FABRIC ART

Barvennon.com began it's existence as the website of a wool producer.  Time has passed, and the wool farm has followed inevitable economic processes and been absorbed into a larger farm, gaining thereby the advantages of scale.  The former farmer has moved on, and has reincarnated as a fabric artist.

Anybody out there who wants to apply for the exceptional circumstances exit grant; don't bother.  It is your typical "catch 22" situation.  Basically, you have to prove that your farm is a commercial proposition by showing that, within the past seven years, you made a substantial profit.  (I was able to prove, using DSE data and wool prices etc that I could have made an average weekly wage given current wool prices and traditional rainfall, but that was apparently not sufficient).  The current "el nino" has been in force for about 6 of the past seven years, which is why so many farmers are being forced to sell their farms.

So if you can't show that you comply with all their other conditions, and did not make a profit as well, then my advice is; do not waste your time.

As my art portfolio expands I will upload designs to these pages.  The medium will be non-synthetic fabrics, and the mode silk screen printing and tie dying.