Congratulations to Melinda Heal who was awarded the 2007 ATA Student Award for her work accomplished while pursuing a Bachelor of Visual Arts Degree at Canberra School of Art, Australian National University.
Artist's Biography
After completing Year 12 in 2004, I went on to further my education at the Australian National University in the center of Canberra. Having already had an interest in Japanese and textiles, I chose to study a double degree; Bachelor of Asian Studies and Bachelor of Visual Arts. My majors in Asian Studies are the Japanese language and Contemporary Asian Studies. In Visual Arts, I chose to study Textiles. The visual part of of my course is run by the Canberra School of Art which is part of the ANU.
As part of my Textiles Major, we study weaving, tapestry weaving, drawing, painting, surface, design, printing techniques and computer assisted design. The class I had a particular connection with in my second year of study is tapestry weaving which I am now pursuing third year work in the same medium.
I enjoy tapestry because of its process and the resulting woven piece. Constructing an image and a tangible surface and object at the same time is something very particular to tapestry. I hope to continue my study of tapestry this year and and to continue to develop my skills and keep producing work.
