Cultivating a Textile Art Practise
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| 3 x Thu, 16 - 30 October | 06:00 pm - 08:30 pm | Byron Community College - Mullum Campus | 5 | $180.00 |
Introduction:
Join artist Liv Enqvist for a three-part workshop series exploring embroidery and soft sculpture as tools for creative expression, mindfulness, and storytelling. This course is open to complete beginners, practicing artists, and everyone in between.
Across three Thursday evening sessions, you’ll learn intuitive hand embroidery techniques and experiment with both traditional and unconventional materials. Working in flat and three-dimensional forms, you’ll create a unique textile artwork that reflects your own voice, whether through stitched drawings, sculptural textures, or poetic text.
The series culminates in a group exhibition in the Community Arts Hub gallery, featuring work by Liv and participants, offering everyone the opportunity to showcase their finished pieces in a professional setting.
You'll also be guided in how to photograph and document your piece in nature, a signature element of Liv’s practice, revealing how the landscape can echo, soften, or transform the work you’ve made.
This course is about slowing down, tuning in, and finding your creative voice through the meditative act of embroidery. You’ll learn foundational stitching techniques, work with recycled and foraged materials, and explore both 2D and 3D textile construction.
Participants will develop their own piece across the month, with time to continue at home between sessions. The course also includes gentle insights into the history of textile art, practical skills in curation and installation, and the opportunity to take part in a group exhibition.
Whether you're new to textiles or returning to making, this is a joyful, supportive space to experiment and express.
What to Bring
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The fabric they would like to use, but all other materials supplied
- Lunch, snacks and own refreshments
- Pen and paper, if you wish to take notes.
Important information
Once your enrolment is completed you will receive a confirmation email. This email will include your receipt and inform you of the dates, times and venue for your course. It will also let you know of anything you need to take to class with you.
Please make sure that you give us a valid email address and mobile number as any course changes will be communicated via sms or email.
Students are required to be 15 years old and above at the time of enrolment.
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With small class sizes for a better learning experience, our courses can fill up fast, but they also need a minimum number of enrolments to run, so avoid disappointment and enrol early!
Tutor Profile:
Liv Enqvist is a Swedish born artist based on Bundjalung Country in Northern NSW. She holds a BA in Languages and Visual culture from Stockholm University and studied set design in Rome, Japanese in Tokyo and design at Beckman college of art in Sweden. Liv teaches visible mending and textile art regularly through workshops and short courses. She has done collaborations with various brands such as Oakmeadow, Dazed but Amazed, Braer and Public Holiday.
Using hand embroidery as a marker of time and for its meditative qualities she explores themes such as our relationship to nature and the connection between our inner and outer worlds. As a speaker of five languages, she holds a strong interest in the energetic qualities of words and her works are meant to continue in the mind of the viewer. Using textiles and threads that span cultures and geographies, she uses it as a metaphor for the shared human experience.
Social Media Profile(s):
https://www.instagram.com/liv_enqvist
website: https://www.livenqvist.com/
