'Moon Phases'

'Moon Phases Red'

I was inspired to create this design when I began studying the phases of the Moon in Astrology classes. The Moon represents emotions, intuition and creativity, and the phase you were born under greatly affects your personality. These are the phases of the Moon from a Southern Hemisphere perspective ;)

I have hand stitched this piece on canvas with high quality wool from the Australian Tapestry Workshop, and it has been professionally stretched over a wooden frame (see third picture).

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Michelle Driver is a South Australian artist working exclusively in handwoven tapestry. Her practice is grounded in slow labour, repetition, and material discipline, approaching tapestry as a rigorous studio practice rather than a decorative craft.

Her work is shaped by queerness, neurodiversity, and lived experience of trauma, and often draws on gothic aesthetics and unsettling narrative. Through weaving, she explores shadow, memory, and the tension between obedience and refusal, revealing beauty within what is overlooked or difficult to name.

Driver’s work has been recognised nationally, including winning the 2016 Port Pirie Art Prize and inclusion in Radical Textiles at the Art Gallery of South Australia.