Explore your Gut Feelings

Meet UTS researchers as they share their knowledge about the gut microbiome. Tap into your own gut feelings and craft textile microbes, gut cells and intestinal villi at our knit-in where you will learn about the gut and have fun as you knit, crotchet or stitch textile artefacts.

Your creations will be used as part of a giant gut artwork that will be on display in National Science Week in August. 

Join a knit in at the UTS Research Excellence and Support Hub (RES Hub) and contribute to a National Science Week artwork.  

Come along, pick up some yarn and explore Gut Feelings!

Discover the science, learn how to craft, meet new people and be inspired!

Follow scientifically informed patterns to create textile microbes, gut cells and intestinal villi.

Learn how the gut microbiome interacts with the brain and body.

Our creations will be stitched together to form playful renditions of the gut microbiome. These larger-than-life microbes will form a woolly gut cross section to be displayed in an art science exhibition in the Broadhurst Gallery Hazelhurst Art Centre from 15 August – 2 September during National Science Week 2025.  

What is the Gut Feelings Project?    

The Gut Feelings Community Art Project promotes connections between science and the everyday. No matter what your skill level, try your hand at crocheting, knitting, weaving or stitching as you discover fascinating facts about the gut microbiome from our brilliant research scientists.  

With the aim of promoting gut health and exploring the gut-brain connection, this national community art project is a great opportunity for gut health researchers to showcase their knowledge.

New research about the complexity and wonders of the gut microbiome has captured the popular imagination. Artists Pat Pillai, Rita Pearce and Mary Hayman share a history of creating community artworks that promote connections between science and the everyday.

UTS researchers are joining the project to communicate recent developments in how we understand the gut microbiome and what this may mean for our mental health and wellbeing.

Event location

This event will take place in the Research Excellence Support Hub (RES HUB) located at UTS in Building 1 Level 5, Room 007, opposite the escalators accessed from Level 4 (street level).

Watch a video on how to find RES Hub. 

Contact the host of Gut Feelings Community Art Project