WOMEN WEAVING WATER

For centuries throughout the world, women have excelled at using their hands to make things using whatever materials they could find.  This includes weaving, which is just one of many ancient crafts that have developed, and continued to hold interest in spite of today’s trends of fast fashion and consumer driven lifestyles. Weaving allows you to slow down and to listen and talk with others, promoting friendship, support and a sharing of knowledge.   

Led by award winning local artist, Christine Holden, who has been creating unique hand-woven art works and public installations for several years and is well known for her fibre works made from a unique blend of marine debris and recycled materials found and foraged.   Her ‘ethical art’ reflects how important it is to look after our planet and explores the possibilities of how something that most people see as rubbish can be turned into something of aesthetic beauty.   

Five half-day workshops (8am – 12noon) will take place in the run up to the Festivals at the Blue Mirror Galler.  Workshop participants will be deconstructing marine rope fibres, attaching ghost netting to crab pot frames, and creating marine life such as corals, fish, sting rays, turtles and jellyfish in an underwater reef scene that can be added to by the public throughout the event.   

If you would like to participate in the workshops, register your interest below.  Deadline: 28 July.