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Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Michael Smith', cotton / silk / synthetic textile / wool, made by his mother and others, Victoria, Australia, 1994 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, made up of wide strips…
Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Michael Smith', cotton / silk / synthetic textile / wool, made by his mother and others, Victoria, Australia, 1994 Rectangular quilt panel, portrait orientation, made up of wide strips of various materials (seven of blue and one of pink). At the top there is a blue panel sewn over the strips with the name 'Michael Smith 1957 - 1990' stencilled in ink. There are two brightly coloured patches: one of a parrot and the other is abstract blue colours. There is a patch with a white long stitch background and various coloured symbols and nautical flags sewn into it. To the right, there is an artist's paint palette in pink with three brushes and four blobs of paint all made from textiles and sewn on.
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Visit the page Bernard Carney - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Bernard Carney', synthetic textile / fabric photographs / glue / ink, made by a friend, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about 1994 Rectangular, portrait orientation, a background of rainbow satin starting with green at the bottom of the panel. There is a five pointed white star on the purple and red sections and BERNARD / CARNEY 15-8-50 - 2-2-94 in the yellow section. In the bottom green section on the left hand side there is a large fabric photograph of a doberman dog, and, on the right hand side in white writing is a poem beginning 'Tho' much is taken ..... and not to yield.' (Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 'Ulysses') -
Visit the page Mark Wallwork - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Mark Wallwork', cotton / synthetic textiles / mixed media / metal , made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1996 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, on a blue denim background. A large appliqued, padded, yellow sun is in the centre with the words 'Mark Wallwork, 19.2.57 - 28.4.94' in red felt. In the top of the sun is an appliqued fabric photo. Around the sun are various appliqued patches including in the left hand corner a) a photograph of Mark with the following below it 'All our love, miss you. Pete, Caroline and kids.' b) two fabric photographs of a man and child with a patch below saying 'Lots of Love, Jen, Balxxxxx?'; there is a child's squiggle on the same patch with the following explanation beside the squiggle 'Lily said here's Mark. I told her he's got a bigger bottom than that!!' c) a badge with the Fitness Network Health Club logo; d) a fabric photograph of a group of four people with the following handwritten inscription below 'Mr and Mrs Average Darlinghurst perform the Thousandth Rendition of their Crowd Pleaser': 'When the moon hits the sky (sic), like a big pizza pie ...' ...'love you Mackie darling like no other, miss everything about you, sloppy kisses, penile rubs, flip top heads, squeaks, squeals, squishes to my best love forever, Lea xxx.'. e) 'It was such a great gift and privalige (sic) to be around you and see the courage and strength of spirit that allowed you to be true to yourself and follow through a decision made long ago. You gathered around you a special group of people to love and support you and, as always, still looking after us, are making sure that we are loving and looking after each other. You will always be somewhere in my life, Mark. I love you and I thank you, Kerry Melbye.' f) Penelope g) H i) Bronte Morris - in the style of an obituary. In the bottom left hand corner there is a patch made out of four children's drawings by Anna, Kristen, Nicholas and Jane Wallwork. j) two fabric photographs, one of two men and the other of five people pointing their bottoms at the camera. Across the top of the panel on white cotton tape are the words 'You are my sunshine. My only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You'll never know dear how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away.'. On the right hand side are seven fabric photographs 1) two men 2) a baby 3) a blue Volvo car 4) one of Mark saying 'Just Do It' 5) two of a man in ballet tights. 