as a modern gateway of migration. After making metal structures of paisley and tartan patterns, she passed them through the baggage X-ray machine at Brisbane airport. She saved digital images and manipulated them to create repeat patterns. From 2006 Sydney textile design studio Longina Phillips has digitally printed these patterns onto silk fabrics.
Kinnear describes the process as richly rewarding. She has acquired new skills, experienced new processes, and formed new collaborative relationships.
You can see Kinnear's work in the new exhibition Smart works: design and the handmade, from 30 March 2007 at the Powerhouse Museum.
Smart works: design and the handmade
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In 2005, based in Toowoomba, Kinnear began to make printed textiles that focus on the airport as a modern gateway of migration. After making metal structures of paisley and tartan patterns, she passed them through the baggage X-ray machine at Brisbane airport. She saved digital images and manipulated them to create repeat patterns. From 2006 Sydney textile design studio Longina Phillips has digitally printed these patterns onto silk fabrics.
Kinnear describes the process as richly rewarding. She has acquired new skills, experienced new processes, and formed new collaborative relationships.
You can see Kinnear's work in the new exhibition Smart works: design and the handmade, from 30 March 2007 at the Powerhouse Museum.
Smart works: design and the handmadeTAGS
+ Smart works