DAY 3
Hadley’s Art Prize – Artist in Residence
- Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart
- 3 May 2026
Studio Before Breakfast
Totally refreshed after our touring day yesterday. Drove to the studio at 6am to take advantage of the loading zone window and no parking fees before 8am.
Hard to believe that yesterday this street was a bustling city market, curb to curb with hundreds of stall holders, entertainment and visitors passing each other should to shoulder.
The tourists went home, the stall holders packed up and the street sweepers came through – everything back to normal – but OMG it is a little chilly before the sun comes up.
Studio Antics
With a clear start to the day before breakfast I unloaded and installed the latest carpet acquisition. Two full hours of joyful creative time fluffing in my studio space. It is already warmer and the acoustics are noticeably different.
Still haven’t wrangled that VHS tape installation in the corner so I’m now on the lookout for a step ladder – yep might have to find a tip shop.
Time to return my car to her secure parking spot at The Old WoolStore and make some breakfast.
Road Trip to Huonville
I hit the road heading south. I was off to catch up with a dear friend and her family from our early days with Tascot Templeton – a Devonport based Axminster carpet manufacturer – sadly no longer around but the friends I made are all still around – as too are some of the carpets LOL.
Couldn’t pass on the opportunity of trying to find a ladder at the South Hobart Reuse Centre – equivalent of our mainland tip shops except this one had evidently received way more love, care and attention. Honestly I could have spent hours there and maybe I had because it was definitely going to be a late lunch.
What a fabulous mountainous, winding road and whirl wind catchup it was. We had lunch, made fabric tiles and I was back on the road again heading further south to the Museum of Wearable Art (MOWA) which is going to need its own blog because I’m still not even sure where to start with that one.
Dropped back into my studio after dark to deliver more goodies I’d amassed along the way. Started pinning the first 30 completed tiles to the studio wall and while I was there collect the plastic bottle top hexagons. These were off to the apartment with me for sewing until midnight – it would be several nights at the rate I was traveling.
