Rainbow Lorikeet Wall Hanging

St Columba Anglican School

Ashley Livingston


"Highly embellished and detailed textile art wall hanging showcasing native Australian flora and fauna through the rainbow lorikeet perched in a banksia serrata tree. The design features a broad range of textiles techniques including freemotion machine and hand embroidery, felting, applique, couching, beading, and heat manipulated fibres."

Images of Work

"A close-up of a textile art piece featuring a bird and natural elements. The style is handcrafted and textured, utilising fabric and yarns. The dominant colours are bright and vibrant: the bird's head is a striking royal blue, its beak a bold red with black accents, and it has a yellow cheek patch and green chest area. The background features a sky-like pattern in various shades of light blue and white. Elements of brown for branches and seeds, and different shades of green for leaves and foliage, complete the scene. The border of the artwork incorporates a light blue lace-like fabric with green and brown accents. The background has an abstract wavy pattern reminiscent of water or clouds. The foliage elements show textured patterns from the stitching and fabric types. The border has a lace-like or net pattern in light blue. Naturalistic elements are integrated as if they were accessories to the bird's environment, wooden beads represent seeds or berries on a branch, and yarn is used to create the texture of the branches and leaves."

"A close-up of a textured textile artwork depicting a tropical scene. The style is folk art or naive, with a strong emphasis on tactile elements and vibrant colours. The colours are bold and saturated, featuring a gradient of warm tones from yellow to orange and red for what appears to be a sunset or sun. This is contrasted with deep blues representing water or sky, and various shades of green for foliage. The tree trunk is a rich brown, textured to resemble bark. The patterns are abstract and textural, the foliage and tree trunk are created with thick, dimensional yarn, giving them a fuzzy, tactile appearance. The background elements, such as the water or sky, are made from layered fabrics that create a sense of depth and movement. The sunset area is composed of shredded or ripped fabric pieces in varying shades, creating a rough, impressionistic effect."

Select Student Folio Pages

The pages selected for each project reflect the individual students' interpretations of the syllabus guidelines for the MTP. Each student should develop their folio according to the guidelines, relating to their own individual project. This may result in a variety of presentation styles, numbers of sketches and/or experiments.