WORKSHOP: Paint To Stitch

Dogwood Crossing, Miles (QLD)
October 19, 9am – 3.30pm
For ages 16+

Join artists Desmond Taylor and Mariaan Pugh for a workshop that combines design, storytelling, and punch needle art.

Discover the ancestral story of Niminjarra Jukurrpa (Dreaming), deeply rooted in Warnman Ngurra (Country), through a screening of the captivating documentary Niminjarra Story by Curtis Taylor and experiencing the exhibition Jila Kujarra: Two Snakes Dreaming. 

Under the guidance of Desmond, participants will unleash their creativity by designing their own imagery inspired by Niminjarra Jukurrpa, using canvas and paint pens. 

Mariaan will teach participants punch needle techniques to bring their designs to life on fabric. The workshop also includes how to finish the artworks using stitch. 

About the exhibition

Jila Kujarra: Two Snakes Dreaming is an exciting cross-cultural collaboration between Warnman artist Desmond Taylor and Boorloo-based textiles practitioner Mariaan Pugh, commissioned by Fremantle Arts Centre in partnership with Martumili Artists. 

Taylor and Pugh have worked together to transform Taylor’s Niminjarra paintings, usually seen on canvas or paper, into highly tactile textile works, animating the important Niminjarra Jukurrpa (Dreaming).

This body of work is born of Taylor’s desire to see his artworks reimagined through a textile medium and is a contemporary crafting of important ancestral stories deeply rooted in Warnman Ngurra (Country).

Photography by Amelia Blanco