NGV On Tour: Make a Pompom with Sophie Honess

Each summer the National Gallery of Victoria [NGV] works with regional galleries to offer FREE art activities to children and families. Kids can explore the works of NGV artists then create their own art.

Sophie Honess is a Gomeroi Yinarr artist based in Tamworth, New South Wales. Her works are inspired by her immediate environment, finding and exploring hidden beauty on Gomeroi country through colour and texture. Sophie creates textile works that celebrate the natural beauty of grasses, creek beds, grains of sand, and bush plants like wattle and eucalyptus flowers found on Country.

Designed especially for teens, this making activity invites participants to be inspired by the natural world around them. Create a bush flower pompom using yarn, embroidery thread and colourful felts to then tag to your school bag, key chain or anything else! Teens are welcome to bring along other textile projects to work on as well.

Ages: 12+

Cost: FREE

NGV Kids on Tour is an initiative of the National Gallery of Victoria. NGV extends sincerest thanks to Event Partner, Officeworks, for their generous support of NGV Kids exhibitions and programs.

Image: Teen creations from the 'Make a Pompom with Sophie Honess'. Photo courtesy of National Gallery of Victoria