WORKSHOP | CULTURAL WEAVING
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Workshop | Cultural Weaving with Jessika Spencer | Make a Wall Hanging with Emu Feathers
Saturday 13 July | 1pm–4pm
General $190 | Members $160
Join Wiradjuri artist Jessika Spencer for this bespoke weaving workshop designed especially for Craft + Design Canberra to celebrate NAIDOC week.
In this special edition workshop Jessika will guide you through cultural weaving techniques both traditional and contemporary, using traditional and modern fibres and emu feathers sourced by Jessika to make a unique woven wall hanging.
Artist Bio:
Jessika Spencer is a Wiradjuri woman from the Sandhills of Narrungdera, New South Wales. For over the past decade she has resided on beautiful Ngunnawal country, where she currently creates her art. Being an Aboriginal woman, culture and art go hand in hand. They are intertwined and are an ongoing source of inspiration for her. Through her varied art forms, Jessika explores her cultural identity.
Jessika is a First Nations weaver, writer and activist.