Explore the personal significance of jewellery while using metallic paper to create your own unique wearable piece with artist Sahr Bashir.

The significance of the jewellery we wear cannot be underestimated. This is because jewellery can be an expression of our emotions and personal identity.

With Sahr's guidance you will explore this idea, while focusing on how the objects we choose to wear carry a sense of belonging to the culture and world around us.

Thinking about the relationship between 'place' and 'memory' you will design and construct your wearable object in the form of a brooch or pendant.

Using achievable jewellery and paper construction techniques, along with stamping and engraving, your piece will be intimate and reflective of your creative exploration.

About the facilitator

Sahr Bashir is an art educator, visual artist and researcher working across the disciplines of contemporary art, craft and design.

Sahr has been teaching in the tertiary education sector and has developed educational materials, conducted creative workshops and led various design interventions in both the public and private sector.

She is a recipient of the Alumni Excellence Award for Education by the Australian Government for her contribution in skills training and community development.

Recently completing a PhD in Visual Arts at the University of South Australia, Sahr’s research examines how art and craft making practices may be critical to conceptual constructions of belonging and identity.

Her creative practice explores ways to express the poetics of everyday life through the construction of visual and material narratives.

Learn more about Sahr here

What you need to know

Suitable for beginners 18 years and older (No previous jewellery making skills required).
Requires working with sharp tools.
Bring along a hard copy image or digital image of a favourite place or event (can be a photograph, postcard, travel brochure, magazine advertisement etc.).
If your circumstances change and you can no longer attend this workshop, please email niki.vouis@ahc.sa.gov.au before 5pm, Thursday 13 March 2025. After this time and date we cannot issue refunds.
Tea and coffee provided.

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All images provided by Sahr Bashir. Image 2 and 3 - pieces created by participants in previous workshops.