Mood Indigo

Mood Indigo

Mood Indigo. Installation View.

Yvonne Sloan. 4 Elements Water & 4 Elements Earth

Mood Indigo. Installation View.

Sue Parker. Illusions of Day and Night.

Margaret May. Sparkling Waters.

Mood Indigo. Installation View.

Helen Harvey. New Moon Jazz.

Mood Indigo. Installation View.

Lynne Dunphy. Wrapped up in Blue.

Helen Harvey. Night Wave.

Lynne Dunphy. Wrapped up in Blue.

Mood Indigo. Installation View.

Annette Ashton. Southern Lights (detail).

Mood Indigo. Installation View.

Lynne Dunphy. Dark Stars in the Sky (detail).

Mood Indigo. Installation View.

Their new collective exhibition Mood Indigo takes the melancholic title that has long influenced the creative arts, and presents a range of textile works inspired by the ancient Indigo dye, taken from the Indigofera tinctoria plant.

Indigo is a dye that demands discipline to use, and the use of both natural and synthetic types reveals a rich and surprising blue colour spectrum throughout the fibre pieces. With a focus on specialist technique to convert fibre into thread and fabric, collectively the Guild presents works that exemplify the skills of dyeing, spinning, weaving, knitting and crochet.

View exhibition booklet and artist bios here.
View exhibition catalogue here.

Photographs by Ralph Brown.

Opening: Friday 4 March, 6-8pm

The Handweavers and Spinners Guild was established in 1954 and remains the oldest regional guild in Aotearoa.

Predominantly consisting of weavers, spinners and dyers, the Guild has expanded over the decades to include knitters, tapestry weavers, felters and practitioners of other fibre crafts.

Main Image: Helen Harvey. New Moon Jazz.