For Saturday Indesign 2026, we invited ten artists to transform selected pieces from our collection through their own creative practice, giving familiar Few & Far forms new meaning and expression.
Natalie brings a tactile, colour-led approach to the exhibition, drawing on decades of experience across architecture, interiors and textile art.
After three decades working across architecture and interior design, Natalie turned increasingly towards textiles, studying tapestry weaving at Sturt Art and Craft Centre and later at Kawashima Textile School in Kyoto, Japan.
Her practice now brings together tapestry weaving, macramé and hand-dyeing, with a strong emphasis on the act of making. Working primarily by hand, Natalie explores colour, texture and material through richly layered textile works.
Colour sits at the heart of her practice. Natalie hand dyes much of her wool and fabric, experimenting freely with unexpected combinations and the way colour can shift the feeling of both an artwork and the space around it.
I was drawn to the strong, simple shape of the original piece and could immediately see the potential to transform it. I liked the contrast between the tall, clean form and the possibility of adding something much more tactile and expressive to it.
I was surprised by how much the piece changed as I worked on it. The colour, texture and density of the fibres became much more important than I originally expected, and the work really started to take on its own personality.
At first I was focused mainly on its shape, but as I worked with it I became much more aware of its proportions and balance. The narrow base and larger top gave me an opportunity to exaggerate that contrast and create something almost sculptural.
I had a fairly clear starting idea, but it definitely evolved. I tend to work quite intuitively with colour and texture, so the final composition developed as I added the fibres and saw how the different colours and lengths worked together.
I used my hand-dyed wool in a wide range of colours, textures and thicknesses. I built the surface up gradually, working with layering, knotting and hand-applied textile techniques to create the dense, tactile form.
Colour placement was also an important part of the process, particularly how one colour moves into the next.
Joyful. Tactile. Unexpected.
Natalie’s textile practice has taken her around the world, both as an artist and teacher. Her work has included large-scale installations, private commissions and collaborations across art, fashion, architecture and interiors.
Her projects have included collaborations with Fendi, Romance Was Born, Anthropologie and The Woolmark Company, alongside major woven and macramé installations in Australia and internationally.
Travel also remains an important influence, particularly her experience of textile traditions across Japan, India, Indonesia and Southeast Asia and the different ways cultures dye, weave and make by hand.
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