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How wonderful is this blanket, made up of lots of

How wonderful is this blanket, made up of lots of pieces of Onkaparinga blanket samples? It is proudly held by Bill Nehmy, whose mother created the blanket many years ago.
Bill grew up in Mannum where his parents established Nehmy’s Emporium after they migrated to Australia from Lebanon. Bill remembers driving up to Lobethal with his dad, to collect the blankets from the Mill to sell in the emporium. Often they would also come home with a sample book, containing swatches of blanket samples that could be used to select their next purchase of goods. Bill’s enterprising mum would deconstruct these sample books and hand stitch or crochet the swatches together to make blankets for people in need. This image shows Bill proudly holding the blanket that the family still retains in memory of their mum’s handiwork, thrift and generosity.

If you have any stories relating to the Onkaparinga Woollen Mill or their iconic blankets, we’d love to hear from you as we start our preparations for our heritage interpretation here at Fabrik, celebrating this significant part of Australia’s manufacturing history.

Pauline Cockrill, historian and curator from @historysa will be at Fabrik every Tuesday morning (10am- 12noon) during April, to collect stories about the mill.

You can also connect with us by email: fabrik@ahc.sa.gov.au

#onkaparingablankets #onkaparinga #lobethal #fabrikartsandheritage #OnkaparingaWoollenMill #VintageBlanket #SouthAustralianHistory #AdelaideHills
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We have such a lovely series of workshops coming u

We have such a lovely series of workshops coming up over the next few weeks. Follow link in bio for more details.
@lottie_emma_textiles
@stitchpaintburn
@meganwalshcheektextileartist
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Our ‘Portrayals of a Pandemic’ exhibition shar

Our ‘Portrayals of a Pandemic’ exhibition shares letters exchanged during the winter of 2020.
Collaborating with the fabulous folk at @writerssainc participants undertook three workshops over three months, with established writers:
-Melanie Knight, founder of Melbourne’s @dead_letter_club
-Dr Kylie Cardell - author of Dear World: Contemporary Use of the Diary
-Poet Jill Jones
Each workshop had a different focus: writing from memory, writing in place and writing with hope for the future.
Each letter was posted to Fabrik where it was photographed before being forwarded on to another writer.
This exhibition shows the images of those letters, giving insight into the fears and hopes held during these very early months of the pandemic.

Portrayals of a Pandemic
Thursday-Sunday
11am-4pm
Until March 14

#VisitAdelaideHills #FabrikArtsAndHeritage #WritersSA
#AdelaideFringeFestival #Lobethal #AdelaideHills #Covid-19 #InPlace #pandemic #Writing #LetterWriting

We have fantastic news! Fabrik has received an inc

We have fantastic news! Fabrik has received an incredible $3 million dollars from the Australian and South Australian Governments today to be used to develop our premises - the former Onkaparinga Woollen Mill - into a modern, functional space. Concept image by @grievegillettandersen
#stillpinchingourselves #fabrikartsandheritage #lobethal #visitadelaidehills #contemporarycraft #creativerecovery

Strum and Stroll kicks off in Lobethal tomorrow an

Strum and Stroll kicks off in Lobethal tomorrow and we can’t wait!
Free live music in lovely venues all down the street, and an evening of music in Fabrik’s Mill Square, with @naomi.keyte Various Nefarious and @runebilly_rattle. 🎶 And the fabulous @twiningarts will be creating cool rockstar stuff with the kids. 🎸
For more info follow the link in our bio

#visitadelaidehills #AdelaideGuitarFestival #LiveMusic #lobethal #AdelaideFringeFestival

That moment when an exhibition is up and the light

That moment when an exhibition is up and the light shines through like a blessing.
The ‘quiet conversations’ exhibition opens on Friday 19 February, showing 98 hand-stitched tea towels, made by artists around the world, transforming a humble domestic cloth into something fresh and just a bit magical.
Thank you @prophet_of_bloom for drawing together a worldwide community during this time when we must stay put to stay safe.

‘quiet conversations’ exhibition
Thursday - Sunday
11am-4pm
Until March 14

#fabrikartsandheritage
#quietconversations #adelaidefringe #visitadelaidehills #stitching #southaustralia #armchairsailingaroundtheworld

For the last few months we have been receiving pre

For the last few months we have been receiving precious parcels of hand-stitched tea towels, posted to our little town from all over the world.
These amazing tea towels/artworks have been created as part of a project initiated by India Flint @prophet_of_bloom and over 90 will be shared as part of our Fringe exhibition “quiet conversations“.

