FULL-DAY YUMA YARN EXCHANGE:
- Saturday 29 November, 10am – 2pm: Tharwa Community Hall Click here to book
COST: $10
Details
Learn step by step, basic coil weaving techniques while enjoying wonderful live music. These yarning workshops are open to anyone – no experience is necessary, and all materials will be provided.
Wiradjiri artist Rechelle Turner will introduce you to the joyful meditative practice of slow-stitched coiled weaving. Using raffia, she will help you to master making a center and growing and shaping your own coiled piece.
As you weave, Murawari musician Belle Whyte will perform, sharing her cultural stories along with Rechelle. She will be joined by a different First Nations musician at each session.
The final Yuma Yarn event will be a full-day workshop at Tharwa Community Hall, where Rechelle will be joined by fibre artist Christiane Keller. They will guide you to create your own finished coiled weaving piece by the end of the workshop. Live music will be performed by Belle and other First Nations musicans.
About the Artists
Rechelle Turner
Rechelle Turner is a Wiradyuri woman, mother, teacher and artist who has grown up on Ngunnawal Country. Her mob are the Littles from Warrangesda Mission which is connected to the Murrumbidgee River.
Belinda Whyte
Belle Whyte is a descendent of the Murrawarri people of North West NSW. She grew up in Gosford or Darkinjung country and is now based on Ngunnawal/Ngambri Country (Canberra, ACT).
Christiane Keller
Trained as an anthropologist, art historian and curator, Christiane spent the last 20 years working with Aboriginal artists and their communities across Australia. She learned twining, coiling and string making from fibre artists in Arnhem Land and worked extensively with the Tjanpi Desert Weavers in the Central Desert. Both experiences had a profound impact on her life and on her own art.
Acknowledgements
Tuggeranong Arts Centre would like to acknowledge funding received through the ACT Regional Arts Fund
