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Welcome to the homepage of Chiatanya Designs—run by designer and tutor Fiona Hammond. On this site you’ll find information about creative workshops offered by Fiona, and you can view a selection of her jewellery, textile art and quilts.

Browse through Fiona’s eclectic gallery of works. Fiona loves to combine mediums for her creations, for example textiles often feature in jewellery, and beading appears on textiles. Her quilts usually have a contemporary feel, and show a strong colour confidence. Beading with seed beads is a constant source of pleasure for Fiona and this is reflected in her one-off jewellery pieces as well as bead embellishment of textiles. Her quilts and jewellery have appeared in Australian quilting and beading magazines, as well as exhibitions, shows and competitions.

"Botanical Oddity"

"Botanical Oddity"

“Botanical Oddity”- a small art quilt, measuring 54 cm x 50 cm. This quilt has won several awards, including the Down Under Quilts Best Use of Colour Award at the Canberra Quilters Exhibition in 2008.

Fiona Hammond is passionate about making jewellery, textile art and quilts, and loves to teach others how to make their own jewellery, quilts and textile art pieces. Her many years of teaching all kinds of topics, from primary school classes to Diploma of Aromatherapy courses and now her craft workshops, have instilled in her the joy of teaching and sharing her creative ideas with others through her workshops. She loves to inspire her students to try something new and have fun along the way.

New workshops are constantly being developed, tested and then made available. Comprehensive written notes are provided for all workshops. Kits are sometimes available for specific workshops.

"Zippity Do-dad" beaded sculpture, 2010

“Zippity Do-dad” beaded sculpture, made for the Art award Winners Exhibition at Goulburn Regional Art Gallery in December 2010. This piece represents 3 months of my working life in 2010. It is made from cotton fabric, interfacing, Japanese seed beads, freshwater pearls, zippers and nylon beading thread.

Fiona is willing to travel far and wide to teach her workshops for guilds, retreats, symposiums, shops, craft fairs, etc. She also offers a few residential workshops for small groups on the rural property she shares with her husband Zane in southern NSW. She also now offers private beading lessons at her home – see workshops: private beading lessons for information.

SEE THE EVENTS PAGE FOR INFORMATION ON UP-COMING WORKSHOPS AND RETREATS.

Read more about Fiona in an interview on art quilter Neroli Henderson’s blog, here http://eiloren.blogspot.com/2010/05/interview-series-fiona-hammond-quilt.html