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Award winning textile art

by Stuart Birks

Jocelyn Seccombe is a local artist, having lived in Palmerston North since 1976. She has focused in particular on textile art. Her work has been exhibited in New Zealand and overseas and she has won several awards. Here are three of her artworks:

This wall rug is 152cm wide by 119cm high. It is hand tufted and made of wool on polypropylene and hessian backing. Some of the wool was dyed by the artist. In 1999 it won the NZ WOOL GROUP AWARD FOR BEST EXHIBIT USING WOOL National Woolcraft Festival, Palmerston North. The design was inspired by the I Ching, hence the title, Ch'ien.

More of her rugs can be seen at: http://jocelynseccombe.weebly.com/rugs.html

This piece is called Nocturne. It is made of cotton, silk and polyester threads machine embroidered onto handmade felt. It was given first place for 1) OPEN SECTION & 2) MACHINE EMBROIDERY AWARD at the Textile Techniques Association Of New Zealand, Embroiderers’ Guilds Inc. Conference, Open Exhibition, 2004. It is held in a private collection.

This embroidery on felt is called Spring Song. It is made of cotton, silk and polyester threads machine embroidered onto hand-felted wool. Made in 2007, it is held in a private collection.

More of her embroideries can be seen at: http://jocelynseccombe.weebly.com/embroideries.html