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Tamara is a Textile Artist based in Naarm/Melbourne specialising in free machine embroidery, hand stitching and mending. In her textile practice, she explores her surroundings interpreting what she sees in embroidery. Tamara uses hand and machine stitching with found materials in her practice engaging with the environment recreating images & shapes in her embroidered works in 2 and 3D form. Tamara's work combines traditional and modern embroidery techniques to depict social issues and tell stories about climate change, the treatment of refugees in Australia and family links and history. Her love of discarded materials and family heirlooms emphasizes sustainability and connects generations. Textile, with its versatility, is an ideal medium to express her ideas through the art of embroidery. She loves the unpredictability of found materials and enjoy the inventiveness required to transform them. Tamara was invited to Curtain Springs for a residency in 2019, a finalist in the John Villiers Art Prize 2021 and the Australian Textile Art Award 2022 along with exhibiting in group and solo exhibitions. Her recent projects include facilitating the Moreland Quilt - a community arts project, exhibiting her work and teaching workshops in hand embroidery, free machine embroidery and mending skills. Her work has been exhibited in the United Kingdom, Canada, Netherlands, India and Australia. Tamara is founder of the Naarm Textile Collective, curating their bi-annual exhibitions, a member of the Embroiderers Guild Victoria, Society for Embroidery Work (S.E.W.), Craft Victoria and Melbourne & Victorian Arts Inc (MAVA). Her work has been featured in Textiel Plus, Textile Fibre Forum, Fibre Arts, The Age, Machine Embroidery & Textile Art magazine and on Fibre Arts Take Two.
Website: https://karhina.com
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