2014, Crochet lace

These phenomenal crocheted lace panels tell the story of light becoming flesh becoming spirit as told through the eyes of the humble sardine. The first panel is phytoplankton photosynthesising light into matter. The second panel is a feeding frenzy of sardines eating plankton, turning matter into flesh. The third panel shows birds eating the sardines and returning to the skies, returning the spririt of the sardine to light. Each panel took over 450 hours to create. These panels will continue to be accessible to the public after the exhibition in the Glenelg Shire Council Collection.

2015, Crochet lace

Crochet category winner and Scarf of the Year at the 2015 Geelong Scarf Festival. This scarf is a celebration of life by the sea in Portland, especially celebrating the magnificence of Bridgewater Bay.

c.2014, Crochet lace

The motifs in this scarf are inspired by the microscopic world of diatoms which grow by photosynthesis, providing food for the ocean.

c. 2017, Crochet lace

A scarf made for Maureen's sister Colleen.

c.2006, Embroidery

Maureen made this pouch for Isobel to keep her valuable treasures safe from the eyes of thieves.

2024, Crochet lace

Created as a gift for Isobel.

2014, Crochet lace

This was one of her first experiments with crochet lace technique. Never one to do things by halves, Maureen created shaped panels using this already complex process.

2024, Crochet lace

c. 2016, Crochet lace

C. 2015

Crochet / ceramic beads

2020, Crochet lace

Maureen describes this piece:

“After I had my breast off in 2018 it was as if there was no longer a barrier between my heart and the world. Love flowed in and out of me like it never had before, and I felt explosive joy at being alive, and extreme gratitude for all those surrounding me and being kind to me.”

c.2015, Crochet lace

c. 2015, Crochet lace

c. 2015, Crochet lace

These pieces were created from photographs taken at Bridgewater Bay of water swirling around the rocks.

c.2015, Crochet lace

c. 2013, Crochet lace

c.2015, Crochet lace

c.2015, Crochet lace

c. 2005, Embroidered Cushion

A densely embroidered cushion created for Isobel. On a family trip to Europe in 1993 Maureen was very taken with the ceilings of cathedrals. This cushion is an homage to the many angelic scenes impossibly painted in vaulted ceilings across Europe.

c.2017, Cutwork

A sampler made for a textile workshop Maureen conducted at Julia Street Creative Space.

1990, Embroidery

Created between May 1989 and December 1990, this quilt contains scenes from Isobel’s childhood—her first day as a baby, the street we lived on in Hepburn Springs, the Christmas tree with a family version of the 12 days of Christmas, poems she liked, mottos to live by and lots of funny characters in between.