workshops
My aim in workshops is to facilitate spaces to gather and exchange. Rather than "teach" a specific skill or technique, I share aspects of my making practice, including my creative process, materials and experimental techniques that both reference and disrupt euro-centric and gendered narratives on traditional textile practice. The workshop space is for me an opportunity for conversation, learning from each other and re-membering ourselves through the creative process. I encourage working towards open-ended outcomes through an exploration and experimentation with materials such as yarn, paper covered wire and fabric offcuts to engage the haptic and sentipensante/feel-thinking pathways that fibre and textile practice can offer. Techniques explored include free form crochet, coiling, hand stitch and non-tool based techniques such as wrapping, knotting, binding, assembling and disassembling. There is no prior experience required for my workshops and these can be tailored to a range of abilities, ages and skill levels. For artists, experienced makers and creatives in other fields and mediums, these workshops can also be a space to re-ignite or spark creative shifts in existing ways of thinking/working.
Workshops often begin with an introduction to me and my practice including providing artwork samples for attendees to explore followed by demonstrating some techniques and possible ways to manipulate materials. We all have our own unique ways of being creative and so the aim is for attendees to connect with and express their own visual language. I have facilitated various workshops over the years and despite the common threads of my workshop philosophy and practice, each one has been unique and different. I like to work closely with curators, producers, public program co-ordinators and organisers to ensure that workshops are developed and prepared in ways that respect and acknowledge the site/space/place and will be of benefit to all who participate.
Workshops often begin with an introduction to me and my practice including providing artwork samples for attendees to explore followed by demonstrating some techniques and possible ways to manipulate materials. We all have our own unique ways of being creative and so the aim is for attendees to connect with and express their own visual language. I have facilitated various workshops over the years and despite the common threads of my workshop philosophy and practice, each one has been unique and different. I like to work closely with curators, producers, public program co-ordinators and organisers to ensure that workshops are developed and prepared in ways that respect and acknowledge the site/space/place and will be of benefit to all who participate.
Paula do Prado giving a workshop at the Australian Tapestry Workshop titled Nudo/Knot crochet + coiling as part of being an Artist in Residence 2022. Photo courtesy Australian Tapestry Workshop
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An example of a jointly delivered and co-created workshop with the wonderful Aunty Joanne Selfe coinciding with Reconciliation Week 2023.
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Past workshop participant with a wearable creation they made
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Who I've worked with:
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Paula do Prado preparing for a workshop at Spinifex Hill Studio Port Hedland/Kariyarra Country
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