Joy Smith

THOSE FEET WERE MADE FOR SKIING, 19 x 25 cm, 1999

'THIS GOES WITH THAT' - SHOES, 10 x 34 cm, 2004

YOU YANGS, 10 x 20 cm, 2006

JET TRAIL X #1, 11 x 16 cm, 2007

12 APOSTLES, 12 x 16 cm, 2008

WARRNAMBOOL ROWBOAT #2, 12 x 16 cm, 2008

YARRA - DIGHT'S FALLS, 19 x 14 cm, 2009

MY TOOL SET, 43 x 55 x 3.5 cm, 2010

Since 1981 I have been weaving tapestries & participating in exhibitions.

During this time I have woven a lot of tapestries - sometimes it seems like I am producing a woven visual diary as my subject matter comes from life around me. Whether it be places I have travelled to, in Australia & overseas, my garden, items in the different shops I worked in, or dogs & their people… my subject matter lately has been objects, equipment, tools etc from my father's shed that needed to be cleared out when my parents moved to a retirement village.

As tapestry takes a long time I choose carefully before I commit, I tend to weave the images that nag at me & explore subjects by weaving in series. In my last solo exhibition there were 36 tapestries that told of a road trip between my house and my parents house.