Past President of Shepparton Artists
Member of Splinter Contemporary Artists
Member of Splinter Contemporary Artists
From memory, what was the first thing you made with your hands?
At the end of our street was a pine plantation. One morning a tip truck backed up our street and dumped a load of soil under one of the trees belonging to Mr Leach. There were nine children in the street, all of whom took their place in the pile of dirt. The six big boys made race tracks with tunnels and bridges. They brought their toy cars, making tracks in the dirt.
Colleen and I were 4yr olds. My mother helped us make wooden peg dolls. We used marking pens to make faces and draped material around the pegs, attaching it with fine string and glue. We made little houses out of small boxes using paint and marking pens. We wanted to put the dolls and houses in the dirt pile. Mr Leach said we were having such a wonderful time that he was loathe to use the dirt. So, he rigged a tarp over our little town.
What are you making with your hands right now?
I have become interested in encaustic art creating fine art with wax - encaustic meaning to burn in - using heat to melt and fuse it. The wax has a mind of its own! I'm just beginning to realise what encaustic offers. Something for everyone. Its unique properties allow encaustic to appear molten, solid, translucent or opaque. It can be modelled sculptured or used with collage, photography or oil paint. More than just a medium or a technique, encaustic has become an artistic unifier.
The art of handmade lives with us throughout our lives. To be shown as a child how to cut cloth and stitch, to spin wool to knit, to make sound , to plant a seed, to make bread is the gift of giving and sharing of idea’s.
All photographs
courtesy of Kathryn Carroll.
Kathryn can be contacted via Splinter Contemporary Artists.
Kathryn can be contacted via Splinter Contemporary Artists.
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