Melbourne

We had a lovely weekend in Melbourne. We stayed in colourful St Kilda:



Had a delightful lunch meeting with four other members of Art Quilts Around the World:



Enjoyed the Royal Botanical Gardens:



Saw quilt designs everywhere:




Browsed the city:



And spent a lot of time in both locations of the National Gallery of Victoria, where it was nice and cool on Monday, when it was 43.6 degrees Centigrade outside. They have a wonderful collection of Indigenous Art and also some impressive international art. I loved the Wisdom of the Mountain exhibition, with beautifully painted barkcloth from Papua New Guinea, and I discovered a German artist, Christiane Baumgartner, who makes monochrome woodcuts from film and video stills. You can see some of her work here. Oh, and I bought this book about Op Art. Enough inspiration for lots of optical illusion quilts!





PS More traditional holiday snaps can be found on our family blog.