25th November 2023
Saturday
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location
Paddington Arts
Local treasure hunt followed by a brooch making workshop
A beer can turned into a state bed, a postcard come carpet and key rings as mural tiles. Gerry used a lot of found, recycled and gifted objects to create his Pompeii – and in this spirit, we’re going on a treasure hunt and will make commemorative brooches from our voyage!
The workshop will be divided into two parts: in the first half, we’ll shift our attention to the little things as we quietly walk around the local area, looking for curious discarded objects and things that stand out in the city-scape. Back inside, we’ll use our findings, notes and photos to create DIY brooches.
There will be craft supplies at hand and sparkles galore to bedazzle and translate our objects into fabulous wearable pieces. The workshop will be led by artist and animator Niklas Gustafson, who loves world-building and storytelling and has been involved in the campaign to save Gerrys Pompeii since 2019.
At the end of the workshop, we hope to have made lots of fun brooches that you can take home, or gift to the Very Gerry Christmas procession later in December.
Light refreshments included but please bring a packed-lunch as this is an all day event.
The workshops will be free to participate in and are all inspired by Gerry’s incredible artwork! We have limited workshop space ( 12 each workshop so please only sign up if you are going to come along ) look forward many of you! Ages 8+ but open to all ages — if under 8 with parental supervision ! It’s going to be very joyful !
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