Liz Williamson b. 1949

Also known as Elizabeth Blanche Williamson
  • Artist (Weaver)
Textile artist Liz Williamson began weaving in the late 1970s. Sometimes wearable, sometimes for display, her artworks have been exhibited and collected in Japan, Canada, USA, UK, Europe and Australia.
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creator of
Sac
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leather, silk dyed with black henna, poly-cotton

 
creator of
'Woven in Asia' textured scarf
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creator of
Loop
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works woven in cotton, rayon, silk and leather various sizes

 
creator of
Pink Edge, Grey Edge
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wool, cotton

 
creator of
Band
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series of scarves woven in Asia woven in wool and silk 174× 240cm

 
creator of
Blue Inside
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creator of
Dark D'oyley from the 'Domestic Damask' series
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cotton and rayon Collection: Tamworth Regional Gallery

 
creator of
Threadbare
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creator of
Twist
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series of wraps woven in high twist wool 40×240cm (each)

 
creator of
Pale Darn
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wool, silk, cotton 50×170×18cm

 
creator of
Velvet Darn
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creator of
Curve scarf
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URL
http://lizwilliamson.com.au/
 
creator of
Water
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Jacquard- woven wrap

 
creator of
Convey
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Collection in Wollongong City Gallery

 
creator of
Worn
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creator of
Undulations
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wool, wool blend, nylon monofilament

 
creator of
Surface
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wool, wool blend, nylon monofilament 60cm x 100cm

 
creator of
Fray
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cotton, poly cotton, devoré

 
creator of
Land Field wrap
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URL
http://lizwilliamson.com.au/

Collection in Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

 
creator of
Intersections
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wool, wool blend 60cm x 200cm

 
creator of
Gold Textile
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creator of
93/436/2 Scarf, 'Land folds 1', wool / wool blend / metallic thread / nylon, Liz Williamson, Sydney, Australia, 1993
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URL
http://from.ph/136582

93/436/2

 
creator of
'Dark fields' blanket by Liz Williamson,
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URL
http://from.ph/136581

93/436/1

 
creator of
Colour Fields
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worsted wool 200cm x 200cm

 
creator of
Annapurna Blue
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three piece outfit: fabric designed and woven by Liz Williamson, outfit designed by Val Horridge

