Oddities: Foraged Assemblages for the Curious

Saturday 15 March
10.30 am – 1 pm

A small sculpture workshop, where you will explore interplay between natural objects — like rocks as old as time — and one of the earliest products of human labour: fibre and textile. This workshop is for creatives who enjoy working with fibre and those wishing to explore more fibre-based art. Rhonda will demonstrate methods for combining materials, such as weaving fibres, wrapping textiles, and various techniques for attachment. As you create your physical sculpture you will also be embracing the creative journey and discovering new ways to express yourself. Explore the intersection of the natural world and human ingenuity, combining these elements into a unique, curious, and whimsical 3D artwork.

Objectives

• Embrace non-judgmental creativity: This workshop explores the philosophy of non-judgmental creativity and how to approach your work with an open mind.
• Learn diverse techniques: You will discover a variety of methods to create your small sculptures, blending natural and human-made materials.
• Create unique sculptural pieces: By the end of the workshop, you will have a one-of-a-kind piece that explores the union of nature and humanity.

Bring with you: a variety of natural and cloth materials, including both foraged cloth/fibre and natural foraged materials. New or used cloth of any kind, including clothing, Manchester, fabric remnants, household textiles, knitting yarn, string, lengths of ribbon. Natural foraged materials include, stones, shells, seed pods, leaves, grasses, small branches and other pieces of wood, sticks and driftwood.

Artist bio:

Rhonda Pryor is a contemporary artist practicing across the disciplines of photography, textiles and painting. Her evocative, often highly personal work draws on memory, place and the senses, as a means of expressing an understanding of being human. Thoughts and feelings coalesce into works that seek to subtly reflect emotional responses to experience.

Pryor lives and works in Sydney and holds a Master of Fine Art degree from Sydney College of the Arts. She has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions, and been shortlisted for awards and prizes nationally, most recently The Alice Prize and the Lane Cove Art Award. In 2014 she was the winner of the City of Ryde’s 2014 International Women’s Day Art Prize, and she has been awarded various grants and residencies over her career, including an Australia Council grant for a textile dyeing residency in Japan.

Cost: $65 / $55 InSight Members
Early bird price: $60 / $50 InSight Members, for bookings before Sunday 16 February

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Please note, InSight members need to add a promo code when booking in order to access the member discount. Please call us on 4780 5410 if you are unsure of your member promo code.

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