Sewing Notions of Hope

Crafting an Art Series with Ease 

Further develop your creative practice through an investigative lense alongside Fabrik exhibiting artist Flossie Peitsch.

Using Peitsch's VERWEBAN exhibition and its expressive catalogue as the backdrop, you will pull apart the essential threads of Peitsch’s robust 50-year art practice, making a new design via Peitsch’s tutelage. Then after lunch, looking through fresh eyes, these threads (plus, those of other introduced artists) will begin to be rewoven, as a fresh way ahead for you as a creative to visually fabricate your own design outcomes.

Unlike some workshop tutors, Peitsch does not demonstrate her own practice, current medium, or gather disciples. Rather, she seeds confidence and offers expansive, practical tools for others to go beyond her experiences, forging forward confidently into their own creative practice.

Flossie envisages that by the end of this workshop you will see yourself as a FEARLESS Creative working in a disordered world; or be on the way to expanding the world of visual art or craft practice with open eyes. You may have assembled a practical 'sewing kit' of helpful visual art or design notions, or even developed a set or two of potential patterns for a new series of work.

About the facilitating artist: Previously living and working on arts projects in Lobethal South Australia, Dr. Flossie Peitsch now lives just outside of Melbourne. Managing PTSD, glaucoma, and family health issues, she continues her vigorous history of research and generously engages her heart towards women’s empowerment, community art, and her own art practice. Peitsch is a Creative PhD candidate at Federation University, adding to her first PhD from Victoria University and MFA, BFA (HONS) from Monash University, Melbourne. She is an internationally exhibiting artist (including multimedia, performance art, and installation). A cross-disciplinary artist, community liaison, academic, art educator, and published author, Peitsch is a ‘visual art’ theologian with interests in social sculpture, generating creative communities through the arts and contemporary spirituality, where the facilitation of self-realization of being is termed as one’s SPLACE.

Other things you need to know about this one-day workshop:

• Suitable for all creatives (2D and 3D makers, craftspeople, visual artists, potential artists) at any stage in their practice. Must be 20 years of age and older.

• Workshop fee includes a range of materials and use of equipment but please bring along the following:

• your own digital devise (iphone or android mobile phone, iPad or small laptop computer)

• Your packed lunch (We provide tea and coffee)
• We will take a 30-minute lunch break at 1pm or close to.
• Cancellations after 5pm Thursday 3 April cannot be reimbursed.

This workshop is presented in association with VERWEBAN (fur-vee'-bonn) Germanic Interweaving, by artist Flossie Peitsch. Commencing 11 April and concluding 25 May 2025, this exhibition is presented by Fabrik as part of the SA History Festival.  Find out more about VERWEBAN here (Link is on its way!)

Image: Flossie Peitsch, NOTION OF HOPE 1 (detail), 2025, digital image laser print

Inclusion in the Fabrik mailing list

By registering for a Fabrik workshop or event your name and email address will be added to our contact list. This means from time to time you will receive Fabrik program updates by email. If you wish to opt out, please email the Public Programs Officer (nvouis@ahc.sa.gov.au) directly with Contact List Opt-Out in the subject heading and your full name in the message.