Priscilla Edwards Workshop

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Around this time each year I take a workshop with Fibre Arts Australia. This time my workshop was with Priscilla Edwards. A fun week playing with wire, silk, wax, found objects and other ephemera. 

My week culminated in the creation of these pieces of wire sculpture. First up, learning to work the wire and the to cover with wax and silk.

My first piece, a simple flower destined for the ‘Top Table’. The top table is an institution at these events, each class makes something that is displayed and eventually auctioned for charity. It is a hoot and there is a lot of competition for the artworks.

Then it was on to the serious business of creating our own pieces.

The creation of ‘Bird Brain’ involved the making a wire frame, destruction of a porcelain doll for the head which was then cooked in an eco dye pot for a couple of hours to distress the surface and making the birds. The final step was a leaf garland to twist around the base.

The creation of ‘Bird Brain’ The component parts wired together to create the sculpture.