JAYNE NEWGREEN
THE WEAVER

I’m a textile artist living on Dja Dja Wurrung Country in Victoria.

After a career in photography, I found my creative home in textiles. While I’ve always loved composition and the play of light, weaving offered me something deeper — a tactile relationship with materials and the profound satisfaction of making with my hands.

I create both conceptual and wearable pieces, working mainly with repurposed and locally sourced fibres. My approach is intuitive and contemporary, grounded in slow, deliberate making. At the loom I embrace both repetition and spontaneity, reflecting on themes of identity, place, and sustainability.

I’m especially drawn to sakiori, a Japanese method of weaving with narrow strips of worn fabric. I rework discarded textiles such as faded denim, obsolete maps, and overlooked fibres, transforming what’s forgotten into cloth that holds memory and meaning.

My work has been shown in exhibitions including the Celebration of SAORI 24 & 25, Incognito, Craft Lab 25, and the Australian Sheep and Wool Show, where my woven garments were modelled on the runway.

For me, weaving is both enquiry and expression – a way of honouring and creating stories embedded in cloth, and of connecting deeply to material, place, and people.