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The focus of the workshop is storytelling as a visual narrative. The ‘story’ will include the combining of research relating to the Aboriginal People and their Country now known as Geelong combined with the colonization/ settlers history. These elements will be woven together into individual artworks that express the realities and the potential for reconciliation. Pamela Croft believes strongly that harmonious beauty can result, far beyond what people may expect when visually combining complex histories, memories, and relationships by mapping ‘Country’ imagined from an aerial perspective. She describes this concept as ‘bothways’ methodology and philosophy. Expect to use materials traditionally employed for collage in the Western world along with found objects, fibres, tree resins and ochres. Personal reactions and explorations will be valued along with a group ‘talking circle’ process. Artmaking processes and techniques will be easy to follow steps and will be demonstrated by the tutor so that participants with varying levels of experience can enjoy, relax and experiment. I will work with individuals on personal unique projects incorporating different techniques to contribute to your artistic and cultural knowledge. A small materials fee (up to $20 each) will apply for items the tutor will make available for the workshop.

TEXTURED – A VISUAL NARRATIVE

About the workshop - play a lot; talk and laugh a lot; discover! Our working process will begin each day with a Yarning circle: to exchange information stories about our research collected about location areas; creating personal narratives by developing new directions into compositions of work using; tutor to demonstrate techniques for using mixed media; to provide feedback about our processes and artworks; for participants to develop relationships and connectedness with each other, examining sense of place, identity, and belonging.  Repetition and working as a bricoluer will be important to our concepts; The workshop evolves into producing individual works that could be mixed media, sculpture, collage, assemblages, book art, fibre art, altered works that includes a combination of treasured fabrics, papers, found objects, hand stitching, text, stamping, dyes, inks, branding with a heat tool, embellishments, insertions, experimentations with natural materials; fibres, weaving, books, boxes, tins, photos, prints; sponging, and stencilling.

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