Quagma, 2019

Original digital image printed on cotton fabric, cotton and polyester threads 26” x 47”

Habitat, 2024

silk, wire, embroidery thread, branch 20" x 20" x 70"

Knit Paper Vessel, 2024

Factory discard dressmaker pattern tissue paper innovative, self-directed explorations of thoughtfully selected materials—porcelain, reed, rubber, encaustic wax, aluminum screen, fiber, reclaimed post-consumer discard, and foil gilding—used in unconventional applications. She challenges the boundaries of what should be included in an artist’s toolkit, reimagining materials for her new purposes. Her latest work involves knitting dressmaker’s pattern tissue accented with gilding foil, which she transforms into large tapestries and vessels with undulating, intricate surfaces. Recently, Ms. Braun gained international recognition for combining the contrasting materials of rattan reed—a traditional basket-making material—and rubber, commonly found in construction. The unexpected fusion of these elements results in sculptures that exude personality and movement. Since 2019, Ms. Braun has been exploring the potential of the pattern tissue, initially using it to texture surfaces and encase her reed forms. By 2023, she embraced the material as her primary medium, knitting fragile 4-inch-wide strips with no tool other than her fingers, that in close inspection reveal the tissue’s inked patterns and instructions. By juxtaposing the undervalued mundane factory waste tissue with precious gold gilding foil, Braun challenges social norms, traditional notions of value and materiality, undervalued labor in the sewing industry, and the preciousness of gold. In these works, the tissue gains new life and value. The large scale of these knitted constructs twists its use from unseen to the forefront. Ms. Braun sees in the finished draped gullies and peaks a reference to natural

Blue Teddy, 2021

Mop, foam, wood stool 24 x 18 x 13 inches

I’m the lucky one, 2023

Digital thermal print scans printed on velvet, cotton thread, vinyl, batting. 34” x 34” x1”

Little Devil Corset, 2018

Handwoven Tapestry: hand dyed wool weft, seine twine warp, cotton coutil, plastic cable ties as boning, metal grommets, cotton lacing permanent marker 9.25 x 9.75 x 8

LineScape #23 (Mad Hatter), 2013

hand-dyed & screen-printed cotton fabrics, batting, stitching 30 x 28 inches

Plastic Ono, 2024

collected single use plastic, bubble wrap, table cloth 8' round

Lake Spirits, 2020

Hand Embroidery on Linen 5.5 x 8 x 1.5 IN

The Awkward Princess, 2024

Fiber, Dye, Thread, Batting 40"hx35"w

Hope Rising!, 2020

Silk Broadcloth, Photos, Dyes, Scanned dyed Fabric 30(w) x 50(h)

Unwrapping Memory, 2016

Cane dyed in onion, persimmon, sumi and indigo, and Persimmon dyed Japanese paper 35 L x 6.5 H x 6.5 D"

Skywritten, 2021

Cyanotype of a handwoven wire bag 11"H x 15"W x 3"D

Central Station, 2018

Mixed media, fiber, hand embroidery, acrylic paint, cotton and metallic threads, canvas on wood stretcher bars. 18 x 18 in.

albatross 10, 2020

Twined linen and discarded plastic 16x4x4

A House Divided, 2018

wool felt, hand-dyed cotton threads 8" H x 7" W

20% Opacity, 2021

Silk, Acid Dyes 31"x29"

Garden of Earthly Delights, 2021

Bed sheets, acrylic, wax mounted on a canvas 48" x 24"

Fading ii, 2019

Polyester organza, silk organza, paper 99cm x 130cm

Seed Dreaming V, 2016

Silk charmeuse, cotton cord, embroidery thread, mulberry bark 28.5w x 38”h

Refracted Reflections, 2018

Original photo on fabric, machine stitched, cotton 12" x 12"

a vessel for water, 2022

rubber water bottle, cotton thread, purple heart plant cutting 13" x 8" x 2"

The Wrackline, 2024

Cyanotype on silk, thread, trasch from river clean up 110" x 39"

Red Waratah Girl, 2022

Paper String Size 10 Australian women's clothing size