Children's Program: Embellished Ecosystems 5+ | SEPPELTSFIELD
Children's Workshops at JamFactory Seppeltsfield
Suitable for participants aged 5 and over, participants will create their own colourful wearable brooch in intricately patterned compositions using repurposed materials such as craft foam and reclaimed packaging. Students will be guided through different techniques to add texture to their pieces in accessible adaptations of the metal-smithing techniques of repoussé and chasing. Each brooch will become a miniature reef ecosystem, rich in its diversity, texture and form.
Developed and facilitated by multidisciplinary artist and arts educator Deborah Twining this workshop is running alongside ‘Chasing a Passion’; a solo exhibition by renowned jeweller and metalsmith Julie Blyfield. Inspired by a recent visit to the Great Barrier Reef and the marine collection of the South Australian Museum, the collection reflects on the fragility and preciousness of endangered ecosystems through handcrafted sculptural representations of the Australian landscape.
Students will be guided through the planning and composition of their pieces, with a strong emphasis on sustainability as a focus in both the making process, creative inspiration and concept development.
This workshop is suitable for children aged 5 years and over (guardians and caregivers are also welcome to book in and participate). All tools and materials will be provided.
Deborah is an Adelaide Hills based artist and arts educator. With a degree in the Visual Arts and a Diploma of Education, her creative practice has spanned three states - South Australia, Western Australia and regional North Queensland - over the past 30 years. As a multidisciplinary artist, her curiosity for learning, experimentation and interaction has let to a playful, explorative and sensitive approach to her own artwork and her community and arts education-based practice.
For the past 10 years, Deb has run a weekly art school, TwiningArts, based in her studio at the Hahndorf Academy, catering for over 80 students ranging in age from 5 to 20 years of age; her classes seek to guide and inspire creative development, foster personal growth, inquiry and expression whilst developing advanced technical skills in a multitude of mediums.
Deb's arts practice has seen the development of collaborative community projects and children's art activations for the Adelaide Festival, OSCA arts, Fabrik: Arts and Heritage, Barossa Regional Gallery, Hahndorf Academy, The Pinnaroo Project and Adelaide Writer's Week (AWW).
All materials supplied.
Suitable for participants aged 5+
Location: JamFactory Barossa
Seppeltsfield Estate, 730 Seppeltsfield Rd Seppeltsfield
Duration: 1.5 hours
Time: 10-11.30am
Date: Tuesday 21st January 2025
Tutor: Deborah Twining
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