Painter and designer. Chauvel 'discovered and developed the art of "panchrocis", a delicate technique of paintings on silks and satins, of which she made lamp ...
Loui Benham was born in 1868. She was embroiderer, designer, teacher, woodcarver, pyrographer and painter. Benham exhibited with the West Australian Society of Arts. She ...
A woodcarver and embroiderer, Mary Dods actively contributed to the interior designs of her husbands architectural projects. An American by birth she used Australian motifs ...
A Melburnian auctioneer, fashion and theatre designer known for his costumes at Melbourne's Artists' Balls. Contemporary police and media reactions to his more flamboyant costumes ...
Designer and craftworker, Sydney, NSW, she was a prolific designer of textiles and various Applied Arts, often featuring Australian floral motifs, and was well known ...
Painter and printmaker who led an active life exhibiting, travelling, writing, radio presenting and programming for the ABC ("Women's Session" Talks editor), public speaking and ...
Accomplished South Australian lacemaker and needlewoman. I'Anson was widowed at 36, and used her skills to support herself and her family for the remainder of ...
An early activist for womens' rights, a theosophist and life long feminist, Bessie Mabel Rischbieth was a well known figure in Perth. Her early training ...
An accomplished self-taught embroiderer, Field experimented with different stitches and materials and also mastered traditional European embroidery skills. A lifelong member of the Embroiderers Guild ...
Wood-carver and needleworker, her artworks were included in the 1907 Exhibition of Women's Work at Melbourne, after studying at the Hobart Technical College. The inspiration ...
Painter and teacher, won the Royal College of Art Scholarship and the Royal College of Art Travelling Scholarship. Rowbotham exhibited with West Australian Society of ...