I am pleased to announce that I will be facilitating basketry workshops for the Rare Trades Centre at Sovereign Hill in Ballarat. The Australian Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades is a newly established place where people can learn Australia’s rare trades through a series of workshops and masterclasses with the aim of preserving … More Rare Trades Centre
I collect natural plant material with the seasons. Winter is when I take the trailer out into the waterways of the Hepburn Shire and collect wild willow. It stands in buckets of water until I make a sculptural basket or take it to a basketry workshop for participants to weave with. This year I found … More Winter is for harvesting wild willow
What better way to spend a wintery yesterday than random weaving at the Newstead Arts Hub. It was great to hear the chatter of the group, who seemed to really enjoy each others company. Some participants were there to revisit a technique and others to try something new. All keen to enjoy the tactile sensation … More Random Weaving at NAH
Last Saturday June 18, I spent the day with Friends at the Plant Craft Cottage in the Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne. I showed 7 women how to make a coiled basket, which they took home to finish as this technique is time consuming and can’t be finished in one day. Lisa Stevens from the Friends … More Coiled Basketry with Friends
Please visit the latest exhibition at Off the Kerb Gallery and Studio that opens tonight from 6pm. If you purchase an artwork? You will be helping raise funds for www.ukrainecrisisappeal.org. See invite below for more details about the show… Above: Mural created by Creature Creature on Wellington St, Collingwood Above: Limited edition giclée print by Rachel … More Art for Ukraine Fundraiser Exhibition
Many people who participate in my basketry workshops want to become more confident to collect, dry and store plant fibre. This is the first in a series of posts I will write to help people gain skills in this area. Follow me through the seasons as I gather natural materials and prepare them for my … More Collecting, drying storing plant fibre in Autumn.
Thanks to FRBGM who hosted a Weaving a Decorative Boat workshop last Saturday April 9. Three of 10 people had to pull out at the last minute, due to being Covid 19 close contacts that required isolation! The weather was perfect at the Plant Craft Cottage and participants had a social and enjoyable day. I … More Weaving Decorative Boats
It was great to spend time with a group of keen weavers at the Creswick Neighbourhood Centre on Saturday February 26. The day was spent making gorgeous melon baskets, and conversations meandered from Covid commiserations to roller derby! A reminder that a group of 3 of my randomly woven sculptural baskets are to be exhibited … More Melon Basketry in Creswick
Please come and view new work of Fibre Artists & Basketmakers at Tacit Gallery in Collingwood from March 2 to 19. Over 20 members of the Basketmakers of Victoria have created a group of 3 works for this exhibition. If you would like to join us for drinks and a chat, the opening is from … More Invitation to Winnow and Distill
This year it was a day trip to the Annual Basketmakers of Victoria Muster. I ran a workshop yesterday morning for a small group, who made gorgeous cobbled birds from a range of natural materials. Although disappointed I didn’t get to stay in Melbourne to socialise for the whole 3 day event, with Covid numbers … More A quick trip to the Muster…
Jodie Goldring 