Weaving Vessels with Recycled Materials

With Bernadette Boscacci

Saturday 18 Sept in the big marquee

Morning session 9:30am - 12pm

Afternoon session 1:30pm - 4pm

Cost $35 and $30 for members

Limit to 10 people age 14+

Learn to weave a colourful and unique vessel using marine and industrial recycled materials. You are welcome to bring along your e-waste (cords and wires) to use in the making of your work.  Vessels will integrate ropes (marine/ghost netting debris) and some single-use plastics into them as well, like lids, bottles and old CDs. Materials, tools, and equipment provided. You are welcome to bring your own cutters and pliers.

About the Artist

Bernadette Boscacci works in a broad range of mediums including sculpture, painting, printmaking, photography, collage and literature. Her work is predominantly materials based — she produces art works from found and recycled materials using various techniques and a playful, analogical approach. Recurring themes include nature, ecology, myth, mortality and metaphysics -  expressions of life in The Anthropocene.

Bernadette studied Sculpture (Fine Arts) at the National Art School, Sydney NSW. She worked in Community arts and Cultural Development (CCD), living in remote north Queensland Aboriginal communities of Kowanyama and Aurukun. Bernadette later gained a Bachelor of Visual Arts and Sociology qualifications (James Cook University) after returning to the east coast of Queensland in 2000. Bernadette is based in Townsville where she continues to work in the arts, CCD, education and environmental conservation and advocacy.