Textile Art Community Art Space (TACAS)

Alexandra Horoch Gail McCall Haruka Fujimoto Jacqueline Felstead Lisa Moore Lorien Dalcastello Lynda Bristow Louise Muller Sandy Dunne Sheryl Bryce Susana Rivas

Textiles, Collage, Ceramics, Photography, Embroidery, Digital and Mixed-Media

West Heidelberg Group Studio

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Located in the heart of West Heidelberg’s industrial zone, Textile Art Community Art Space (TACAS) is a dynamic collective dedicated to innovation in contemporary craft-based art practice. The work varies from collage and print-based works to clothing, accessories, and clay and polymer-based sculptural pieces.

The collective’s mission is to foster collaboration and creative exchange among artists, while promoting the use of recycled, upcycled, and ethically sourced materials to create newly imagined artwork. TACAS has weekly gatherings focusing on their varied arts practices, and they often participate in local community events, e.g markets, festivals and residencies.

2026 Participating Artists:

Alexandra Horoch – is a multidisciplinary visual artist whose practice spans photography, video, and large-scale mixed-media painting. Horoch’s work is largely concerned with capturing the human experience through visual storytelling; her creative output inspired by a background in psychology, a lifetime of travel, and a career in aviation spanning 25 years. Endlessly curious and deeply attuned to the world around her, Horoch’s works often depict everyday moments while privileging details often otherwise overlooked. Characterised by experimentation, playfulness, and humour, Horoch’s singular practice celebrates the theatre of everyday life – an ode to the wonder and complexity of the human condition.

Gail McCall – Gail found textiles following the loss of all her belongings in a bushfire in 1977. Her completion of a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2014 allowed her to step from the world of craft to art. She doesn’t like to plan her projects and prefers to be surprised by the result. Gail loves the way things seem to make themselves in her hands. She prefers to re-cycle and uses a treadle sewing machine. She loves the slow process of handmaking and is inspired when asked to make something for someone.

Haruka Fujimoto – After graduating from a fashion college in Tokyo, Haruka began collecting old fabrics and making wallets and bags from reused materials. She now also creates kogin embroidery pieces and small kokeshi dolls, combining Japanese aesthetics with detailed textile work.

Dr Jacqueline Felstead – Dr Jacqueline Felstead is a multidisciplinary visual artist. Her works, across digital fabrication, photogrammetry, moving image and public engagement, address the
relationship of technological simulation to lived experience. She is focused on contemporary perception, publicly contested space, historical memory and empathy. Felstead completed her PhD titled Loss in a simulated environment at VCA, University of Melbourne, Master of Fine Art at Monash and undertook postgrad research at Royal College Art, London. Her PhD focuses on photogrammetry and the kinds of perception that emerge from beyond the four corners of the still photograph through its processes. She has been awarded the Samstag Award and
recent residencies include Banff Centre Canada funded Mary Hofstetter Award; Objectifs, Singapore funded by Asialink and Praxis, Ohio funded by Creative Victoria.

Lisa Moore – Lisa’s visual practice at the studio is multi-pronged; she enjoys sewing, dyeing, stitching, collage, and Gelli plate printing. The studio serves as a gathering place for her to explore these modalities and share stories. Her ethos of making do, upcycling, and reusing natural fibres reflects a lifelong appreciation for the abundance around us.

Lorien Dalcastello – Originally from Queensland, Lorien’s recent move to Melbourne saw her make the leap to becoming a full-time artist. Specialising in clay, she brings cute and whimsical ceramic figures to life and occasionally experiments with textiles. Through her creations, she hopes to bring happiness to people’s homes.

Lynda Bristow – Lynda joined TACAS in August 2025 and has greatly enjoyed being part of this vibrant artist community. Through the various interest groups, she has developed skills in Gelli printing, collage, wet felting, pottery, stitching, and more. The members are exceptionally generous with their time and knowledge, creating an oasis of creativity in the industrial heart of West Heidelberg.

Louise Muller – Louise Muller has always had an inquisitive nature. With TACAS she is able to take the time to explore and expand her many interests. Originally concentrating on pastels and watercolours, Louise now works with oils, inks, print, stitch, eco printing, zen doodle, ceramics, felting, urban sketching, journaling and bookmaking. In our increasingly high-pressure world, it’s her opinion that everyone needs just a little time to be mindful and just create.

Sandy Dunne – Sandy Dunne enjoys working with textiles, clay, paint and natural materials. Sandy cares deeply about the natural environment and where possible uses recycled and repurposed materials. A member of Textile Art Community Art Space since 2016, Sandy regularly takes part in art and craft workshops and has collaborated with local council in community arts projects. Sandy facilitates Clay Play at TACAS every first and third Sunday of the month, where members explore hand-building techniques and have fun with clay.

Sheryl Bryce – Sheryl Bryce has been with TACAS since the start at 601 Waterdale Road. She roved on stilts at TACAS markets, exhibitions, and Malahang Festival in a costume made from plastic shopping bags. Sheryl is a maker and visual and textile artist working across many disciplines including: painting, eco dyeing/ printing, shibori, clothes, hats, bags, gloves, jewellery, book and wallet making, woodwork, and creating travel sewing kits etc from recycled or found materials. Sheryl endeavours to use only recycled or gifted materials.

Susana Rivas – Susana is a Visual Artist whose practice is diverse and multidisciplinary. Her artwork includes alternative processes in photography, pyrography (wood burning), painting, printmaking, embroidery, collage, sculpture, and installations. Susana uses a range of techniques to explore materiality, colour, form and texture. Her creative expression is deeply rooted in her cultural heritage and is highly influenced by the iconic Salvadorean artist Fernando LLort and American photographer Leah Sobsey whose works reflect on two tangible concepts: life and death. Susana’s works portray strong imagery that reflects on the uncomfortable realities of modern society and our impact on the environment. Her most recent works render elements of personal history and cultural connection through the intersection of mixed identities, a metaphorical narrative of her experience as a female migrant in Australia.