Normana Wight b. 1936

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Popular female weaver whose diverse practice includes portraits with flowers and combining tapestry with digital media.
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weaver, is a Queensland-based artist who was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery to do a tapestry portrait of Dame Elisabeth Murdoch (with flowers). Completed in 2000, it immediately became one of the most popular works in the gallery. In 2001 she undertook a 3-month residency at the Victoria Tapestry Workshop to explore the potential of tapestry/digital media ( Imprint winter 2001).

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1999
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2011

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