Deborah Mandira Is a textile artist who lives and works at Mystery Bay on the south coast of NSW. She predominantly employs surface design on fabric, created in various ways including but not limited to hand-printing and painting, dyeing and plant dyeing, shibori, indigo and plant dyeing, stencilling, and block and screen printing. Felting onto silk and natural fabrics to make artworks that are wearable, useful or decorative. A recent passion is upcycling; using pieces of her own works that have been dyed, printed and plant dyed to already worn and discarded clothes to make new unique garments.
She loves fabric and fashion and is inspired by the natural and the manmade worlds around her. Mandira’s fascination with fabric started early in life, being born in Japan and experiencing an early exposure to refined aesthetics and dramatic functional uses of cloth. Mandira’s art work pushes the boundaries of traditional art driven by her conviction that art does not have to be in a frame or on a pedestal to have importance in our lives.
Mandira is a founding member of Artisans Nest.
You can see more of my work at mandiratextiles.com
Here are some examples of work that is in the Nest. Please note stock does turn over, so if you like something do contact me.
