Wendy Joyce is a Blue Mountains-based textile artist whose practice explores connections between people, place, and the natural world through cloth, colour, and collected plant material. Drawing on a background in printmaking, textiles, and community arts, she creates sculptural textile works, installations, and wall-based pieces that invite reflection on our relationship with the environment. Working primarily with organic indigo, botanical dyes, eco-printing, and repurposed textiles, Joyce approaches making as a collaboration with nature. Leaves, invasive weeds, and locally foraged plant material become both subject and process, leaving traces of their presence through direct contact with cloth. Her work investigates memory, ecology, sustainability, and the often-overlooked beauty of cultivated and wild landscapes, encouraging viewers to develop a deeper appreciation of the natural systems that surround them. Joyce holds a Bachelor of Fine Art and Visual Culture from Curtin University and an Advanced Diploma of Fine Arts from The Sydney Gallery School. Her work has been exhibited widely across New South Wales, including her solo exhibition Two Blocks Away (2019), and has received recognition through the GreenWay Art Prize, Eden Unearthed Art Prize, and Ryde SWAP Art Prize. A commitment to ongoing material research is central to her practice. In 2026, Joyce undertook an intensive indigo study tour across Japan, visiting traditional dye studios, indigo farms, museums, and artisan workshops in Kyoto, Tokushima, Kurume, and Amami Island. Working alongside master dyers and craftspeople, she deepened her understanding of aizome (Japanese indigo dyeing), sukumo fermentation techniques, shibori, katazome, kasuri, and botanical dye traditions. These experiences continue to inform an evolving body of work that combines contemporary textile art with traditional knowledge, celebrating the enduring cultural and ecological significance of natural dye practices.