Dates: 19 February-14 March
Thursday-Sunday
11am-4pm

#visitadelaidehills #quietconversations #fabrikartsandheritage #contemporarycraft #lobethal #adelaidefringe #schoolofnomadarts #domestictextiles #inplace

Crafternoon tea today with Wellbeing SA and our fi

Crafternoon tea today with Wellbeing SA and our fire-affected community was a time for chatting, sharing recovery experiences and dreaming of new things to foster healing with the community.

Good things happen when people craft together.
#crafternoontea #creativerecovery #fabrikartsandheritage #lobethal

Adelaide Hills artists @neridabell.ceramics and @s

Adelaide Hills artists @neridabell.ceramics and @simonelp_ceramics have responded to the Cudlee Creek fires through their ceramic processes, creating evocative and moving works. Both pieces can be seen in our Regenerate exhibition.
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Image 1: “The Day After” by Nerida Bell depicts the landscape in the days after the fire, when we were all still reeling from the extent of the fires and the impact to homes and the environment.
Details: The Day After, 2020, black clay, height 16cm, width 18cm. Photo Michael Haines
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Image 2: Simone Linder-Patton describes the process she puts her work through as “a trial by natural forces through the ordeal of pit firing. Wrapped in organic material, the glowing embers of the bonfire generate a reductive atmosphere where a unique tactile surface decoration is formed, and beauty is created through destruction.”
Details: “Marked by Fire”, 2020, height30cm, diameter 13.5cm. Image supplied by artist.
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Regenerate exhibition: open daily, 10am-4pm until December 20
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#CreativeRecovery #CreativeResponders #Regenerate #lobethal #BushfireRecovery #VisitAdelaideHills #FabrikArtsandHeritage

Our Creative Recovery workshops this year included

Our Creative Recovery workshops this year included a wonderful Mindful Photography session with Nicole Lionnet. Participants explored the former Mill site here at Fabrik, seeking out colour, light, pattern & texture.
Bonus postcards of these wonderful images are available at our Regenerate exhibition, open daily, 11am-4pm until December 20.
Image 1: Eileen Sullivan
Image 2: Judy McCallum
Image 3: Kylie Arthur
Image 4: Rosie Rowland
Image 5: Tammy Pahl
Image 6: Tina Zadow

#CreativeRecovery #CreativeResponders #Regenerate
#MindfulPhotography #lobethal #BushfireRecovery #VisitAdelaideHills #FabrikArtsandHeritage

At the beginning of this year of years, South Aust

At the beginning of this year of years, South Australian artists brought the "Solastalgia" exhibition to Fabrik as an offering of solace and comfort to our community after the devastating Cudlee Creek fires. Now, at the end of this year, the "Regenerate" exhibition is an offering from our community, sharing the ways their creative activity has provided hope, solace and connection through their recovery process.

While COVID has taken much of the world's attention since March, our community has been quietly building back their lives after the fires. As we near the anniversary date of December 20, feelings are mixed. Recovery takes time and is a different journey for everyone.

For many, creative activity has been an important strategy to get through this year. For some, it has kept their hands busy, while their minds come to terms with their situation. For others, it's been a way of actively processing and documenting their loss and the recovery of the environment around them. Different groups have gathered regularly at Fabrik throughout the year - artists, writers, kindy mums and knitters - talking, connecting and creating on their recovery journey together.

This exhibition shares the work of these groups and others in our community - over 100 artists including 40 adults and four local primary schools. Each piece holds a different story: hope, loss, friendship, resilience, grief, calm, generosity. We hope you can visit to honour and share in the ongoing recovery journey of our community.

The exhibition is open 11-4 every day until December 20.

#creativerecovery #creativeresponders
#bushfirerecovery
#fabrikartsandheritage
#australianbushfires
#lobethal #visitadelaidehills

This year we've watched our community come to term

This year we've watched our community come to terms with the impact of the Cudlee Creek bushfire, that surrounded our town of Lobethal days before Christmas.
We welcomed the Bushfire Recovery Centre into our beautiful Building 20 (the old Blanket Room) and have watched over the year as community members have come to the Centre to receive ongoing assistance and support as they rebuild their homes, properties and lives.
During this time we have been quietly offering Creative Recovery activities, knowing that creative activity can be a powerful tool in recovery. This Friday we launch Regenerate, an exhibition showing the ways creative practice has been a part of our community's recovery.
We hope you can visit and celebrate with us the power of resilience and regeneration.

