Raranga (hand weaving)

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Julia Gould
- Fiber Artist

Julia has been working with fiber ever since she can remember. It has been a continuous learning experience. She spent time in Asia in her early twenties and noted the complexity of the weaving of many different cultures.
She was fascinated by the interwoven colour and texture of the different fibres, especially fabric and baskets, and the often primitive and simple ways used to produce works of such beauty.
Julia lives in Tokomaru Bay on the East Coast and In 1989 she attended a six-month Maccess course where she learnt traditional kete weaving from Kimihia Doel.
She feels privileged to have learnt these skills and others like the boiling and dyeing of the harakeke (flax)

Flax Backpack with fabric handles
Price $140.00

A selection of Julia's woven wall hangings.
The kete she weaves today have evolved over time to be both contemporary and very functional. Wall hangings are a new dimension to her work

Julia believes Harakeke (flax) is an amazing fibre and it’s potential to her seems limitless.
It’s availability as a natural resource holds special appeal; to cut and gather one’s working material adds a depth, an earth and spiritual element to the process that is as important as the work itself.

Flax is threaded into fabric tubes then woven, making these kete very strong
Close up of fabric/flax kete.