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Mar 14
in Fine Art Photography, Words

Exhibition – In Our Hands: red gallery – 10th – 27th April

Well… it has been a while! … I’ve found it a bit challenging over the past couple of months not being able to do stairs or sit at my editing computer… but my knees are on the mend 🙂 and my rehab is going remarkably well. I’m up to doing a few stairs; walking on the treadmill… (even with 4 x 15 second jogs allowed !!! Yippeeeee)… so all is good !

I have some exciting news ! I am exhibiting my beautiful exhibition “In Our Hands” at red gallery, Fitzroy North, Melbourne; from April 10th – 27th.

Opening night is Wednesday April 10th from 6-8pm. I would LOVE to see any of you who are in that neck of the woods.. and if you have any friends who are Melbournians or will be passing through during that period – I would love for you to spread the word :-)…….pass on my link…. let your friends, family and colleagues know :-).

 

Here’s my media release. Media release – Julie Stephenson

I’ve taken photographs from our journey to the Kimberley region of Australia as I walked and travelled in this landscape. I was moved by the power I felt there. I was intrigued and fascinated by the geological formations and recognised the sheer geological history of this land. I also connected with my place in, and the affect my own travels had on this profound landscape.

I have printed photographs on clear film and face mounted them on to acrylic: and layered these on to pastel paintings, water colour markings and other clear images. I have made artist books and 3D objects which can be held. My intention is to create an installation similar to a museum exhibit, where there are not only wall mounted displays, but items to experience viscerally in your hands.

….Would love to see you, if you are able to come to my opening and celebrate this body of work with me.

Here is a poem which is part of my exhibition and the text in one of my artist books – In our hands

In our hands
metamorphic moments span archaic millennia
in the Proterozoic Era 2,500 million years ago
the land cracks, explodes
ejaculates and oozes
molten history into
basalt and quartz and granite mountains
to be washed and weathered
and rumbled
slowly in groaning glacial valleys
and rivers and plains
and inland seas with silt compress life to be seen in a later time
and dust and sand
which blows and flows to the coastline
bordering the oceans

in our hands

which rise and fall over eons
hungrily devouring
then exposing the land which is shaped,
fenced
and blocked
dug and scraped and drilled
denuded
to suit our needs

in our hands

metamorphosis

in our hands
what has been for thousands of years

special places now only traces
on postcards
in museums

in our hands
geological time
crumbles into dust
slipping through the fingers
of our hands.

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I am a Journeywoman. I live my life as an explorer. An adventurer. An Observer. An Artist. There is no differentiation between how I live my life and the art that is an expression of it. It is through my experience adventuring the unknown, that I learn more about myself. My aim through this connection is to live where my expression is fully in alignment with the essence of who I am. “In the field of Fine-Art Photography, Julie stands apart from others with the way she sees the world and expresses her connection within it. Julie Stephenson’s photographs are sublime. Her work is an expression of her deep connection; and a gift to the world.”

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skeinydipping

I looked down and saw my hands. Hands which have t I looked down and saw my hands. Hands which have touched; have loved; have created; have worked; have nurtured. My hands.   

I looked down and saw on my wrist and fingers items from around the world which have so many stories; items which have all been created from the heart and made by the hands of others. 

I looked down and saw beautiful yarn. Yarn which has been handled carefully through shearing, dyeing, skeining, balling; and now being knit in my beautiful hands. 

My hands are one of my gifts. This year I’ve really missed the touch of another with my hands, to feel the heart of another through my fingertips; but so grateful and love my hands which touch and feel; work and play!

What do you see when you look at your hands?

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Knitting a fabulous  #slipstravaganzamkal by @westknits .
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#gratitudeattitude #westknitsarethebestknits #westknitsmkal2020 #knittersofinstagram #knittersoftheworld #knittersofaustralia #indiedyedyarn #handmadewithlove #handmade #handmadejewellery #fromtheheart #createeveryday #livetotravel #healing #healinghands #creativehands
My life is wonderful… and I have so many stories My life is wonderful… and I have so many stories. I’ve had adventures on all continents. Slept being rocked by the sea; felt the ice on my skin in both polar regions, and felt the silence of the deserts. I’ve walked stone steps in monasteries at altitudes where each step I’ve taken consciously and mindfully; focussing on treasuring every molecule of oxygen in the rarefied atmosphere. 

COVID has paused those adventures, but I draw upon my experiences as I navigate adventuring my days in a different way, on our ‘home range’. 

I recall my steps in Tibet as I walk through our bushland. I am mindful and conscious of my surroundings. I listen. I feel. I feel happy here. I am content.

My new stories may not hold the same experiences of connection with others; and may not be of extreme challenges or crazy things  (which I am rather prone to doing! 🙂 ) but they are not less wondrous… as I smell the warm eucalyptus waft from under my feet. 

I weave my stories, and this story is of my personal journey on my daily walk through our bushland. 
You can see some of my other woven stories on my website - link in profile. 

How do you express your life’s stories?
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#weaversofinstagram #indiedyedyarn #indiedyed #rigidheddleloomweaving #ashford #inspiredbynature #contentcreator #emotionalbalance #homedeco #handcrafted #makersmovement #creativelifehappylife #wellbeing #travellerlife #journeywoman #weavingaustralia
“....The Assookinakii cowl was created for those “....The Assookinakii cowl was created for those times in your life when you need a meditative and healing knit. Assookinakii (ass-s-oo-kin-uh-k-EE) means ‘healer’ in the Blackfeet language, thank you to Cut Woods School in Browning, MT for the tradish language support”. –  Candice from @thefarmersdaughterfibers 

Knitting this beautiful cowl by Candice from @thefarmersdaughterfibers for @sistersunitedmt ; WAS healing. 

As my hands gently formed the repetitive stitches I reflected on the word ‘Assookinakii ‘ - healer. I am a healer. I don’t understand it. It’s something unseen. Something within me which has been recognised by Ngangkari and ‘clever men’ here in Australia; and shaman and healers around the world as we travel. This recognition always has caught me by surprise; as I seem to walk a line between two worlds. 

As the stitches slipped from one needle to another and the beautiful colours of @spincycle_yarns revealed themselves; in the pauses between the stitches I heard a voice whispering to continue to seek connection with the natural world and listen deeply. 

What has been healing for you this year?
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#healingjourney #meditationpractice #dyedinthewool #assookinakii_cowl #knittersofinstagram #knittingaddict #livinglifetothefullest #happydays #shaman #healer #healersofinstagram #listentoyourheart #indiedyedyarn #handmadewithlove #knittersgonnaknit #knittersoftheworld
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