Merrin Eirth: This is the second work to be commissioned for the 'Delacombe Tapestry Project', a funding initiative set up by The Tapestry Foundation of Victoria as a tribute to Lady Delacombe, wife of the former Governor of Victoria, Maj. Gen Sir Rohan Delacombe. Lady Delacombe was instrumental in the establishment of the VTW in 1976, and her championship of the concept of an Australian workshop was a key to support for the VTW by government and philanthropic sectors.

This tapestry also represents a collaboration between the Victorian College of the Arts, the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Workshop, a project entitled Healing Threads. This has involved an artist-in-residency program for the artist, Merrin Eirth, and following the weaving and completion of the tapestry, will also incorporate the launch of the tapestry and related exhibition as a feature of the newly developed foyer of the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

The challenge for the weavers also involves devising a suitable interpretation of the background - a regular graphic quality as well as a subtle and gentle flow from one colour to another needs to be maintained.

Weavers: Chris Cochius, Louise King, Rebecca Moulton, Emma Sulzer

Commenced February 2007.

Nanyuma Napangati: This tapestry is the third to be funded through an initiative of the Tapestry Foundation of Victoria, which aims to place Australian-designed and made tapestries in selected overseas missions.

The Western Desert (Pintupi/ Naami/ Ngaatjatjarra) artists traditionally occupied the Western Desert region and mostly now live at Kintore and Kiwirrkurra close to the Northern Territory and West Australian borders.

The design is a detail from the original painting which was painted by group of seventeen women from the Kiwirrkurra community in November 1999. The painting was produced for an art auction to raise money for dialysis treatment for those affected by kidney disease in communities in the Western Desert.

The detail selected for interpretation was painted by Nanyuma Napangati, who was assisted by Polly Brown Nangala.

Weavers: Mala Anthony, Milena Paplinska, Cheryl Thornton