5) a man and woman 6) on the applique patch below the photograph of the car is the following 'I see him still in gym shorts laughing loudly, teeth bared and open mouthed to let as much of life in as he could. I remember then, his love which showed as acceptance of people, with the joys and pains in trying to be themselves. I don't expect anymore to see him driving his blue Volvo or springing along some street with his shoulder bag, wearing shades. I miss him 'cause he loved me amongst many. Love Maggie O'Shea'. In the top right hand corner is a padded pillow covered with orange fabric with geometric patterns. Two stuffed toys 'Bert' and 'Ernie' from Sesame Street hugging each other, are attached to the pillow. On the top left corner of the pillow is an appliqued label with the words 'Hi, my name is Ernie! Ernie from Sesame Street. I'm afraid but I'm not very smart. Bert says I'm a mess. And he's right, more or less. But he loves me because I'm so sweet.'. Below the two figures 'Ernie' is written in red capital letters appliqued onto a yellow background. Either side of the stuffed toys are two patches appliqued on. The left hand ones says 'Who luv's ya? Baby! Here's to another 40 years. Love (drawing of a smiley face). On the right hand side is written on a patch 'I love you darling. I will remind you of this always, Today Tomorrow and the next days. David.'. Also on the right hand side there is a large patch with the following written in red ink 'Prince Mark (smiley face with crown) Our friend Mark - a loving prince Favourite of the Oxford Gym Keeps the souls l(f?)it and flying Makes the bodies disciplined - to keep always trying Royal Prince - head held high Dancing easily with grace + style Caring for all friends in this land. Always lends a helping hand Guidance, help advice of all kinds. Always there to work out the rhymes.' Below this is another with the following written in black ink - 'Mark missed out on growing old but his spirit was old, eh? and wise and deep (and he has a sense of humour!) and kind. For evermore. He's here. Listen for his voice.' Below the centre sun there are two more patches with printed messages. -
Visit the page ‘Trevor’ - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Trevor', cotton / fabric photographs / glitter / ink / glue, maker unknown, Australia, c.1993 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, with a light blue background. On the top 'Trevor' is written in ink with 15.5.58 - 2.9.92 below that 'Doods', followed by a small heart. There are eight glittery butterflies in pastel colours scattered randomly over the quilt. Each butterfly has name written in ink: 'Mum, Rob, Kath, Christie, Ray, Kylie, Jeff and Rhonda'. Three fabric photographs: of a male person, a dog and a horse with white blaze are also on the panel. There is a round shape representing a long playing record. A butterfly cloth badge is sewn below the fabric photograph of the person. -
Visit the page ‘Ralph’ - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of Ralph, cotton / ink / synthetic textile / felt / feather, made in Victoria, Australia, 1994 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, on a pale blue background. A large fish outlined in silver is machine appliqued across the panel covering thirteen machine appliqued shapes of various colours, with messages and symbols .'Berkeley' is stitched on to a green appliqued rectangle on the lower edge of the panel, using coloured shoelaces . Starting from the left there is a small brown hat stitched to an orange patch; a photograph of another panel ( see below). Above the photograph of the panel, there is a reverse applique blue cross surrounded by purple; on a pink patch there is 'Loved and trusted friend and confidant'; on a pale green patch; there are dark green letters 'NSJ' and beside that on the main background 'VAC' (Victoria AIDS Council) in orange; a yellow patch with two gold irregular shaped patches (lips?); another yellow patch with the following written in orange ink 'Deep commitment to serve and care for others' ; a green patch with a red apple;a small map of Australia badge; pale blue with black writing ''We loved Ralph and miss him ...Paul, Jamie, Chris, Angie and Colin'; 'Resident Moralist' is written in dark letters on a mauve background; a bright pink patch with colourful sports shoes size 7; and a large red heart overlapping the pink and yellow patch. In the top right hand corner there is a fabric photograph showing a house, a Volkswagen car and a large white American car. The photograph is of a panel to Ralph in another quilt. (Research has shown this to be in the AIDS Names Project Quilt Block Number 54, panel 02171, USA.) The Names Project panel 02171 includes a copy of 2011/109/78-3. The photograph shows panels with a photo with the dates 1950 to 1991, another panel signed Paul ; another with 'We shall never forget you . Our love will always be there. Mom and Dad'. -
