Gallery

Jill very much enjoys creating work for exhibitions. The challenge, the focus, the discoveries and learnings are rewarding and necessary for her creative soul.

Each season in her gallery at Garden Studio 70 Jill presents a new collection of works. See Special Events Page for details of these exhibitions.

In the gallery you will delight in the creative range of her hand bound books, leather bags, jewellery and mixed media works on paper...

" INVITATION"

...to celebrate Springtime...

garden inspired artwork

by Jill Edwards

SEPT. OCT. NOV.

"INVITATION"

Explore a beautiful Spring garden where mixed media artist Jill Edwards finds endless inspiration. Her creative ideas begin with a walk around her garden each day.

Featuring this season is a new range of eco printed leather bags, designs of which are sourced from new plantings and discoveries of applications. The colourway of each bag is finely tuned with Australian leathers, fabrics, threads and buckles. All must complement and harmonize with the exquisite eco prints created in the dyepot.

Works on paper, jewellery, handbound books and journals all reflect a love of garden designing and making.

The scope of Jill's printmaking and design techniques is diverse, often layered in unique and experimental combinations.

" GARDEN TO GALLERY"

a designer made collection of ecoprinted leather bags...

and an artist's garden to visit

"GARDEN TO GALLERY"

The design pathway of Jill's leather bags is literally from garden to Gallery.

Beginning with a forage in her garden for leaves and flowers of the season, she intuitively creates a layout on leather and then it is into the dyepot with it. Sometimes it requires several dyepots to achieve the definition and harmony she is seeking to achieve her signature style, which is that of a vintage tapestry.

Her leather bags are thoughtfully designed around each unique print from the dyepot. The colours of thread, the leathers, and fabrics all must complement the print. She uses beautiful Australian as the perfect backdrop for these nature prints.

Mono prints are layered onto ecoprints which continues the quest for that vintage tapestry look.

Lino prints also contribute to this multi layered process.

Cyanotypes too are used to give stunning blue designs on leather, with foraged seaweed used as resists.

A visit to Jill's artist's garden is a treat for gardeners and creatives alike.

Leather Bags

Diverse and distinctive designs.

Limited edition ranges in various sizes.

"Earth Bags"

"Ecoprints on Leather"

"Stitchery"

"Stitch Drawing on Tapestry"

Each bag is unique, a one-off by its very nature.

Australian leather and hand dyed Merino wool yarns are Jill's first choice of materials.

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See the full range currently in stock

at Garden Studio 70. Port Fairy.

Always new designs in the making.

Brooches.

Each of Jill's brooches is stitched or wired one bead at a time, rhythmically and decisively. Each one evolves in the making and so is always original and definitely a one off. This ensures that the next one she make is a joyful new discovery!!

Teals on Lime

Beaded brooch $75 Boxed in vintage style

Auburn on Russet

Beaded brooch $75 Boxed in vintage style

Greens on Olive

SOLD

Reds on Rose

SOLD

Blue on Blue

SOLD

Pinks on Gold

SOLD

Pendants

Found jewellery is reloved and introduced to Jill's treasured collection of beads.

This combination evokes a notion of history and elegance of times past and is set with a contemporary freedom in design.

The fact that shewill only find these beautiful vintage beads and chains once makes each combination and pendant unique.

"Leaf Green"

With vintage beads and chains Pendant $120

"Ivory"

With vintage beads and chains pendant $120

"Silver"

With vintage bead sand chains Pendant $120

"Blue & Bronze"

SOLD

"Ruby"

With vintage beads and chains Pendant $120

"Bronze"

With vintage beads and chains Pendant $120

Books

The art of bookbinding and visual storytelling.

With her lifetime love of books and illustrative storytelling, Jill is now immersing herself into this wonderfully creative mixed media process.

She is exploring the many forms the book can present and always enjoys the visual sequencing of her stories. Drawing, printing, stitching drawing and ecoprinting are some of the techniques she uses.

Jill's artist's books are an important component of her exhibitions.

They allow in depth telling of stories with room to explore ideas.

Jill also has in her gallery a beautiful selection of journals

for both gardeners and artists. Or anyone who enjoys writing.