Looped Stone workshop with Rosa Daniela Diaz

Join Wollondilly artist Rosa Daniela Diaz for an introduction to Contemporary looping, using a variety of materials like paper twine, raffia and waxed thread, to loop around stones or other found object of your choice.

This technique has its origins in the neolithic and was originally used to make hairnets and carry bags with natural fibres.

Rosa Daniela has adapted this technique in various ways throughout her body of work to make sculptural forms. Much like a simple blanket stitch, Rosa Daniela will demonstrate looping’s great versatility. This is a slow, mindful workshop, creating a place for rest and connection.

Suitable for everyone over 12 years of age. Ages 12-15 years to be accompanied by an adult.

About Rosa

Rosa Daniela Diaz is a multidisciplinary artist who honours matrilineal histories and her Uruguayan cultural heritage, celebrating women, ancient textile methodologies and contemporary craft, through care, reparative practices and a feminist lens. She adapts various weaving techniques to create emotive textile-based sculptures and installation, alongside a drawing and collage practice.

Diaz repurposes found, aged and gifted materials, having preference for materials with history and that carry personal memories, exploring its process of transformation as a metaphor for ancestral healing.

Diaz has a Master of Contemporary Art Practice (textiles) from the, Australian National University in Canberra 2023, a Master of Art (painting) from, UNSW Art & Design, 2016, and a Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Visual arts from Wollongong West TAFE, 2013 - 2014.