Visit the page Richard Morris - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Richard Morris', cotton / mixed media, made in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1993 Rectangular quilt panel with bright pink satin like background with the following in black vinyl letters 'Richard Morris/ 29.8.1964/ TO 22.11.1992/ Allways (sic) in my heart/ Mark'. This inscription is machine appliqued and also glued on the left hand side of the panel. On the right hand side of the quilt there is a JAG brand bomber jacket in faded black denim with a red collar with outstretched arms and turned cuffs. Inside the jacket there a cream t-shirt with 'Country Road Australia' printed in green. Attached to the jacket are the following items: a pair of sunglasses, a driver's licence, a Social Securities identity card, a World AIDS Day badge and a small rectangular card with a typed written message: 'This is a very special gift that you can never see. The reason it's so special is it's just for you from me. Whenever your are lonely, or even feeling blue, you only have to hold this gift and know I think of you. You never can unwrap it please leave the ribbon tied. Just hold the box close to your heart, it's filled with love inside.’ -
Visit the page Dale Wylie - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Dale Robert Wylie', cotton / synthetic textile / acrylic / ink, made by family and friends, Gippsland, Victoria, about 1994 A rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, 'Dale Robert Wylie' is written in red ribbon machined on across the top of the panel. Below that '15.7.59 - 11.2.91' is written in bold black ink, then 'In Memory/ of a Darling/ Son & Friend' is written in black, then 'Mum, Sisters + Friends' is written in red ink. On the bottom left hand side of the panels, there is the shield of St Kilda (Football Club) with 'St Kilda Saints' in ink at the top of it. In the bottom right hand there is a large fabric photo of a young man (presumably Dale Wylie) framed by a red, black and white St Kilda (Saints) scarf. -
Visit the page Chris Gonard - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Chris Gonard', leather / cotton / synthetic textile / metal, made in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, about 1994 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, consisting of three rows of rectangles framed in black leather. On the top row from left to right - rectangle 1 contains a silhouette of a kangaroo with a plane tail with blue, green and gold stripes and the words 'Australian & Proud Of It!';(the logo of TAA?) rectangle 2 - the upper half has a folded rainbow ribbon on a black background and the bottom half has white light going through a prism to be refracted into the colours of the rainbow on an off-white background (a reference to the album 'The Dark Side of the Moon' by Pink Floyd; rectangle 3 has the logo and 'leather image' printed in black on white; rectangle 4 has, in the upper half, the logo for The Oxford (Sydney) and the lower half for the Lone Star Saloon, San Francisco; rectangle 5 has the logo for Rawhide II Warehouse Party / Australia Gay Weekend '84 / Melbourne and the figure of a cowboy all in black on white; rectangle 6 has HQ with three stars underneath embroidered in gold in top left and top right corners onto a black background and in top right and bottom left there are gold wings over a facsimile of striped military honours. In the second row, in the first rectangle on the left hand side is a screen printed circle 'Chicago Meat Market AA' with underneath the words 'Butcher Bar' in red on black. On the left hand side of this panel is a logo of a circle with six stars and SF Eagle inside and a picture of an eagle. The second rectangle has the logo 'THE DETOUR' in red, the centre panel has a fabric photograph with Chris Gonard 1958 - 1993; the fourth panel is the logo for Rawhide new york city in white on black; the fifth panel is the logo for 'DEEKS Chicago and a male torso in a triangle with a nipple chain'. The bottom row, first panel is the logo for The Pit, San Francisco written in white on black; the second panel to the left hand side is the logo for Phoenix, San Francisco and the logo for 8D Club, Melbourne; the third panel has a grey, black and white butterfly with lace wings painted onto a stylised rainbow and underneath 'FREEDOM 92'; the fourth panel has the logo for The Spike NYC; the fifth panel is the logo for Mr Australia Drummer 1990; the sixth panel has a blue San Francisco Peace Badge on the left hand side, and the outline of a seven pointed star in yellow with SFPD in the middle.