Esperance Workshop - Wander Out Yonder Building with - Paper.
Wander Out Yonder : A Illustrated journey thru WA.
In 2025, Feb 13th till the March 30, Fi will be holding an exhibition for her Wander Out Yonder Collection at The Cannery Arts Center in Esperance.
We would love you to come visit!
As part of this event children's and adults workshops will be offered
2 sessions will be held for this workshop
Under 16's and Over 16's.
No skills required just dexterity in your hands and a willingness to get messy.
All designed for Beginners - but lots of opportunity for those with existing skills.
We encourage anyone interested to attend no matter what their skill level.
We will create vessels or birds using recycled paper products - and a second session will allow you to decorate the dried sculpture.
WHAT: Sculpture Building with Paper
4 Hours duration. 10-2pm
Design your own sculpture or take inspiration and guidance from bird books
Fi can help you with your design.
Everyone will be constructing their shapes in paper and cardboard and then covering the form ready for decoration with paper or paint. It will take some time for the form to dry so bring it back during the week of Fi's residency to complete your work. Decorate your form with paint or collage -
DATES:
START the project sessions:
Adults Tuesday 10am - 2 $165
Under 16/s Saturday 22nd Feb 1 - 2 $95
Finish up sessions will be held during the same time slot in the following week.
COST:$165 ( covers both start and finish sessions)
LOCATION: The Cannery Arts Center Esperance.
WHO is this for:
For Arty or Non Arty students alike in small group class maximum of 12.
Learn skills to use over and over.
If you are interested crafting, using your hands to construct things, sculpting, or imagining different creatures.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
*All art materials
*tea and coffee supplied.
*Use of apron
WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING:
Bring your own lunch
WHAT WE DO:
We will use a variety of materials - including Paper Mache Clay and cardboard and recycled plastic materials. We use some plaster compounds and glue so you will get glue and compound on your hands.
ABOUT FI AND HER EXPERIENCE:
Fi is a Margaret River Artist who loves sharing, and developing creative thinking across communities both urban and rural . She has been designing and sharing and teaching workshops in painting and collage for over 10 years. Her work is often used by primary school teachers as inspiration in art classes in many places around the globe.
This exhibition is all about looking at Western Australia’s unique environments and its animal inhabitants and illustrating the stories we find there. These workshop sessions are a unique opportunity to bring isolated communities in contact with a self motivated professional artist and illustrator, to learn about design and character creation and turning our ideas into visual realities.
This is a travelling exhibition and we hope to take it on the road and go further around the regions. Learning about endemic species and communities as we go.
Her work has recently be acquired by the Hilton Hotel chain for exhibition in their new hotel in Busselton and John Sands Cards for use with the Variety Club. She is represented by Linton and Kay Galleries in Perth and has been a regular participant and past committee member of Margaret River Open Studios over the past 10 years.
Fi has also been proud to work with the the Art Gallery of Western Australia holiday education program.
A BIT OF HOUSE KEEPING:
**Please note our small group Cancellation Policy:
Due to small group logistics, advanced purchase of materials etc
there is a $25 admin fee for late cancellations - ie. less than 7 days prior to date.
Sorry no refund for cancellations less than 48 hours in advance.
*Please do not attend if you are unwell.
Masks may be requested to be worn depending on current health advice.
Please respect this request.
If the organiser needs to cancel a full refund will be given.
Fi's workshops are designed to be accessible for participants of various abilities and levels of experience.
If you have 4 people that would like to attend you can select a date to suit you. We usually need 2 - 4 weeks advance booking. If a date already exists, you are welcome to join the group if there is space available. If you would like to hear about workshop availability please join our mailing list and keep an eye out on social media channels.
For larger groups or groups in special locations, Fi is happy to design a workshop for your group, this might be suited to a theme or personal ability. Yes we can travel to you. Price on application.
Fi's art experiences are designed to give you a positive and confidence building outcome while introducing you to techniques that you will be able to continue to work with independently. Everything is included unless otherwise stated - no expensive materials lists or purchases to make. They are known for being low stress, joyful occasions and a great way to spend time with a group of friends or family.
We offer workshops for groups of 4 to 8 people at Toot Studio in Margaret River, or 16 people in larger spaces. The number of participants may affect the duration of the workshop. Larger school group sessions will require additional studio assistants to be present (class teachers).