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I am a visual storyteller who creates quirky, elegant and optimistic narratives. These unique stories are often housed within a vessel. I transform everyday ordinary stories through the skillful marriage of collected materials, folded pages, print and stitch. I combine these diverse materials by deconstructing, reconstructing and layering. Layered symbols and motifs create multiple meanings. I draw on imagery from times past, found objects and the natural world. I gain inspiration from my collections of objects, which include everyday items, broken and time worn cast offs, natural objects, paper, textiles and found ephemera. It is the materials and objects that direct me in creating their reinvention into a new narrative. The narratives embedded within my vessels are revealed to those who choose to behold them.

Time Travellers will be on display at the Judith Wright Centre from 1 June until 27 August 2018  Flying Arts Featured Artists – Winter Exhibition

Peta Lloyd, (Coowonga, near Rockhampton) is a visual artist who incorporates printmaking, assemblage, encaustic and collage, into her shrines, artist books, assemblages, box diaries and wall narratives. Peta describes herself as a Bricoleur, creating artworks from a diverse range of treasures. Incorporating old and new materials, Peta recycles, remakes, reuses, restores and re-stories as part of her creative process. Born in Mildura, Victoria Peta grew up in the Melbourne suburbs of Heidelberg and Glen Waverley, moving to Central Victoria in the 1980s. Peta has resided in Central Queensland since 1990. Peta inspires others to unleash their creativity, through teaching printmaking techniques, book arts, assemblage and encaustic art, locally, interstate and internationally. Her artworks are held in collections of the State Library Qld, Mackay Regional Gallery, Central Queensland University and Rockhampton Art Gallery. Peta enjoys coordinating international and national collaborations of altered books, artists’ books and postcards. Peta exhibits her works throughout Australia.
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