Cecilia Heffer

Senior Lecturer, School of Design
Course Director, Fashion and Textiles (undergraduate), School of Design

GradDipTexDes (CSM), MDes (CSM)
Email: Cecilia.Heffer@uts.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 9514 8062
Fax: +61 2 9514 8787
Room: CB06.06.27 (map)
Mailing address: PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007, Australia

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Biography
HDip Fine Art (Painting) National Art School East Sydney,
PGDip (Textiles) Central Saint Martins London,
MDes (Textiles) Central Saint Martins London.

Cecilia Heffer is a practice-based researcher and textile designer who specialises in contemporary lace and textile innovation. Cecilia coordinates the textile design program for Fashion & Textiles and supervises final year textiles for the fashion collections.

Her research specifically explores the integration of the handmade with emerging technologies. Her focus is to explore contemporary translations of lace as a vehicle for innovative textile design concepts.

Cecilia was commissioned to design the lace curtains for NSW Government House and her work has been acquired by both public and private collections such as the Powerhouse Museum, the National Gallery of Victoria and Tamworth Regional Gallery.

Her work is exhibited regularly nationally and internationally.

Publications

Journal Articles

Heffer, C. 2009, 'Integrating Textiles with Electronic Systems', fibre2fashion, vol. -, no. -, pp. 1-3.

Heffer, C. 2008, 'Government House Sydney', Artichoke, vol. 21, no. 21, pp. 84-87.

Heffer, C. 2008, 'To Furnish a Future, Government House', Textile Fibre Forum, vol. 89, no. 89, pp. 24-25.

Heffer, C. 2007, 'From high- tech textiles to magic furniture', Meet your makers, vol. Sydney Des, no. Sydney des, pp. 37-42.

Heffer, C. 2006, 'Solvoid', Visual Communication, Screens and the Social Landcsape, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 251-255.

Conference Papers

Heffer, C. 2008, 'Integrating Textiles with Electronic Systems', Pervasive Expression Workshop, Sydney, Darling Harbour, May 2008 in Pervasive Expression:Workshop on Pervasive Visual, Auditory and Alternative Modality Information Display, ed n/a, Pervasive, Pervasive 08 website, pp. 1-3.

Verghese, G.H., Gothe, J., McLaughlin, S.M., Heffer, C. & Pandolfo, B. 2006, 'DAB Research Cluster (DATUM)', Powerhouse Museum, August 2006.

Original Creative Works

Heffer, C. 2010, 'Aerial Lace', Petite: Miniature Textiles, Cecilia Heffer, The workshop space at Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery.

Heffer, C. 2010, 'Chair Talk', Re-Loved: designer stories, Powerhouse Museum, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

Heffer, C. 2010, 'Lace', Inside Out, ArtTech, Object Gallery, Sydney; DMU Cube Gallery, Leicester; Righton Gallery, Manchester; The Poly, Falmouth.
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Heffer, C. 2010, 'Lace Narratives', Lace Narratives, -, Damien Minton Gallery Sydney.
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Heffer, C. 2009, 'Hyperbolic Lace', Fashion Craft: Drawn Threads, Cecilia heffer, UTS Tower.

Heffer, C. 2009, 'Reticella Lace', Wangaratta Contemporary Textile Award 2009, Wangaratta Exhibitions Gallery, Wangaratta, Victoria.

Heffer, C. 2008, 'Digital Lace', From Lausanne To Beijing, 5th International Fiberart Biennale Exhibition, China Architecture & Building Press, Tsinghua University, Beijing.
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Heffer, C. 2008, 'Shadow Traces', Momentum, 18th Tamworth Textile Biennial, Tamworth Regional Gallery, Tamworth, pp. 1-39.
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Heffer, C. 2007, 'Commissioned Textile Design for Government House, Sydney', Government House, Sydney, Historic Houses Trust, Government House, Sydney.
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Heffer, C. 2007, 'Integration - The Nature of Objects', Ivan Dougherty, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, College of Fine Arts, Magazine.
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Heffer, C. 2007, 'Lace', Contemporary Textiles, DAB DOCS, Sydney Morning Herald, Essential..
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Heffer, C. 2007, 'PODS', reSkin, the future of wearable Technology, Cecilia Heffer, Australian National University Gallery.
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Heffer, C. 2006, 'Reticella Series, Digital Lace series', LACED, -, Sheffer Gallery.
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Heffer, C. 2006, 'Sydney Esquisse, Datum UTS Group Show, Customs House, Sydney', Customs House, Sydney, Sydney Esquisse, Design week, Powerhouse Museum promotional material catalogue.
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Other research activity

Heffer, C., Dorst, C.H., Shepherd, R., Williamson, L., Carnie, B.W. & Trouton, L. 2007, 'Lace: contemporary textiles exhibition and new works', Lace: contemporary textiles exhibition and new works, DAB DOCS, Sydney, pp. 1-46.
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Heffer, C. 2007, 'Patterns, New Surface Design', Laurence King Publishing London Ltd, London.
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Heffer, C. 2006, 'Visual Arts Crafts Strategy (VACS) New work grant', Visual Arts board, Australia Council, Dab Lab UTS, 2007.
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Heffer, C. 2005, 'New Work - Emerging', Australia Council visual arts Borad.
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