Avis
New Zealand born Avis Higgs is an award winning painter and one of Australasia’s most innovative textile designers of the 1940s.
Modernist Textile Design Created in 1949 sees the Light of Day
Nearly 70 years after it was designed, Avis Higgs' 'Heart of the Bush' has been printed onto fabric.
It has been printed as a short run on a trial basis. Chairs have been covered by Living Room (www.livingroom.co.nz) and look fantastic.
We will update as to future availability. Watch this space for further details.
Work of the month
Untitled (Mermaid)
In Wartime Sydney, fabrics and dyes were in short supply. In the early years of the war heavy cotton was available, and single colour printing was mainly done. This design is from that period. It shows mermaids frolicking and seahorses along with coral and seaweed. Avis was sometimes given pieces of the fabrics she had designed...
© Avis Higgs, 2014
Design: Mission Hall Creative
Words: Tamsin Ewing and Marguerite Beere
Consultant: Adroite Communications
