Colleen Weste

Colleen Weste has had a fascination for many years in creating unique wearable art pieces. She is addicted to hand painting silk, shibori resist dyeing, felting and machine stitching. She combines her love of colour and the landscape in her unique garments and shawls.

She is author of the book Silk Painting Techniques and Ideas for Colour and Design and has a Grad Dip in Textile Design from RMIT. Colleen is an award winning artist exhibiting nationally and internationally. A member of the World Shibori Network she has studied with shibori masters in Japan and France as well as Yoshiko Wada founder of WSN.

She tutors at Swinburne University Costume & Design and has given workshops at the NGV and throughout Australia & New Zealand. She works from her studio in the Macedon Ranges while heading an arts collective gallery in the Macedon Ranges.

www.silkandthreads.com