 
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Periods active
  • 1970
  • 1970-1979
Other occupations
  • teacher, Design Studies, COFA, UNSW
  • teacher, Design Studies, COFA, UNSW
References [<ExternalResource: Layne, Barbara and Margo Mensing (2000), 'e-textiles', Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, Canada, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Zimmer, Jenny (1988), 'Skill, Pleasure and Loss: of Language and Dexterity', Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bond, Clare (2000), 'Reverberations: Pulsations in Liz Williamson's woven textiles', Fiberarts, vol. 7, # 1 Summer.>, <ExternalResource: Brennan, Belsey (March 1984), 'Woven art', Vogue Living, .>, <ExternalResource: Conroy, Diana Wood (October 1996), '12th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennal', Periphery magazine, .>, <ExternalResource: James, Bruce (February 1994), 'New colour', Sydney Morning Herald, .>, <ExternalResource: Juers, Evelyn (October 1996), 'Hiding Places', Art Monthly Australia, .>, <ExternalResource: McCracken, Gillian (August 1996), 'Collaborations- working in the arts', Periphery, .>, <ExternalResource: Radok, Stephanie (May 1996), 'The large darn', The Adelaide Review, .>, <ExternalResource: Lawson, Amanda (December 1988), 'East/West perspectives', Crafts NSW, .>, <ExternalResource: Attiwill, Suzie (2004), 'A matter of time', Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bell, Robert (2002), 'Material Culture- Aspects of Contemporary Australian Craft and Design', National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bond, Clare (2006), 'Visible Darning', Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Cochrane, Grace (1993), 'Pieces of Colour', Jam Factor Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Cochrane, Grace (2007), ''Liz Williamson' in Smart works: design and the handmade', Powerhouse Museum Publishing, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: King, Glenda (1998), 'Origins and New Perspectives/ Contemporary Australian Textiles', Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania and Craft Australia, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Lamb, Jennifer (1996), 'Below the Surface', Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: McCracken, Gillian (2000), 'Frisson', Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Murray, Kevin (1999), 'Water Medicine', Craft Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Parkes, Brian (2004), 'Sydney Style', Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Rowley, Sue (1997), 'Crossing Borders: Contemporary Australian Textile Art', University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Wada, Yoshika Iwamoto (2004), 'Ragged Beauty- Repair and Reuse; Past and Present', Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, United States, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Williamson, Liz (1996), 'Derivations', Craft ACT Gallery, Canberra, ACT, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Williamson, Liz (2007), 'Integration: the nature of objects', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bond, Clare (2003), 'Unwrapped', Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, '93/436/2 Scarf, 'Land folds 1', wool / wool blend / metallic thread / nylon, Liz Williamson, Sydney, Australia, 1993', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Powerhouse Museum, ''Dark fields' blanket by Liz Williamson,', Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW.>] [<ExternalResource: Layne, Barbara and Margo Mensing (2000), 'e-textiles', Centre for Contemporary Textiles, Montreal, Canada, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Zimmer, Jenny (1988), 'Skill, Pleasure and Loss: of Language and Dexterity', Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bond, Clare (2000), 'Reverberations: Pulsations in Liz Williamson's woven textiles', Fiberarts, vol. 7, # 1 Summer.>, <ExternalResource: Brennan, Belsey (March 1984), 'Woven art', Vogue Living, .>, <ExternalResource: Conroy, Diana Wood (October 1996), '12th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennal', Periphery magazine, .>, <ExternalResource: James, Bruce (February 1994), 'New colour', Sydney Morning Herald, .>, <ExternalResource: Juers, Evelyn (October 1996), 'Hiding Places', Art Monthly Australia, .>, <ExternalResource: McCracken, Gillian (August 1996), 'Collaborations- working in the arts', Periphery, .>, <ExternalResource: Radok, Stephanie (May 1996), 'The large darn', The Adelaide Review, .>, <ExternalResource: Lawson, Amanda (December 1988), 'East/West perspectives', Crafts NSW, .>, <ExternalResource: Attiwill, Suzie (2004), 'A matter of time', Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bell, Robert (2002), 'Material Culture- Aspects of Contemporary Australian Craft and Design', National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bond, Clare (2006), 'Visible Darning', Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Cochrane, Grace (1993), 'Pieces of Colour', Jam Factor Craft and Design, Adelaide, SA, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Cochrane, Grace (2007), ''Liz Williamson' in Smart works: design and the handmade', Powerhouse Museum Publishing, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: King, Glenda (1998), 'Origins and New Perspectives/ Contemporary Australian Textiles', Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania and Craft Australia, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Lamb, Jennifer (1996), 'Below the Surface', Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: McCracken, Gillian (2000), 'Frisson', Tamworth City Gallery, Tamworth, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Murray, Kevin (1999), 'Water Medicine', Craft Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Parkes, Brian (2004), 'Sydney Style', Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, New South Wales, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Rowley, Sue (1997), 'Crossing Borders: Contemporary Australian Textile Art', University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Wada, Yoshika Iwamoto (2004), 'Ragged Beauty- Repair and Reuse; Past and Present', Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, United States, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Williamson, Liz (1996), 'Derivations', Craft ACT Gallery, Canberra, ACT, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Williamson, Liz (2007), 'Integration: the nature of objects', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, NSW, (ex. cat.).>, <ExternalResource: Bond, Clare (2003), 'Unwrapped', Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria, (ex. cat.).>]
Alternative names
  • Elizabeth Blanche Williamson
  • Elizabeth Blanche Williamson
Related people
  • Stirton, Tony (associate of)
  • Muldowney, Joan Margaret (child of)
  • Williamson, Ian Andrew Napier (child of)
  • Williamson, John (sibling of)
  • Williamson, Maggie (sibling of)
  • Williamson, Robert (sibling of)
  • Stirton, Tony (associate of)
  • Muldowney, Joan Margaret (child of)
  • Williamson, Ian Andrew Napier (child of)
