Join Artist in Residence Paula do Prado for a relief crochet and coiling workshop.

Paula will teach participants the crochet technique she uses to create her woven wall pieces. She will demonstrate a number of building block techniques using floristry wire and combining 2D and 3D forms in crochet to create sculptural reliefs in fibre.

Paula do Prado is a contemporary artist working predominantly in textiles. Her work utilises traditional and non-traditional craft techniques to create hybridised fibre forms, altered books and photographic self-portraits fused with fabric collage, stitch and beading. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, do Prado emigrated to Sydney, Australia in 1986 where she continues to live and work. She is of African, Hispanic and European descent. Her work explores her experience as a first generation migrant and as a non-indigenous brown woman navigating Australian society and its ongoing and problematic colonial history. Although her work is highly personal and autobiographical, it oscillates between playful and tragic ambiguity to reference universal human preoccupations with belonging, cultural and gender identity.

Saturday 22 January 2022 10am to 1.30pm (including a half hour break) BOOK NOW

Tickets: $45

20 places available. Existing familiarity using a crochet hook and/or coiling is recommended so that you can work towards creating at least one small piece during the workshop. Minimum age is 16 years. Suitable for ages 16 and upwards. Proof of full COVID-19 Vaccination required to attend this workshop.

This event is proudly supported by the City of Port Phillip.