{"id":416,"date":"2022-06-26T14:26:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T04:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/?p=416"},"modified":"2025-03-14T13:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T02:46:25","slug":"fabulous-fibre-the-fibre-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/fabulous-fibre-the-fibre-show\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fibre Show 2022 &#8211; \u201cFabulous Fibre\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It has become an annual event that continues to express the vitality of fibre in all its forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Felt making was transformed by the experimentation of 2 local women, Polly Stirling and Sachiko Kotaka who developed what is now known as Nuno Felt, they began teaching the process and started a felting revolution that became a worldwide phenomenon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"497\" data-id=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94.png\" alt=\"Poncho, Skirt &amp; Shawl by K.T\" class=\"wp-image-417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94.png 220w, https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-94-133x300.png 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Poncho, Skirt &#038; Shawl by K.T<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"407\" data-id=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-95.png\" alt=\"Crochet &amp; Woven Hanging by Lorraine Lintern\" class=\"wp-image-418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-95.png 220w, https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-95-162x300.png 162w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Crochet &#038; Woven Hanging by Lorraine Lintern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition has continued to change over the years as artists use new and old forms of transforming fibre (natural manmade or recycled) into the everyday items that we use, wear or admire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-96.png\" alt=\"Walk Softly Through the Rice Fields by Sachiko Kotaka\" class=\"wp-image-419\" style=\"width:342px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-96.png 280w, https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/image-96-242x300.png 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Walk Softly Through the Rice Fields\nby Sachiko Kotaka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The artists and artisans who are exhibiting at the Gallery have come up with the whimsical &#8211; Jennifer Edwards \u201cNo Internet\u201d, an installation using her \u201cTribal Barbie\u201d couple relaxing in their bamboo and palm woven hut;&nbsp; the practical &#8211; Kitty van Vuuren\u2019s knitted, crocheted and woven work made entirely from recycled yarns; and the mastery with Sachiko Kotaka\u2019s exquisite Nuno felted piece titled \u201cWalk Softly Through the Rice Fields\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anything goes when it comes to Fibre and this annual exhibition at Blue Knob Hall Gallery is dedicated to this wonderful multi-faceted medium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An afternoon Opening for this show will be held on Sun 26th June and the exhibition will run until Sat 13th August.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabulous Fibre \u2013 The Fibre Show. The first fibre exhibition held at Blue Knob Hall Gallery in 2005 was called \u201cFeeling for Fibre\u201d where twenty-five weavers, quilters, felt-makers and sculptors showcased the innovative, creative and functional forms that felt making and fibre were becoming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[16,33],"class_list":["post-416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibitions","tag-16","tag-fibre"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1371,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416\/revisions\/1371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueknobgallery.com\/gallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}