There are few names as synonymous with Melbourne's cultural and artistic life as Mirka Mora. It has a plastic cover, white cable and foot pedal, plus original instruction manual. Table top sewing machine, white with standard dials and a carry handle at the top.
Sometimes I would take these treasures to my embroidery or doll classes to feed the desir in my students to collect beautiful tools, but most of them were happy just to look at the fine things in my sewing boxes.' ('Love and Clutter', 2003, p.24) Physical Description Mirka reflects in her book 'Love and Clutter': 'When I came to Australia I started to collect Victorian sewing boxes and sewing implements of all kinds: thimbles, crochet hooks, ivory and silver stilletoes, rare needles, fantastic scissors that looked like birds, green velvet boxes containing sewing sets. She also took her treasures to her art classes to inspire her students and offer them tactile inspiration. Mirka enjoyed collecting sewing boxes and implements, and she loved sewing, making soft sculpture dolls, and surrounding herself with beautiful fabrics. This is one of a collection of artist's materials, sewing equipment, clothing and personal items relating to the life and work of iconic Melbourne artist Mirka Mora, sourced from her Richmond artist studio in 2019. One of the sewing boxes in the collection (HT55673) contained the machine's instruction manual. Mirka located there after having lived in a number of residences and studios in Melbourne CBD, Toorak, and St Kilda. I understandĮlna table-top sewing machine owned and used by Mirka Mora in her art studio in Tanner Street Richmond from the year 2000. We encourage and welcome contact from First Peoples Communities, scholars and others to provide advice to correct and enhance information. The level of documentation for collection items can and does vary, dependent on when or how the item was collected. Whilst every effort is made to ensure the most accurate information is presented, some content may contain errors. They are not the current views of Museums Victoria, do not reflect current understanding and are not appropriate today. This material reflects the creator’s attitude or that of the period in which the item was written, recorded, collected or catalogued. LanguageĬertain records contain language or include depictions that are insensitive, disrespectful, offensive or racist. For some First Peoples communities, seeing images or hearing recordings of persons who have passed, may cause sadness or distress and, in some cases, offense. CULTURAL SENSITIVITY MESSAGE – Please readįirst Peoples of Australia should be aware that the Museums Victoria Collections website contains images, voices or names of deceased persons.
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