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Enjoy our latest issue ✿ Heavens Above

Looking to the sky

Sharon Peoples set out to embroider the sky, which she ended up stitching into hand-bound books.

Ba Duong Noi: A village in the sky

Le Ba Ngoc shares his knowledge of a Vietnamese village famous for its kites that keep alive an ancient legend. 

A Chinese dragon flies to Paris

Meikei Huang writes about master kite-maker Wang Yongxun, whose creatures of the sky connect peoples across the world.

Cloudburst talismans

Vicki Mason has recycled costume jewellery to make a charm that squeezes raindrops out of clouds.

 

Featured Articles

From Issue 40 ✿ Heavens Above

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Shankar Lal ✿ Weaving with smoke

Soumitra Bhattacharya walks with a ringaal weaver from Kiruli village, Chamoli district, in the Himalayas.

by Soumitra Bhattacharya

Of storms and stillness: Embroidery with passion

Hansika Sharma travels to Kutch to find the indigo that will connect her to the skies above.

by Hansika Sharma

Sky Series: Painting the heavens with glass

Zoë Veness employs an open cloisonné technique to make pendants that capture fleeting skies on Dharawl Country.

by Zoë Veness

Tony Rice ✿ Insect kites

This spring, Tony Rice awakens Meanjin (Brisbane) residents to the Japanese tradition of flying insect kites.

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Collected, prized, re-visioned: Donna Dinsdale’s textile sculptures

viv davy writes about a textile artist who draws on the material heritage of Aotearoa New Zealand to connect across generations.

El Anatsui’s Rising Sea: Monumental architecture at human scale

Jessica Hemmings finds that El Anatsui's monumental textile sculpture holds its own amidst the architectural pride of the Bilbao Guggenheim.

Cinnamon Lee ✿ Noctua

We ask Cinnamon Lee about the origins of her award-winning lamp/jewel that honours the Bogong moth.

Galbani: A bakery called life

Raquel Bessudo shares with us the beautiful traditions of Día de Muertos practised by Sara López Cruz in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Hurry Pottery ✿ The slow dance of nature

Diana Beklemesheva is inspired by the natural patterns visible in the flows of sand and fire.

For Whom the Tale’s Told: Tripping over reality in Udon Thani

Rudee Tancharoen presents three works that trouble the stories we tell ourselves.

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Current Exhibitions

Highlights from our calendar

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Contemporary Project 14: Betsabeé Romero
Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, Texas)
14 June - 4 January 2026
Kayla Powers 'Entanglement'
Australian Tapestry Workshop (Melbourne)
28 August - 29 November 2025
Matters of Time: Contemporary Metal Practices
UNSW Galleries (Sydney)
29 August - 16 November 2025
"On Loss and Absence: Textiles of Mourning and Survival"
The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago)
6 September - 15 March 2026
Deanne Gilson
Australian Tapestry Workshop (Melbourne)
2 October - 29 November 2025
MAKE Award 2025
Australian Design Centre (Sydney)
10 October - 19 November 2025
Huddle by Gregory Pryor
Ellenbrook Arts (Perth)
17 October - 27 November 2025
Skin and Viscera: Self, World, and Time
Tainan Museum of Fine Arts (Tainan)
18 October - 18 January 2026

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