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Sydney Craft Week 2022
C O N N E C T I O N S
7 - 16 October, 2022
Tuareg Stackable Ring Making (October 8th)
Spoon making workshop (Oct 9th)
Craft Up Late Open workshop & mini showcase (Oct 11th)
The Embera Beading with Mami Watta (October 15)
Yoga for the Maker & Morning Tea (October 16th)
The Bench approaches SCW’s theme of 'sustainability' through sharing a series of events which look at the body, community, traditions and the environment.
By exploring the origins of making through material, mindfulness and tradition, we look at how we value craftspeople and their stories and how to create meaningful roots and connections.
Our events delve into culture and community, examining both the maker and consumer with the focus on the appreciation of our ancestors and environment.
Our events during Sydney Craft Week connect artisans to a global movement that supports and appreciates the sacred value of story-telling.
OPEN CRYPT - Nina Baker
When: Saturday May 29, 2021
Workshop: 10:00am & 11:00am (Bookings essential)
Lunch: 12:00pm
Artist Talk: 12:45pm
Exhibition: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
An open studio with workshop, talk, lunch & exhibition by resident artist, Nina Baker.
Come all ye bodies to the Open Crypt, see some neo apocalyptic painted bone ornaments and glowing jewels created by Nina Baker over the last 12 transformative months, with support through the City of Sydney’s Covid-19 Creative Fellowship Fund.
There will be a short talk, social bone painting workshop and picnic lunch with BBQ chook sandwiches (vegetarians will be catered for) - all leftover bones will be boiled for future projects.
All events are free, and work is fairly priced with AUD, crypto, barter and trade options.
See ya there!
Discarded Delights, Urban Talismans
Sydney Craft Week 9 – 18 October, 2020
Discarded Delights, Urban Talismans at The Bench Sydney focuses on themes making for change and toward a more sustainable future. We bring four contemporary change makers together to deliver two workshops, a conversation, and an exhibition at Joynton Avenue Creative Centre during Sydney Craft Week.
Contemporary jewellers Lauren Simeoni and Melinda Young will facilitate a participatory making project which asks you to look between the cracks; to think about your community and the natural environment. What hopes and dreams are sprouting inside you for a more sustainable future? You are invited to write a message of hope and wrap it into a wearable talisman. Make one to share with your community and another for yourself on Mental Health Day.
Saturday October 10. 10am - 2pm
A kitchen load of recycled materials are all the ingredients you will need for Pennie Jagiello’s My Kitchen Jewels workshop . Discover how to utilise everyday materials with a focus on plastics that surround us, while employing a variety of creative multidisciplinary techniques to create a unique and wearable piece of art. ONLINE VIA ZOOM.
Saturday 10 October & Sunday October 11. 11am - 2pm
Craft up Late at The Bench Joynton Avenue Creative Centre
A showcase of jewellery at The Bench and a chance to visit the workshop, the building and meet the makers.
Tuesday October 13. 5pm - 8pm
The Bench is excited and privileged to present the champion of reuse and recycling, Kirsten Junor’s solo exhibition Left on the Shelf, Through the eyes of a traveller, enamelled relics transport you to a different time and place; a wall of souvenirs that remind you of a world outside of your own.
Saturday October 17. 2pm - 5pm
Unnaturally Natural
Making for Change
A participatory making workshop facilitated by contemporary jewellers Lauren Simeoni and Melinda Young.
You are invited to write a message of hope and wrap it into a wearable talisman. Make one to share with your community and another for yourself (as a reminder of this unnaturally natural time)
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When: Saturday October 10
Duration: 10am - 2pm
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My Kitchen Jewels
From take away to wear away! A sustainable creative workshop with Pennie Jagiello Contemporary Jewellery Objects.
From takeaway to wear away, this workshop will encourage participants to reconsider disposable and single use plastics. Utilising objects that are often used and discarded without consideration, participants will be guided into deconstructing and redesigning these materials and reworking them into new and wearable objects.
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When: Saturday October 10 & Sunday October 11
Duration: 11am - 2pm
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Left on the Shelf - Kirsten Junor
An exhibition by Kirsten Junor, where enamelled relics transport you to a different time and place; a wall of souvenirs reminding you of a world outside of your own.
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When: Saturday October 17
Duration: 2pm - 5pm
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