Cane & Tissue Paper Lantern Making
Course Overview
Discover the art of creating beautiful sculptural lanterns in this hands-on workshop using flexible cane, tissue paper and natural dried leaves.
Suitable for complete beginners and experienced makers alike, this workshop will introduce you to the essential materials and techniques needed to construct your own decorative lantern.
You'll learn how to prepare and shape soaked cane, create simple geometric forms such as spheres, cubes and cylinders, and explore a range of joining techniques, including binding, taping and weaving intersections.
Once your structure is complete, you'll finish your lantern with tissue paper and natural dried leaves to create a unique, illuminated piece.
By the end of the workshop, you'll take home a completed decorative lantern ready to display, along with the skills and confidence to continue creating your own sculptural lanterns at home.
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Penny Simons
Penny’s work is a fusion of all her studies and lived experience in: textiles, art, design, weaving, bio-dynamics and horticulture.Her work resonates deeply with the beauty, vulnerability & spirituality of nature. Penny has worked as an artist and designer all her life, alongside the practise of gardening and working in and with nature.Penny runs workshops both locally and regionally. She has taught annual willow workshops for the last 5 years both at Glenmore House and in Kangaloon in the Southern Highlands: both privately and with Green Door Studios.“Penny is an excellent teacher, with a bounty of information to share about working with the material and techniques she employs.“ Mickey Robertson / Glenmore House. Her artworks are formed from a personal practise working with foraged materials that comes from a place of reciprocity with the earth, all indigenous peoples and our ancestors. Through this, her work aims to restore, reconnect and heal through creativity, connection with nature and making with our hands.Penny was one of the founding partners of !Cloth”, a Sydney based bespoke textile business begun in the 1990's, that produced hand printed, dyed and constructed textiles for the furnishing and fashion industries.Prior to this Penny gained a BA hons. in Constructed Textiles, majoring in weaving, from Winchester School of Art, England.
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