Resume

JENNY JACKETT - TEXTILE ARTISAN

Australian born 1943.

Self taught spinner, weaver and dyer who learnt these crafts while living in isolated areas in outback NSW during the 1960’s.

Trained as a Primary School Teacher 1982-84 graduating with Distinction.

Won major awards for handspun/handwoven garments at Wool Expo Armidale NSW 1989 and 1990 and Barcaldine Qld Historic Woolscour 1991.

Garments selected for Dame Mary Durack Outback Exhibition in Qld Museum 1992.

Awarded 2^nd Prize in the Textile Section of the 2002 Dame Mary Durack Outback Exhibition.

Awarded 2^nd Prize at the Bendigo Sheep and Wool Show 2002 in the woven length section and 3^rd in 2004 in article in other natural fibre.

Placed in the Fashion Fantasia Awards in Hobart 2004. Garment is featured on that web site.

Commissioned to make neckties for a small Corporation 1992.

Pieces selected to be exhibited at Fibrefest 2001, 2003,  2005 and 2011 Brisbane.

Prizes for Spinning and Weaving at Sydney and Brisbane RAS shows over several years.

Solo Exhibitions at The Nundle Woollen Mill, Nundle, NSW May 2003 and April 2004.

Exhibition with another handweaver in Mackay Qld July 2007.

2 garments selected for Handweavers Guild of America Convergence 2004 Denver, Garments with Attitude.

Wall piece hanging in Wills Point, Texas USA, Private Collection.

Garments sold and commissions taken in the UK.

My work has been sold at galleries in Melbourne, Bathurst, Blue Mountains, Sydney, Armidale, Uralla, Nundle, Mackay, Stanthorpe, Toowoomba and Queensland Art Gallery Shops and the Longreach Stockman’s Hall of Fame.

Published in Textile Fibre Forum and HGA’s Convergence 2004 Denver Gallery Guide.

Garments paraded and sold at Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens 2006-2009 in the “Catwalk Botanique” events.

Invited member of the now disbanded ‘A Dozen Weavers’, a Brisbane based group which conducted an annual exhibition.

2 Garments selected in different categories for judging in the 2010 Buda Contemporary Textile Awards (Castlemaine Vic) 1st Prize in the ‘Working With Yarn’ section.

Many made to order ‘Rich Rags’ jackets for clients using the Controlled Hit And Miss technique.

Best described as a ‘compulsive textile artisan’ I am fascinated by the feel and character of the natural fibres and the process of incorporating them in the textile so that their qualities are utilised and appreciated.

Manmade yarns are sometimes used for highlights.

My Studio is part of my living space and my Craft is part of my Life.

                                                                                                                                    Oct 2011