Notable Members

Olga Walters

Art quilts are my passion, I love to manipulate fabric with colour and heavy stitchery creating surface and texture, and have been known to ‘obliterate’ the fabric underneath covering it with whimsical nonsense! The idea of ‘entertaining’ the viewer appeals to me, leading their eyes through a jungle of colour and thread and then appealing some more to look again at my quilts in a rather nonsensical way.

I have had work published including front cover of Textile Fibre Forum February 2000, Down Under quilts, Australian Patchwork & quilting, New Zealand Quilter, Popular Patchwork (U.K.) Art Stream.

My current work is based on the Australian forest, I am driven by the vast array of texture and colour within this mighty realm.

I belong to a group of Australian quilt artists called ‘TWIST’, our exhibition ‘Twist’ – Interpretations of the Natural Environment has been exhibited in the U.K., Europe, New Zealand and Australia.

Prizes
1999 -Australian Quilters Association -Irvine Green Award for colour.
2001 -World Quilt Competition -2nd Prize Innovative Category
2001 -Australian Quilters Association -1st Prize Megan Terry Award - Life in a Goldfish Bowl
2002 -Victorian Quilters - Best of Show - One Step Further

Touring exhibitions
Under the Southern Cross – a travelling show curated by Dijanne Cevaal
2003 – ‘Journeys’ - The Immigration Experience – AQIPP (Australian Quilts in Public Places – currently being exhibited in the U.S.)

Forest Rhapsody Les Feuilles

Night Dreaming See the Light Downunder

Playing with Fuzzy Felt Life in a Goldfish Bowl