SAW: Coil Weaving with Bianca Templar from Takamuna rrala Designs

Join us for our last SAW: Sawtooth Artist Workshop for 2024, Coil Weaving with Bianca Templar from Takamuna rrala Designs on Saturday 7th December from 2-4pm. 

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Get a hands-on opportunity to experience the intricate nature of First Nations technology by learning how to coil weave. This is a style of weaving used to make baskets to carry different necessities around their home of Lutruwita.

Spaces are limited.

Please note: in Palawa culture, weaving is Women’s Business so workshop attendees must identify as female/woman to ensure safe cultural practices are adhered to. 

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Bianca Templar is a proud Truwulway/Bunurong artist and social worker who resides on the unceeded banks of the Kanamaluka. Bianca is the owner/operator of Takamuna rrala Designs; Palawa Kani for Stand Strong Designs. This name is an omage to her old people and their struggles, as well as the adversities she has faced as a cultured disabled women. Bianca is known for her work with reusing broken marrieener shells and RAP artworks, Bianca has been exhibited at Sawtooth, TMAG and Yirramboi.

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Image credit courtesy of the artist. 

This project is supported by City of Launceston.

Sawtooth ARI is proudly supported by Arts Tasmania.