Workshop | Textile Transformations: Queer Threads | Henry Shawcross

Suitable for adults and teenagers (12+)

Wear your values, express your identity. Join us with Artist Henry Shawcross in transforming scraps of fabric into a symbol of queer pride with textile collage. In this workshop breathe new life into discarded textiles and learn accessible stitching techniques to design and create your own pride patch or badge. Use the materials provided or reuse discarded fabric from home.  

Inspired by the historical significance of textiles in LGBT history, be lead through design and construction by Henry’s expertise, and come away with a powerful new accessory. 

Artist Biography 

Henry Shawcross (he/him) lives and works in Kamberri, on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country. He is a queer trans disabled artist with a life-long interest in textiles and returned to visual art as self-expression when he experienced chronic illness. His practice explores gender euphoria, queer joy, and disability pride through stitching, constructing textiles, printmaking and drawing. He was recently a finalist in the inaugural ACT Historic Places Art Prize and was highly commended in the 2022 ANU Drawing Prize. He is currently in his final year of the Bachelor of Visual Arts at ANU with a major in Hybrid Art Practice. 


Image Credit: Henry Shawcross | Rainbow 2024 | Image courtesy of the Artist