Portfolio Vol 9: Kay Lawrence (Australia) Dr Diana Wood Conroy, Foreword by Christopher Mentz Published by Telos Arts 30 colour photos, 48 pages, 22cm square Essay entitled "Kay Lawrence: land, self, loss" by Dr Diana Wood Conroy is Associate Professor, Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, NSW Christopher Mentz is Senior Curator, Decorative Arts, National Gallery of Victoria, NSW, Australia Underpinning Kay Lawrence's work is an insistence on negotiating between the traditional techniques of Gobelin tapestry - so beautiful, laborious and persuasive - and the emergence of non traditional and sometime subversive approaches to the history of Australian settlement, in the positioning of women, Aborigines and the environment. [Dr Diana Wood Conroy] The Textile Directory Bookstore postal charges: UK 1 book = £2.50 2 books = £4.50 3 books = £7.00 4 books or more = £9.00 Overseas 1 book = £6.00 2 books = £10.00 3 books = £14.00 4 books or more = £18.00 Price: £12.50