Parra Pickers & The Bower Present - MYO Waste Art Christmas Gifts with The Bowerbird Herd - Free Workshop

Name: Parra Pickers & The Bower Present - MYO Waste Art Christmas Gifts with The Bowerbird Herd - Free Workshop
Start: 2020-12-05T16:10:00+1100
End: 2020-12-05T20:00:45+1100
Location: Bower Reuse & Repair Centre, Parramatta

Sat, 5 Dec 2020, 4:10pm - 8pm AEDT

Bower Reuse & Repair Centre, Parramatta

The Bower

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Embrace the art of DIY this Christmas by making your own gifts for friends and family.

Sydney artist Nichola Bryan aka 'The Bowerbird Herd' promotes sustainability and ecological awareness by creating playful artworks from collected and found waste materials, including litter from the Parramatta River, local bush tracks, playgrounds and recreational areas. Her works explore both the positive and negative impact humans can have on animals and our environment.

Let Nichola help you to rethink waste; make your own sustainable artwork using household ‘waste’ items. We will supply canvases, glue and provide some materials. Participants are encouraged to bring salvaged materials from home to create their own astonishing piece of art.

Suitable for all-ages.

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The Bower

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The Bower Teaching Workshop at Summer Hill is a practical, hands-on learning space where people can build the skills to repair, reuse and maintain the things they already own.

Located within the Inner West Sustainability Hub, the workshop offers community classes in areas such as carpentry, furniture repair, home DIY, bike maintenance, basic plumbing, welding, upholstery and creative reuse. Each class is led by experienced facilitators and designed to give participants the confidence to use tools, understand materials and complete practical repair or making projects.

The workshop is central to The Bower’s mission to demonstrate the circular economy in action. We use reclaimed materials wherever possible, teach people how to extend the life of household goods, and show that many items can be repaired, adapted or repurposed rather than thrown away.

Alongside our retail stores, repair services and House to Home program, the Summer Hill Teaching Workshop helps turn environmental values into everyday skills. Every person who takes part is helping build a community that wastes less, shares knowledge and keeps useful materials in circulation for longer.

When you take part in a workshop, you’re actively supporting our mission to create a more sustainable and equitable future.

https://bower.org.au/learn

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