Two South Island artists who met while studying for their Masters at the Dunedin School of Art have brought a joint show of fibre and found-object work to Invercargill's Art Attic Gallery.

Convergence, by Hāwea-based Jackie Ryder and Dunedin-based Kari Morseth, is on display at the gallery at 43 Tay Street until Saturday 7 November, What's On Invers reported last week.

The pair's shared background at the Dunedin art school gives the show its title: two bodies of work, developed separately in Central Otago and Dunedin, converging in a Southland gallery.

The exhibition pairs two practices that lean heavily on materials. Ryder's work grows out of what she handles in the studio and how it behaves. "My work is very much driven by materials and what happens along the way," she told What's On Invers.

Morseth's pieces draw on fibre and objects gathered from the landscape, and she said she had enjoyed connecting that approach to the far south. "I am delighted to present my work and its links to local environment of Southland," she said.

The two artists will travel to Invercargill for the final day of the show. A free artists' talk runs from 1pm to 2pm on Saturday 7 November, and visitors will be able to join a rope-making activity alongside it, a nod to the twisted and knotted fibre that features in the exhibition.

The Art Attic is one of a small cluster of independent galleries in the central city that gives Southland audiences a look at contemporary work from outside the region as well as from local makers. Convergence arrives in a busy spring for the city's arts calendar, with the Murihiku Art Awards recently decided and He Waka Tuia and Te Unua both preparing summer programmes.

For those who have not visited, the gallery is upstairs on Tay Street, a short walk from the Dee Street intersection. The exhibition is free to view during opening hours.

Convergence is open Wednesday to Friday from 11am to 4pm and Saturday from 11am to 3pm, at the Art Attic Gallery, 43 Tay Street, Invercargill, until Saturday 7 November. The artists' talk and rope-making session on 7 November, from 1pm to 2pm, is free and no booking is required.