Introduction to workshops and facilitators for the EVOKE creative arts project, facilitated by Make It Tenterfield and funded by the NSW Government. To participate please contact Make It Tenterfield by either email: info@makeittenterfield.com.au or visit us at 340 Rouse Street Tenterfield NSW 2372 Monday-Friady 10am-4pm 0r Saturday-Sunday 10am-2pm

Workshops include:

Hatchings - Louise Kear (tutor) - Connect to nature and yourself using a mixed media approach.

See what emerges from exploring colours and textures in yourscrap journal. Over the series of workshops, you will

be introduced to the concept of nature journaling using modern scrapbooking techniques. You’ll learn to see and listen to the trees and birds of your environment and to capture your interaction with them. We will use a vintage hard cover book to practice a range of techniques such as stamping, stenciling, gesso textures and collaging. You will learn how to make a range of embellishments like pockets, journal cards and tags. These will help you bring to life your nature theme in tactile and unusual ways. You may even learn some new and interesting things about yourself in the process. This is a fun and satisfying workshop which you can enjoy with a group of like-minded people. No special skills necessary as we are all learning.

Textile collage - Mary-Ann Svenson (tutor) - Weave – print and stitch. Learn to weave on a ridge heddle loom and then add to a textile collage. Explore mono printing and play with fabric layers and embellish with small stitching. No experience

necessary.

Paper Celebration - Nadine Blackler and Cherie Sutcliff (tutors) - Imagine a wall of 1000 white origami cranes, gracefully falling in

columns, and intertwined with gently flickering fairy lights and tables dressed in golden cloth with arrangements of various sized

paper flowers. The wedding scene or celebration is a journey that Nadine and Cherie will take you on, exploring origami and paper craft.

Time is a traveller - Michael Burge (tutor) - Writing evocative ballads, from bush poetry to song lyrics and beyond, this exploration of ballad writing will assist poetry beginners (and those with a bit of experience) get to grips with how to tell stories using words, rhyme, verse and effective narrative structure. We’ll go back to the classics (and some more recent work) for a look at the ways poetry works, and how we can apply similar engaging elements in our work. Over the course of the workshop series, participants will develop their own ballad, either an original or a re-purposed work.

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