Exhibition hours:
11am-4pm
Open daily 11-20 December

Image: Tina Zadow (created as part of the Mindful Photography course with Nicole Lionnet)
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#creativerecovery #creativeresponders #bushfirerecovery #australianbushfires #bushfirerecovery #lobethal #visitadelaidehills #fabrikartsandheritage

We’d love to welcome you to our current exhibiti

We’d love to welcome you to our current exhibition ‘_this breath is not mine to keep’ this weekend. We’re open both days, from 11am-4pm.
Image: ‘Dreamcatcher’, Jen Lyons-Reid, Carl Kuddell, 2006, plastic bag, resin.
#visitadelaidehills #fabrik #changemedia

It may have been a worrying week but we’re glad

It may have been a worrying week but we’re glad to be open again this Sunday 22 November, 11am-4pm.
Image: Terracotta Worriers (detail), 2020, sculptor Lyn Lovegrove Niemz, concept and development Jen Lyons-Reid and Carl Kuddell. Copyright 2020 Change Media. Photo by Sam Roberts.

As South Australians prepare to tuck themselves in

As South Australians prepare to tuck themselves into their homes for the next little while, we’re sending out some vintage Onkaparinga Woollen Mill goodness with this TV knee rug: just the right size for a comforting snuggle while we wait this (hopefully short) lockdown out.
We hope to reopen and welcome you back to Fabrik soon!
#StaySafeStayHome #onkaparingablanket

Lost Flock by @deborah_prior is deceptively comfor

Lost Flock by @deborah_prior is deceptively comforting, with nostalgic, vintage blankets being used to create a bunker/prison cell of 6.6 square metres - the Red Cross Standard for single occupancy cells.

Exhibition
_this breath is not mine to keep
Thursday-Sunday
11am-4pm
Until 6 December

Image details: Deborah Prior, Lost Flock: On the Consequences of Comfort, 2020, woollen blankets, Squatter tokens, pearl beads, cement bricks
#blanketbunker #deathsincustody #domestictextiles

All is ready now for our next exhibition: -this br

All is ready now for our next exhibition: -this breath is not mine to keep.
Opening Sunday 7 November at 2pm
Hours: 11am-4pm Thursday -Sunday
Until 6 December
This powerful exhibition includes collaborations by Carl Kuddell, Lyn Lovegrove Niemz, Jen Lyons-Reid, Deborah Prior, Clyde Rigney Jnr, Cedric Varcoe and Felix Weber.

Image details: Contested Space, Carl Kuddell, Jen Lyons-Reid, Clyde Rigney Jnr, Cedric Varcoe

This is the last weekend for @serawaters exhibitio

This is the last weekend for @serawaters exhibition “Domestic Arts” here at Fabrik and also Stephanie Radok’s “Museum of Domestic Botany”.
It’s also a great chance to indulge in some retail therapy with our gorgeous little retail area and our fabulous studio pod artists: @meganwalshcheektextileartist and @finchyarns
We’re open from 11am-4pm until this Sunday and we’d love to welcome you!

#VisitAdelaideHills #fabrik #FabrikArtsAndHeritage #lobethal #ContemporaryCraft #AdelaideHills

The artist is in the building. Image by Michal K

The artist is in the building.

Image by Michal Kluvanek

Museum of Domestic Botany by Stephanie Radok

Until 1 November
Thursday -Sunday
11am - 4pm

#VisitAdelaideHills #Fabrik #FabrikArtsAndHeritage #StephanieRadok #Lobethal #DomesticBotany

Have you too fallen in love with the homespun yarn

Have you too fallen in love with the homespun yarn that we stock here at Fabrik? Would you like to learn to spin your own?
If so, it's our absolute pleasure to invite you to join Sharon Wollaston, supplier of our homespun yarn, in our upcoming workshops: Begin to Spin and Learning to Ply. Sharon is happiest when spinning yarn and is looking forward to sharing her knowledge to get you spinning too!
To find out more, or to book, visit the What’s On page of our website (link in bio).
#learntospin #handmadeisbest #handspunyarn #fabrik #lobethal #fabrikartsandheritage
#visitadelaidehills

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