Catriona Pollard - Basketry, two techniques in one day
You will be learning and exploring two versatile basketry techniques with materials you can easily access after the class so you can keep on weaving:
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random weaving with cane + foraged plant inclusions
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looping with paper string
By the end of this course you will be confident in multiple basketry techniques. Tapping into your creativity it is so much more than just learning techniques, it’s an opportunity to tap into powerful creativity that is ready to surface.
Learning at your own pace, in this hands on, practical workshop is all about exploration and experimentation not perfection. While learning basketry techniques, you will be reconnecting with your imagination and creativity. It’s a small class so you get hands-on tuition from expert weaver, Catriona Pollard.
Suitable for beginners, or weavers who are looking to learn these techniques If you’ve never done weaving before – perfect! You’ll love it and leave with finished basketry sculptures and the confidence to do more.
All requirements are included in the Materials Fee, you just need to bring scissors.
Catriona Pollard – Basketry artist and teacher
Catriona Pollard is a contemporary artist who uses traditional basketry techniques to transform foraged plant fibres into organic sculptural works. Her unique sculptural work offers glimpses of shapeshifting natural forms, from unnoticed branches, leaves and seedpods into works that investigate human’s personal connection with the natural world.
Engaging audiences to build creative connection with the natural world is a fundamental part of her art practice and her teaching. By transforming organic material into sculptures, she presents an opportunity to be enchanted by the natural world and the stories it shares.
Through her sculptures, she uses nature as a way to connect with people that goes beyond physical beauty, but touches them in a personal and profound way. Ultimately aiming to reignite people’s relationship with nature for the wellbeing of both the human and more than human worlds.
She exhibits extensively in solo exhibitions, selected and group exhibitions. She has been an award winners and finalist in many art awards including International Art Textile Biennale, Australian Textile Art Award, National Capital Art Prize, Environmental Art & Design Award, North Sydney Art Prize, Australian Fibre Arts Award, Ravenswood Women’s Art Prize, Northern Beaches Art Prize Emerging Artist of the Year Craft NSW and Mosman Art Gallery.
Her artwork is profiled across major art and design media and is featured nationally in galleries, high end design spaces and private collections. Watch her talk about her art at ABC TV and Gardening Australia and read in the feature in Good Weekend, SMH/The Age. She is profiled in the Book: Woven Together: Weavers and Their Stories (Gingko Press). See the news section for more talks and media.
As a dedicated professional educator, she holds sold out sculptural basketry weaving workshops in Australia and internationally and teaches for design and craft centres. She holds demonstrations for organisations including Museums, and gives artist talks at galleries and community groups. She also established the online SchoolofBasketryArt.com with students from around the world. Read more about at www.theartofweaving.com.au/
Image credits: Catriona Pollard
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Event Details
| Date | Sat 26th Apr 2025 9:30 am |
| End Date | Sat 26th Apr 2025 4:30 pm |
| Price | ATASDA Members $115 (when you log in) Non-members $150 Materials Fee $25 |
| Location | Epping Creative Centre - Mathews Room |