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The Artist/
EDITH REWA
Textile Designer & Illustrator
Edith Rewa Barrett is an Australian based Illustrator and Textile Designer.
Edith’s work is grounded in protecting the diversity of Australia’s natural environments. Through her own label ‘Edith Rewa’ she is always looking for new ways to entwine the worlds of traditional botany with the contemporary Art + Design space whilst exhibiting native plantscapes that are under-represented or unknown.
Edith splits her time between client commissions (In publishing, stationery, fashion and design), exhibition work and her own label, Edith Rewa.
Edith studied Bachelor of Arts (Textile Design, Screenprinting Major) at RMIT, Naarm/Melbourne with a brief sojourn to the Estonian Academy of the Arts. A job at a commercial print design studio took her to Eora/Sydney for 3 years before she moved to the Blue Mountains to work full time on her label with collections ‘’Fossick’’ and ''Field Trip''.
Meanjin/Brisbane caught her eye next, where she began creating a body of work featuring the Wallum Heathland plants of SE Qld. Edith has recently relocated to Nipaluna/Hobart and looks forward to drawing Montane Heath and learning more about endemic Tasmanian flora.
Read more about her HERE
‘Edith’s work is important, absolutely beautiful and an incredible contribution to the tapestry of Australian artists and artworks. A true celebration of nature’ Daphne Day*
The Artwork
Sturt Pea Habit
From Field Trip Collection.
By Edith Rewa
Illustration
Drawn in the botanical Gardens of Adelaide
Giclee print on a heavyweight smooth matte Photo Rag, Acid Free, archival museum grade stock with a weight of 308 GSM (Signed and editioned)
More work from Edith Rewa
Banksia serrata, Night
Night Banksia
Hakea Mates
Macrocarpa
