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traditional forms, techniques and patterns of d'oyley work displayed in the exhibition included: Teneriffe lace wheels; Rose and Shamrock pattern; Latin American 'Sol' lacework; continuous braid lace; filet crochet; spinning star pattern; embroidery with crochet edge; flora and fauna designs; ecru cushion covers; sandwich d'oyleys and jug covers; scalloped d'oyleys; snow crystal pattern; crochet and knotting; limerick lace; Italian 'Punto Tagliato' lacework; petit point; and applique.
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The group sought to counteract ingrained attitudes in education that positioned craft as a minor art. Needlework was strategically chosen to reflect the traditional patterns, symbols and images that have reoccurred throughout history, and the common techniques that many women would relate to. The
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argues in the exhibition catalogue, "It is only at this (level) of culture - everyday life - that women have an explicit and acknowledged place." As well as documenting the works in the exhibition, the extensive exhibition catalogue included research and practical information on Aboriginal crafts,
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Australian Designs and Designers 1890 - 1940, historical exhibitions and competitions, poetry, histories of women's labour in the textile industry (European and Australian), the development of craft guilds, and caring for textiles.
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and then at the South Sydney Women's Centre. Their goal was to share and learn such skills as crochet, embroidery, lacemaking and weaving. After obtaining Crafts Council funding, their major exhibition,
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to produce a series of screenprints about women's needlework, which served as wall panels for the exhibition. Examples of the posters are in the collection of the
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Phoenix and McMahon collected d'oyleys from second-hand shops and donations, and began running weekly workshops, open to the general public, initially at the
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Doing feminism : women's art and feminist criticism in Australia
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The D'oyley show : an exhibition of women's domestic fancywork
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The D'Oyley Show, An Exhibition of Women's Domestic Fancywork
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Dissenting D'oyleys: The Women's Domestic Needlework Group
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was established in 1976 by Australian feminist artists
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Index

Marie McMahon
Frances Phoenix
Women's Art Movement
Joan Grounds
Tin Sheds
Watters Gallery
Earthworks Poster Collective
Art Gallery of New South Wales
National Gallery of Victoria
Anne Summers
Armidale
"The forgotten workers, 1979, The D'Oyley Show by Women's Domestic Needlework Group, Sydney, Marie McMahon, Frances Phoenix"


"Dissenting Doilies: The women's domestic needlework group"
"Women's Domestic Needlework Group :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online"
Doing feminism : women's art and feminist criticism in Australia
ISBN
978-0-522-87759-5
OCLC
1284877513
cite book
link
"Jill Posters will be prosecuted: Australia's women-only print collectives from the 1970s and 1980s"





The D'oyley show : an exhibition of women's domestic fancywork

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