In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to use traditional Indian embroidery techniques to create beautiful Diwali-inspired motifs, or design your own unique patterns inspired by personal stories, memories and celebrations.
Using a vibrant selection of festive materials including mirrors, gota patti, sequins, beads, colourful threads, block-printed fabric patches and appliqué, participants will explore the rich decorative traditions associated with Diwali while developing new creative and textile-making skills.
After the workshop, participants will be invited to apply their newly learned embroidery techniques to a collaborative 10-metre-long textile artwork. Contributing their own stitched designs and stories, participants will help create a vibrant community textile celebrating Diwali and the stories we carry with us across generations, cultures and places.
Tickets
Adult $15
Concession $10
Members Free
Date & Time
Saturday 7 November
11am to 12:30pm & 2 to 3:30pm
Key information
All materials and tools will be provided.
BIOS
Manjari is a trained Fashion Designer, textile artist and Indian textile researcher. She has travelled around India and studied various textile techniques from the artisans. She has been passing her knowledge through her workshops since 2017.
She practices slow stitching using traditional techniques, reviving as well as contemporising, what’s ancient, not well known or has been forgotten in Indian embroidery, dyeing, printing and weaving.
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ACCESSIBILITY
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