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Basket Weaving with Emma-Jane Hunt

  • Mundaring Adult Creative & Learning Centre 3 Craigie Place Mundaring, WA, 6073 Australia (map)

Learn how to make a coiled vessel with Aboriginal weaver and jewellery maker Emma-Jane Hunt. Using wool and raffia you’ll learn this traditional basket weaving technique with a contemporary twist. Suitable for women and girls ages 10+ this is a fantastic workshop to share with family.

Emma-Jane Hunt is a Yindjibarndi and Djaru woman with both traditional and ancestral links to both the Pilbara and Kimberly regions of Western Australia. Taught to weave when living in the East Pilbara by Martu Weavers from the Western Desert 10 years ago, Emma-Jane is passionate about keeping weaving as a cultural practice alive. She also creates handcrafted jewellery using Quondong seeds.

Sun 17 Oct | 11am -2pm | Suitable for 10+ years
$80 | $72 members | Materials and light refreshments supplied
Mundaring Adult Creative & Learning Centre 3 Craigie Place Mundaring WA
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Image: courtesy the artist