Hear about the global movement in mending, repairing, and reusing materials. And the positive energy derived from reaching out across cultures in shared craft sensibilities.
Reflect on the renewed interest in renovating your clothes in a demonstrative manner with visible mending and reconstruction, with special guest Tom of Holland from the UK.
Come to the Talks and stay on for the remarkable stories told in Screening 2 of Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival. The bar will be open from 5pm and Camelot's pizza ovens will be hot, ready for your orders.
Tom will talk about the history of textiles, repair techniques and specialisms, inspirations and his experience of the current textile mending movement.
Tom of Holland is a textile artist with a keen interest in using traditional sewing techniques to perform contemporary repairs, with the aim to add value to everyday textiles. Concerned about the impact of fast fashion, he'll discuss motivations for the disruptive practice of repair, touch on the socio-historical background of needlework in the Western world, and explore how these repair traditions inform his work.
We are delighted to welcome Sharyn Egan to talk about "when craft meets public art".
The themes of Sharyn's work are informed by the experiences of her life as a Nyoongar woman. She works in a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture and woven forms using traditional and contemporary fibres. Sharyn has recently completed a large scale collaborative work in Blacktown as part of the C3West Program of Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Blacktown Council's Blacktown Arts. Ngara – Ngurangwa Byallara (Listen, hear, think – The Place Speaks) is an arts project of national significance set to honour and acknowledge a symbolic Aboriginal site in Sydney's western suburbs.
Local ceramic artist Bernard Kerr will describe the expected and unexpected rewards and challenges of the creative and intercultural exchange that took place last year for 'Habits of Horses' in Mundaring. Kasirajan Subbaiah is an expert in the tradition of making terracotta horses, which has been handed down through his family for over 300 years. Coming from Tamil Nardu in Southern India to work with the Midland and Mundaring community was, and continues to be, an interesting journey for all involved.
Bernard will also show a short film about the project.
Craft Conversations: following the talks the presenters will be available for questions.
There will be a break before Screening Two of Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival. Please join us. Bar open from 5pm.