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VICTORIAN TAPESTRY WORKSHOP

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Name

VICTORIAN TAPESTRY WORKSHOP

Culture

Australian

Type

Organisation

Start date

1976

Start place

South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Occupations

Decorative / design artist | Weaver

Summary

Located: Australia (VIC).

NGA IRN

24934

Context

Australia

Web

http://www.victapestry.com.au/

Biography

Victorian Tapestry Workshop
 
The Victorian Tapestry Workshop was established in a former glove factory in South Melbourne in 1976 with weaver and administrator Sue Walker as director. The Workshop has produced many important public and private commissions and several well-known Australian artists have designed works for it, including Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, Lesley Dumbrell, Roger Kemp, Richard Larter, Jeffery Smart and Guy Stuart.