Lissa was introduced to fibre art as a young child and has continued to develop her craft and art practice for over fifty years. Over the past five years she has been awarded several scholarships which have enabled her to continue her practice and fibre art studies overseas.
Lissa now spends her time in her studio in the Shoalhaven developing new work for exhibitions and workshops and was recently awarded a 2021 Georges River Artist in Residence in Sydney.
Lissa de Sailles
My inspiration comes from the patterns and repetitive cycles of the natural world. Initially trained as a dancer, the rhythmic movements required in basketry construction allow me to approach my art practice intuitively and effortlessly as an embodied practice. Traditional crafts such as knitting, sewing and crochet learned at an early age also inform my work. Harvesting, processing and using natural materials attune me to ancient practices where respect for natural resources challenge me to tread lightly and constantly evaluate my role in a modern consumerist society.
Most recently I have created a body of work using recycled electrical and telecommunication cables. This work explores the dark matters of our constant need for new technologies while discarding the obsolescent to landfill. Finding beauty and usefulness in discarded materials has been challenging and rewarding. I never know where the work is going to take me and that is the exciting part of the journey.
Im really good at:
Weaving
90%
Texture Design
85%
Everything
75%
14+
Partners
55+
Projects Done
89+
Happy Clients
150+
Meetings
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MY WORK
Here are some of my latest work. Click on the images to make them bigger