  • Williamson, John (sibling of)
  • Williamson, Maggie (sibling of)
  • Williamson, Robert (sibling of)
Related person groups
  • Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
  • Object Gallery, Sydney, NSW (associate of)
Related works
  • Sac (creator of)
  • 'Woven in Asia' textured scarf (creator of)
  • Loop (creator of)
  • Pink Edge, Grey Edge (creator of)
  • Band (creator of)
  • Blue Inside (creator of)
  • Dark D'oyley from the 'Domestic Damask' series (creator of)
  • Threadbare (creator of)
  • Twist (creator of)
  • Pale Darn (creator of)
  • Velvet Darn (creator of)
  • Curve scarf (creator of)
  • Water (creator of)
  • Convey (creator of)
  • Worn (creator of)
  • Undulations (creator of)
  • Surface (creator of)
  • Fray (creator of)
  • Land Field wrap (creator of)
  • Intersections (creator of)
  • Gold Textile (creator of)
  • 93/436/2 Scarf, 'Land folds 1', wool / wool blend / metallic thread / nylon, Liz Williamson, Sydney, Australia, 1993 (creator of)
  • 'Dark fields' blanket by Liz Williamson, (creator of)
  • Colour Fields (creator of)
  • Annapurna Blue (creator of)
  • Blue Cocoon (creator of)
  • Hoechst award textile 2436 (creator of)
  • Sac (creator of)
  • 'Woven in Asia' textured scarf (creator of)
  • Loop (creator of)
  • Pink Edge, Grey Edge (creator of)
  • Band (creator of)
  • Blue Inside (creator of)
  • Dark D'oyley from the 'Domestic Damask' series (creator of)
  • Threadbare (creator of)
  • Twist (creator of)
  • Pale Darn (creator of)
  • Velvet Darn (creator of)
  • Curve scarf (creator of)
  • Water (creator of)
  • Convey (creator of)
  • Worn (creator of)
  • Undulations (creator of)
  • Surface (creator of)
  • Fray (creator of)
  • Land Field wrap (creator of)
  • Intersections (creator of)
  • Gold Textile (creator of)
  • Colour Fields (creator of)
  • Annapurna Blue (creator of)
  • Blue Cocoon (creator of)
  • Hoechst award textile 2436 (creator of)
Related collections
  • Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Alice Craft Acquisition Collection, Craft Council NT, Alice Springs, NT (collected in)
  • Hoechst Australia Textile Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Victorian State Craft Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, NSW (collected in)
  • Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Alice Craft Acquisition Collection, Craft Council NT, Alice Springs, NT (collected in)
  • Hoechst Australia Textile Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Victorian State Craft Collection, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Hoescht National Textile Award (received)
  • Norwellan Upholstery Designer Award (received)
  • Living Treasure: Master of Australian Craft (received)
  • Hoescht National Textile Award (received)
  • Norwellan Upholstery Designer Award (received)
  • Living Treasure: Master of Australian Craft (received)
Related events
  • Biennale Internationale de Lin de Portneuf'2 (exhibited at)
  • Biennale Internationale de Lin de Portneuf (exhibited at)
  • From Lausanne to Beijing, 5th International Fiberart Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Liz Williamson: Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Smart works, design and the handmade (exhibited at)
  • Depth of Field (exhibited at)
  • Warna-Warni (exhibited at)
  • About Jacquard (exhibited at)
  • In the world, 17th Tamworth Fibre Textiles Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Exploring Surface and Texture (exhibited at)
  • A Visible Thread (exhibited at)
  • Visible Darning (exhibited at)
  • Inspired - design across time (None)
  • a matter of time : 16th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Pins and needles - textile and techniques from the Australian Collection (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Textile Art OBG International Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Extreme Wearables (exhibited at)
  • Tracking Cloth (exhibited at)
  • Material Culture - aspects of contemporary Australian Craft and Design (exhibited at)
  • From Lausanne to Beijing- Beijing 2000, International Tapestry Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Colonial to contemporary: a decade of collecting Australian decorative arts and design (exhibited at)
  • e-textiles, ventures - jacquard weaving (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Craft to Japan (exhibited at)
  • Origins and New Perspectives - Contemporary Australian Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Surface (exhibited at)
  • International Lace Competition (exhibited at)
  • Blue, Flax is Blue: 2nd Biennale du Lin Contemporain (exhibited at)
  • Mapping Identity (exhibited at)
  • Wraps (exhibited at)
  • Undulations (exhibited at)
  • New Colour (exhibited at)
  • Pieces of Colour (exhibited at)
  • Wraps and Scarves (exhibited at)
  • Glenaeon Craft Expo (exhibited at)
  • Fine Fibre: an exhibition of excellence in fibre art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Wearable Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Biennale Internationale de Lin de Portneuf'2 (exhibited at)
  • Biennale Internationale de Lin de Portneuf (exhibited at)
  • From Lausanne to Beijing, 5th International Fiberart Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Liz Williamson: Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Smart works, design and the handmade (exhibited at)
  • Depth of Field (exhibited at)
  • Warna-Warni (exhibited at)
  • About Jacquard (exhibited at)
  • In the world, 17th Tamworth Fibre Textiles Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Exploring Surface and Texture (exhibited at)
  • A Visible Thread (exhibited at)
  • Visible Darning (exhibited at)
  • Inspired - design across time (None)
  • a matter of time : 16th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Pins and needles - textile and techniques from the Australian Collection (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Textile Art OBG International Biennial (exhibited at)
  • Extreme Wearables (exhibited at)
  • Tracking Cloth (exhibited at)
  • Material Culture - aspects of contemporary Australian Craft and Design (exhibited at)
  • From Lausanne to Beijing- Beijing 2000, International Tapestry Art Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Colonial to contemporary: a decade of collecting Australian decorative arts and design (exhibited at)
  • e-textiles, ventures - jacquard weaving (exhibited at)
  • Contemporary Australian Craft to Japan (exhibited at)
  • Origins and New Perspectives - Contemporary Australian Textiles (exhibited at)
  • Surface (exhibited at)
  • International Lace Competition (exhibited at)
  • Blue, Flax is Blue: 2nd Biennale du Lin Contemporain (exhibited at)
  • Mapping Identity (exhibited at)
  • Wraps (exhibited at)
  • Undulations (exhibited at)
  • New Colour (exhibited at)
  • Pieces of Colour (exhibited at)
  • Wraps and Scarves (exhibited at)
  • Glenaeon Craft Expo (exhibited at)
  • Fine Fibre: an exhibition of excellence in fibre art (exhibited at)
  • Australian Wearable Textiles (exhibited at)
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