Where Have all the Sheep Gone?

A comment on changing lifestyle patterns in New Zealand and the decimated sheep numbers that are still around. There are many old and unused woolsheds around the country - many falling into disrepair. This local woolshed was part of my practice of documenting disused farm buildings. When I was working on the zero waste stitching project and made the zero waste book I had decided to make something on a larger scale and this wall quilt became that project. I took the left over eco dyed fabric (originally from the eco coat Sense of Identity) and cut them into 2.5 inch strips. I randomly joined these and then took the woolshed photos which I had printed onto foil butter papers coated with Golden fibre paste and inserted them into the strip piecing. The quilting was random back and forth to try and replicate the sense of peeling paint. I added the antique lace surrounds as some of the photos had small gaps of nothing on some edges and the vintage lace seemed appropriate for the theme. It is not my best piece of work but it covers several issues for me as an artist.