COME & TRY: Eye Splice for Beginners with Peter Roland

We’re very pleased to welcome Peter Roland to the Killarney Arts Residency for our next Come & Try – The Eye Splice for Beginners.

Peter’s fascination with shipwrecks began at a very early age and led to a lifelong association with the sea. For more than 60 years, he has spent time in, on and under the ocean. Today, he plays a part in giving recovered marine debris – particularly rope – a useful new purpose.

In this relaxed Come & Try, Peter will share the eye splice, a practical rope-working technique widely used in fishing and maritime settings. Peter says the splice itself is the utilitarian part – what you do with the rope next is where the creativity comes in.

If you’re interested in ropework, marine debris, maritime skills or simply learning something new, we’d love to have you along.

 Killarney Arts Residency
 Saturday 17 October
 10.00am–12.00 pm

PLEASE NOTE: Our Come & Try sessions are offered free to active BeachPatrol members who give their time to caring for and protecting our coastline. This might be through regularly taking part in beach clean-ups and collecting marine debris, or through advocacy and other work supporting better outcomes for our coast and marine environment.

We recognise that not everyone is able to physically participate in beach clean-ups, and that looking after our coastline happens in many different ways.

These sessions are our way of giving something back to the people who contribute their time and energy to this work, while creating an opportunity to come together, get creative and share conversations about the marine debris we collect and the coast we care for.

This Come & Try session is part of Stories From The Sea, a community arts project exploring creative responses to marine debris.

Stories From The Sea is a project by Colleen Hughson (AKA Serial Beachcomber), developed with BeachPatrol3280-3284 and supported through the Regional Arts Australia Practice in Community program.

The BeachPatrol3280 Killarney Arts Residency is proudly supported by Moyne Shire Council through its Creative Residencies Program.

BeachPatrol is a completely volunteer-run organisation, and we rely on donations to help us continue caring for and advocating for our coastline.

If you’re not currently an active BeachPatrol member but would like to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to BeachPatrol. Your support helps us continue our beach clean-ups, community activities and advocacy for a cleaner, healthier coastline and marine environment.