Workshop: String Making with Katie West
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When
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Address
Cnr Oxford St & Greens Rd Paddington NSW 2021
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Hours
2–3.30PM
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Phone
+61 2 8936 0888
Learn how to make hand-twisted string from found fabrics with Yindjibarndi artist Katie West.
Katie West is a Yindjibarndi woman based in Noongar Ballardong country (York, Western Australia), working across installation, social practice, and textiles.
In this workshop, Katie introduces hand-twisted string making with repurposed fabric inspired by traditional techniques that utilise plant fibre. Katie explains, “I use fabric collected from op-shops as this is a resource readily available to me. I see it as a way to continue a kind of string making in our family, despite separation from our traditional home through Stolen Generations policy.”
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Presented in conjunction with Pliable Planes: Expanded Textiles & Fibre Practices at UNSW Galleries, 29 April – 17 July 2022.