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Welcome to the artist's website which covers all aspects of the Homage to the Seed project launched in 2010, the Artist Residencies, visual communications & Art.
On this page you can read about:
+ The 2016 Calendar NOW available at the *SeedArtLabStudio ONLINE STORE.
+ WORKSHOP 'Seeds through an Artist's Lens' coming up in January & March at Plantbank, in
Melbourne at the Royal Botanic Gardens in April, at Samford Valley, Brisbane in February & other
venues to be announced. *Visit the Online Store to book or contact the artist.
+ January Plantbank Residency & March Plantbank Exhibition
+ LIMITED EDITION prints available at the Artist's ONLINE STORE: *SeedArtLabStudio
NB: The Online Store is OPEN for Workshop Bookings, Calendar Purchases & Original Artwork purchases.
Limited Edition Prints will be available from late January once again.
*Images below: for clearer Calendar images visit the Online Store, click to products and the Calendar is first product.
Visual Artist Sophie Munns
For Updates on the Artist's project visit Homage to the Seed Facebook Page + Instagram
During a May Residency at Plantbank, at the Australian Botanic Gardens Mt Annan, NSW a NEW workshop series titled 'Seeds through An Artist's Lens' was launched. January 16, 17 & 18 Sophie Munns will conduct the next workshop at Plantbank, located in Mt Annan, SW Sydney and part of RBGSydney.
*COMPLETE DETAILS HERE at ONLINE STORE for PLANTBANK JANUARY & MARCH WORKSHOP INFORMATION & BOOKINGS.
PlantBank is a partner of the Australian Seedbank Partnership, an organisation the artist has an association with through Residencies at Brisbane Botanic Garden, 2010, a KEW Millennium Seedbank residency in 2011 and stints at Plantbank, NSW.
Flyer for the PlantBank Workshops: Participants can attend a Saturday Introduction as a one day only class... or book for 2 or 3 days as time allows. The extension gives important time for deeper focus in this unique facility in an environment planted exclusively with Australian flora.
NB: CLICK HERE TO READ LATEST NEWS FROM THE STUDIO CAN BE READ AT THE E-NEWSLETTER BULLETIN.
To find out about SeedArtLabStudio workshops in Brisbane visit this blog post or email here for info, dates and prices.
Establishing an Online Store in April has led to the formulation new material like Photographs and Digital Art as part of the range of Limited edition Archival Prints ... available in two sizes, some more. All work is UNFRAMED unless ordered as an Archival Print on Canvas which is stretched on High Quality timber frame and ready to hang. All work is copyrighted, signed, numbered, titled and released in series of 1 to 25 prints.
Visit the Online Store here at SeedArtLabStudio.
To view the Artist's INSTAGRAM GALLERY click here.
Images below are from the Plantbank Residency in May, 2015.
Images below are from the Plantbank Residency in May, 2015.
Recent artworks by Sophie Munns
Below: Three large works on unframed linen were painted between late June and and early September, 2014. The works will be hung vertically although shown here as horizontal works for viewing purposes. In October they will be included in the show THE NEW TEXTILES / EXPLORING TEXTILE ARTS at Mobilia Gallery in Cambridge, Masachusetts. Read Gallery News.
The series, approx, 1m x 2m, is painted in acrylic and pigmented ink on-stretched Linen, featuring frayed edges, and stitched with Irish linen thread. A May residency earlier this year ( tab: 2014 ) at the Australian Botanic Garden, Mt Annan 's new seed research facility PLANTBANK presented a huge array of Australian species, seed collections and related material which was important fresh inspiration for this artwork in addition to the body of material on Seeds gathered over the last 5 years. The motifs in these works are abstractions of seed forms, drawn from pods, seed capsules, seeds themselves, and also in the case of the third work, from the motifs that the artist became familiar with many years ago when looking into the symbolic language of diverse ancient and indigenous cultures. A statement which puts this work in perspective can be read here and background to the Homage to the Seed project here.
The series, approx, 1m x 2m, is painted in acrylic and pigmented ink on-stretched Linen, featuring frayed edges, and stitched with Irish linen thread. A May residency earlier this year ( tab: 2014 ) at the Australian Botanic Garden, Mt Annan 's new seed research facility PLANTBANK presented a huge array of Australian species, seed collections and related material which was important fresh inspiration for this artwork in addition to the body of material on Seeds gathered over the last 5 years. The motifs in these works are abstractions of seed forms, drawn from pods, seed capsules, seeds themselves, and also in the case of the third work, from the motifs that the artist became familiar with many years ago when looking into the symbolic language of diverse ancient and indigenous cultures. A statement which puts this work in perspective can be read here and background to the Homage to the Seed project here.