Pippita Bennett, Parachilna Gorge, 2024, Thrifted silk and cotton, plant dyed wool and linen, 48x56cm framed.
Pippita Bennett - Following the Needle
Pippita Bennett creates stitched landscapes of places lived in and visited. Her home on Dharug and Gundungurra country is the source of her practice; she uses leaves, bark and flowers from her surrounds and the wild places she travels to dye the threads and textiles she works with, gathering extra inspiration from thrifted materials. Her dyed fabrics are soaked with the memory of the place they were dyed; similarly thrifted fabric holds memory of its past use.
Pippita works wherever she finds herself: at home, in wild landscapes, in waiting rooms and libraries, allowing her needle to follow the line of a branch, rock or a thought. Stitches are her words; a journal of place and time, where memories and images overlay each other to form the landscape of a life.
Pippita studied art at the Tin Sheds as part of her architecture degree, and has worked in primary school teaching for the last twenty years. She is currently studying a Master of Art Therapy, and is happiest stitching with a dog on her lap and a cup of tea beside her.
Pippita Bennett, Hanging Swamp, 2024, plant dyed silk, wool and linen, thrifted cotton, 56x48cm framed.
Pippita Bennett, Til the Tree Trembled, 2024, plant dyed linen, wool and silk, thrifted cotton, 90x137cm quilted, hung from wood dowel.
Pippita Bennett, Stubbs Waterhole, 2023, plant dyed silk, linen and wool, thrifted cotton, 35x45.5cm framed.
Pippita Bennett, Mountain Silhouette, 2024, plant dyed linen, wool and silk, thrifted cotton, 58x130cm framed.