Text in Textiles with Makeda Duong | 1 DAY

Create your own textile artwork in this hands-on, concept-driven workshop led by visual artist Makeda Duong.

The single-day session will begin with an introduction to incorporating written text into textile works; participants will then spend time contemplating and refining ideas for a written piece through provided prompts and simple idea generation exercises. Students will be encouraged to select or develop their own short sentence of text that provokes a specific feeling or memory; be it a favourite quote or idiom, a line of poetry, or a past interaction.

Participants will then be guided through the process of plotting out individual letters onto aida cloth – with consideration to the overall composition, spacing, colour, lettering style and decorative embellishment – before cross-stitching their piece in embroidery thread.

All writing and embroidery tools and materials will be supplied; participants are encouraged to bring references (books, magazines, notebooks) to draw inspiration from if desired. Students will take home their own cross-stitched piece, specialist embroidery needle and the foundational skills required to continue stitching at home.

This workshop is suitable for complete beginners, no prior experience required.

Makeda Duong

Makeda Duong is a visual artist living and working on Kaurna land. Since graduating from the South Australian School of Art in 2013 with a Bachelor of Visual Arts, she has participated in several group and two solo exhibitions, locally and interstate, undertaken a residency at Nexus Arts, and taken part in advisory work with Guildhouse. She has also participated in two mentorships, with local artists Sera Waters as part of a Helpmann Academy emerging artist mentorship, and with Cheryl Hutchens as part of the Nexus Arts Residency. Her work has been acquired by the Adelaide Migration Museum, and she was the winner of the 2020 Don Dunstan Foundation SALA Award, and the 2022 Gallery M Contemporary Art Prize. Her current practice attempts to unravel and represent aspects of her lived experience in relation to themes such as race, gender, and mental health.

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All materials supplied.
Suitable for participants aged 18+
Location: Teaching Studio 2, Level 2
JamFactory, 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Duration: 1 x 6 hours (including lunch break)