From our fantastic tour to Australia in October 2005. Most of the pictures in this gallery are felt related. First part is from the felt convergence in Canberra. A gallery with pictures from the nature will follow later.

One of the highlights was when Merete and I carried a koala.

Of course we started at the backpackers.

There are really Kangaroos in Australia!!

Anita Larkin with one of her wonderful hats - on the convergence in Caberra

Polly Sterling is showing how to felt a very poetic flower.

From the exhibition in Canberra

From the exhibition in Canberra

Ola Robertson shows how to dye with rust

Rusting

Nancy Ballesteros shows how she works with silk laps

These girls were the most marvellous belly dancers. We also enjoyed it so much.

From our day tour. Visit on the art museum in Canberra.

From the exhibition. A group has worked with this theme.

From the exhibition.

From the exhibition.

Rachel Meeks lecture about how she dyes with eucalyptus leaves. Laying them on silk and steaming them until they give their colour to the silk.

Dying with eucalyptus

Jenni Farrell in her wonderfull dress.

From the fashion show.

From the fashion show.

From the party evening. A fantastic soap bubble man even packed the chairman Betty Hudson into a soap bubble.

A spectacular fire show was a part of the entertainment.

We found this wonderful dress at the airport in Alice Springs.

Two of my wonderful students from the course by Megan Butell in Sydney.

All my wonderful students in Sydney (except Sandra O´Neill who had to leave earlier).

Ulla Turner from the Danish association in Brisbane, who invited us to give a lecture and then Ulla took us on the most fantastic tours in nature.(See next gallery).

My wonderful students from the course by Sandra Pyke in Melbourne.

The whole group with their sculptured figures.

We stayed at Leah Jones place for two days and gave a workshop there. Leah at the right, with one of her customers.

Some of Leahs fantastic dresses. She makes the most wonderful things.

I had to buy this one.

This is Leahs own jacket, or I would have bought that too.

Visit at First Fibre Edition. Here dyed silk.

The machine makes a fantastic work when it combs the silk.

John (one of the owners) tells us about the machines. We can really feel that he loves his work.

Visit at Georgina Tolands Merino Farm with 6000 sheeps. Fantastic wool. The sheep shearers were there to share the head and the back of the sheeps.

At the farm

At the farm

We stayed at Ian Clements place for two days and saw Ian´s workshop and the beautifull nature around their farm.

From Ian´s workshop.

Ian´s felting machine.

From my landscape workshop by Lin Hughes in Melbourne. I had the most wonderful group there and I enjoyed every moment of the course. So sorry girls I did not get a group photo of you. This is Gay Staurups picture while she works on it.

This is Gay´s almost finished picture.

This is Lin Hughes picture while she worked on it.

This is Lin´s picture, almost finished.







