Bringing together makers who grapple with the complex relationship between hand, body, and machine, this sixth edition asks: how can artists create in ways that sustain, rather than deplete, the materials and ecologies they work with?
From permaculture to programming, each artist demonstrates how making can become a form of ecological stewardship; material innovations and technical mastery revealing not only the ingenuity of Australian textile practice today, but also the deep responsibility artists feel toward the environments that sustain them.
Tamworth Regional Gallery
18 September to 22 November 2026
New South Wales
Abdullah M. I. Syed, 1001 Beads, ‘Currency of Devotion’ series, 2026, hand-rolled banknote beads, found prayer beads (tasbih) of artist’s late mother, 24-carat gold, gota (ribbon), thread and metal wire, dimensions variable / Courtesy the artist and Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney
