SAQA Benefit Auction - starts mid September

The annual benefit auction is nearly upon us - it's SAQA's major fundraiser for the year. Member artists create a 30cm x 30cm (12" x 12") art piece and donate to the annual auction. My piece (see below) is well on its way to the US and I can't wait to see the other 380+ pieces. I've been a member, on and off, for more than a decade including some time as the Oceania rep. I learned so much from the organisation, from other artists and attended the 2012 joint conference with the Surface Design Association in Philadelphia. A life- and art-changing trip for me and the friendships made all those years ago, endure to this day. Still inspired, still loving being a textile and mixed media artist.

The auction starts September 14 through October 8 at saqa.com/auction

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Making progress Trees #2

The mess before the beauty

The excavator's words have stuck in my head, rent free. ' I have to make one hell of a mess before it can become beautiful. There is no beautiful end without the mess '. Or words to that effect. The retaining walls at the back of the house have to be finished before anything else can happen in the yard - and in between downpours, a few expletives and more rain, it has beena testing time for all involved in the construction. I thought about his words - and the effort of making a quilt from scratch. The planning, drawing, testing, dyeing, playing, creating, starting again, creating and the final 'ah ha'. There is so much 'mess' before a quilt is resolved becomes a thing of meaning and beautiful in its own way. Blessed are the excavators.

Ali George Artist

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