In 2024, we are running community weaving sessions linking in with the Reclaim the Void project. With the intention to 'weave country whole', these rugs are being woven from discarded bed sheets and using hoops created from ag pipe. Our contribution will reach the project in May to join 3,000 other community made rugs.
The Thursday Night Creatives meet weekly from 6pm at the CWA Hall, and everyone is welcome.
We are also participating in the Tamborine Mountain Arts Trail offering sessions at the Grand Chameleon between 10am and 3pm on Sunday 5 May, Saturday 11 May and Sunday 12 May.
Sessions at the Boonah Library are running on Wednesdays from 10am to 12 noon til the end of May.
We would love to hear from you with your ideas for workshops, whether this reflects skills you're happy to share or skills you would like to learn.
Enviro Arts Creative Workshop Programs focus on using natural resources and those items which may normally make their way to landfill. They support our aim of finding new homes and uses for old and / or damaged items through our growing Recycling Register.
As well as building community cultural capacity through the development of opportunities for our local artists and creative skills for the community, workshops produce an increased awareness of how to creatively upcycle, reuse and repair common objects.
Some past workshop examples of using and upcycling items include:
- jewellery created from discarded salad servers, postage stamps, bottle tops, aluminium offcuts, credit cards, old fabric and lace
- new mosaic platters from old and broken or unloved plates
- batik tools created from paper towel rolls, potato mashers, nails
- revamping old clothes with fabric dye and batik
- leadlight garden stepping stones using old window glass and concrete
- garden ornaments and household items from old steaming baskets and CDs
- artwork from stencilled records
- guitar picks from plastic store cards
- no sew tote bags created from old tshirts
- junk orchestra instruments from rubber thongs, bins, pipes, coke bottles, ironing boards, bottle tops etc
- festival decorations from aluminium and metal cans and bottles
Creative skills shared include:
- jewellery making using jewellers tools and heat guns
- mosaic skills and techniques
- glass cutting skills and techniques
- basket weaving and sculpture with natural fibres
- felting, fabric dyeing and batik techniques
- making music from improvised instruments
Plans for future workshops include creating:
- coffee tables from cable spools
- stringed musical instruments from biscuit tins
- spoon rings from silver cutlery
- decorations from plastic bottles
- more rugs and bags crocheted and woven from old T-shirts and fabric
