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Harriet Goodall

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S I L V E R B I R C H Several years ago I made two random woven lights for a client with a German background living in the Southern Highlands who was a little homesick and wanted her house to have elements of the decidious forests of northern Europe she played in as a child. As we discussed ideas for the low-ceilinged space, I saw there was a prominent Betula Pendula or weeping Birch directly out the window on the lawn so then and there, I grabbed my secateurs and cut an armload of flexible stems to weave through her lights. I made the two identical lights and delivered them in person but then, as so often is the case, I never got to see them installed. Earlier this year I had a little story on my exhibition in a local mag and voila! an article with pics of those lights was on the next page. Dankeschon to the kind photographer @tonysheffieldfineart and @highlifesouthernhighlands for sharing copies. NOTE: If you would like to learn to grab your secatuers and make a random weave from plants in your garden I have two workshops coming up looking at just this. @petalsand_seeds Walgett on October 27th and The Hive, Kangaroo Valley, November 16th. Link in bio x

B A C K D R O P So happy to post these workshop images shared with me by the divine Lisa Williment of @_la_papillon. How beautiful are these portraits of concentrated creativity? Thank you Lisa. On a very hot day this past Monday we pushed through blood (cuticles), sweat and tears to weave wild fishtrap lightshades with a community of Noosa hinterland women in her beautifully converted shed @_atelier34_ providing the best possible back drop for all my consistently muted tones. At the end of the day, the temperature dropped, we hung the baskets in a tree, ate extremely delicious cake, hugged and felt quite chuffed with all we had created. . . Bookings for my next workshop on have just gone live. This one is much closer to home: Random Weaving at The Hive in Kangaroo Valley on Saturday 16th November. Go my webstore to book... link in bio or www.harrietgoodall.bigcartel.com Hope you can join us. X

H I N T E R L A N D Waking up in a king sized bed to a dawn chorus of Queensland coastal birdsong ready to teach fish traps at the lovely shed/studio at @_atelier34_ in the forested mountains near Eumundi. Lisa and Bruce (and kids) have welcomed me with such warmth and style I am really looking forward to a happy day of weaving play with their community. My cup was already brimming (to overflowing) after three huge days of workshops, weaving, textiles, yoga, massage and loooots of deep talk with kindred spirits at the magical @fibreartsfestival at Yandina. What a weekend! More on that to follow when I have some pics to share. ❤ Admittedly I transitioned without kicking and screaming from three nights of camp bunk bed to this comfy king sized. Is there a starfish emoji?

P A I R W O R K Current weaverings; an essentially non-identical pair of lights for a re-build of a Brisbane family home made up of adjoining concrete pavilions to sit with abstract art in dark neutral tones. They wait for the finishing touches back in the studio while I float through the highlights of Hobart with my old boy this weekend for his birthday. Pair work of the loving kind. . . @monamuseum @sonny.hobart @franklinhobart @alabamahotelhobart @williesmithsappleshed

d u s t h u s t l e . . . . . I'm hitting the road to the North West in late October to run classes in some of the driest parts of our state. The Coonamble/Walgett region has been in drought for more than eight years. Growing up on a farm that suffered through a bad drought in the 80s, I know how strong and supportive these country communities can be and if the rain won't come at least we can try to get some creative juices flowing and maybe help ease the stress a little bit. Marthaguy Hall and @minkandme Coonamble went bananas and sold out their two workshops in under 24 hours! So now we only have 6 places left in Random Weaving at @petalsand_seeds in Walgett on Sunday 27th October. It will be a day of creative flow, laughs and togetherness. Bookings are via my web store www.harrietgoodall.bigcartel.com or follow the link in bio to the workshops page on my website. *If you are feeling the pinch on the land and financial hardship is preventing you from booking, please email me directly to discuss options or if you are driving a long way for the day, I'm sure we can find you a billet somewhere so you don't have to be on the road with the roos.

Favourites. Just downloaded this lovely image of a trio of lights I wove last year at 'Elouera' a property up on a hillside looking over Bowral. I am currently working on a pair, not dissimilar but in completely different, darker, neutral tones with steel collars instead of brass for a predominantly concrete house in Brisbane. I love how one design evolves into another as opportunities arise. Each time I work with a new client their interiors, art and style influence what I design and make for them so it is intuitive and new. So far, so good! @thebookshedbowral @lucid.interiors @tfadtomferguson