ORGANISER of Ross Hill Public School’s Artist In Residence Program workshops Louise Walburn said 32 senior students who attended Monday’s first Fantastic Fabric Workshop experienced a pathway into art as they gained an understanding of how colours worked through tie dying.
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“This was fabric decoration, but it is also wearable art,” Mrs Walburn said.
Students at the workshop created coloured designs for T-shirts and socks on the day, but they would end up with finished products by the end of the workshops.
“They are also going to learn next week how to do machine sewing,” Mrs Walburn said.
“They are going to take the fabric they’ve made and make them into cushion covers and a soft toy. So they’re going to learn another dimension of how to use their fabrics, not just take them home and put it into a cupboard and forget about it.
“They’ll end up with finished products for everything they’ve got. Things they can use or give as a gift.”
Described by Mrs Walburn as “the first cab off the rank for this year”, local artist Leonie Turner worked with the students. “They’ve enjoyed working with the colours,” Leonie said.
“They’ve used marbles to produce flowers on the fabric and they’re going to make a cushion out of that, and out of the pieces of fabric that we’ve coloured we’re going to make a little frog.”
It was Mrs Turner’s second time teaching for the program at the school, which also hosts Manilla’s Erik Dekkers for the school’s watercolour workshop and Michelle Chapman-Burgess from Glen Innes, who will teach Aboriginal art in May. “I don’t seem to have any difficulty in getting artists in to help deliver any of the age appropriate lessons,” Mrs Walburn said.
