Give your home that personal touch by adding handmade decorator items drawn from traditional crafts. City of Marion and the City of Port Adelaide Enfield are offering a range of inexpensive and unusual craft workshops with a variety of cultural origins.
Participants will have the opportunity to learn craft skills from culturally diverse craft practitioners as well as learning about cultural traditions and heritage.
Beautiful Eritrean Basketry
Photograph © City of Marion Eritrean baskets are woven with bright coloured wool around plant fibre. Your tutor, Milete-Tsega Ogbalidet, comes from central Eritrea and learnt to weave in this style from her mother and family when she was a child. She has been weaving most of her life. Make your own
Meblee Kursi, a flat plate that can be displayed as a decorative object or used for serving food.
Northern Venue: Kilburn Community Centre, 59 Gladstone Ave, Kilburn
Dates: Wednesdays 2 September - 30 September
Course Length: 5 weeks - 3 hours first week, then 2 hours per week
Time: 6.00 - 8.00pm (First session 6.00-9.00pm)
Cost: Gold coin donation for eligible participants*
Bookings: Phone (08) 8405 6848 or Email jane.marr@portenf.sa.gov.au to register your interest. Spaces in these workshops are limited.
*You must live or work within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield to be eligible.
Southern Venue: Glandore Community Centre, 25 Naldera Street, Glandore.
Dates: Fridays 6 November - 4 December
Course Length: 5 weeks - 3 hours first week, then 2 hours per week
Time: 6.00 - 8.00pm (First session 6.00-9.00pm)
Cost: $10 per workshop over 5 weeks
Bookings: Phone (08) 8371 1139 Bookings essential as places are limited.
Bright Sudanese Beading
Photograph © City of Marion
Striking Sudanese Beading can adorn your home as you learn this art from Rebecca Tut. Drawing on skills learnt as a young woman, Rebecca beads onto bowls using patterns from her Sudanese village. Sudanese Beading is an intricate skill requiring patience and good eyesight.
Northern Venue: Enfield Community Centre, 540 Regency Rd, Enfield
Dates: Tuesdays 1 September - 29 September
Course Length: 5 weeks - 3 hours first week, then 2 hours per week
Time: 2.30 - 4.30pm (First session 2.30-5.30pm )
Cost: Gold coin donation for eligible participants*
Bookings: Phone (08) 8405 6848 or Email jane.marr@portenf.sa.gov.au to register your interest. Spaces in these workshops are limited.
*You must live or work within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield to be eligible.
Southern Venue: Glandore Community Centre, 25 Naldera Street, Glandore.
Dates: Tuesdays 3 November - 1 December
Course Length: 5 weeks - 3 hours first week, then 2 hours per week
Time: 9.30am - 11.30am (First session 9.30 - 12.30pm)
Cost: $10 per workshop over 5 weeks
Bookings: Phone (08) 8371 1139 Bookings essential as places are limited.
Bangladeshi Quilt Embroidery
Photograph © City of Marion
Nakshi Kantha', is the delicate embroidery based on wedding traditions, sacred symbols and stories of village life in Bangladesh, taught by Masuma Akther. During the five week course, you will create an A4 to A3 sized embroidery and also learn the cultural heritage of this embroidery technique.
Northern Venue: Hillcrest Community Centre, 27-31 Queensborough Ave, Hillcrest
Course Length: 5 weeks - 2.75hrs hours first week, then 2 hours per week
Date: Saturdays 17 October - 14 November.
Time: 12.30 - 2.30pm (First session 12.15-3.00pm)
Cost: There will be a fee for materials and tuition.
Bookings: Phone (08) 8405 6848 or Email jane.marr@portenf.sa.gov.au to register your interest. Spaces in these workshops are limited to those that live or work within the City of Port Adelaide Enfield.
Southern Venue: Cove Civic Centre, 1 Ragamuffin Drive, Hallett Cove
Date: Saturday 21 November
Time: 11.00am - 4.00pm
Course Duration: 1 day (5 hours)
Cost: $10.00
Bookings: Phone (08) 8375 6755 Bookings essential as places are limited.
Elegant Iranian Embroidery
Photograph © City of Marion
The paisley, or
'pateh' design, loved by many for its pleasing teardrop shape, originated in Iran. The pateh motif, or cedar tree motif, symbolises life in Persian culture, and this textile design has since spread to many other countries.
Akhtar Esmailzadeh, has been living in Australia for 14 years after migrating from the Kerman Province in Southern Iran. Akhtar has been embroidering for over 45 years. Her skills and her wealth of knowledge about the history and cultural significance of Iranian Embroidery will provide an enjoyable six weeks of embroidery.
Southern Venue: Marion Cultural Centre, 287 Diagonal Road, Oaklands Park
Date: Thursdays 5 November - 10 December
Time: 1.00 - 3.00pm (First session 1.00 - 4.00pm)
Course Length: 6 weeks - 3 hours first week then 2 hours per week
Cost: $10.00
Bookings: Phone (08) 8375 6755 Bookings essential as places are limited.
