Natural felt making and artist yarn with Norton Fredericks

Join Norton Fredericks for this workshop where participants will be guided how to mindfully create humanity's oldest fabric, wool felt. Felt is an ancient craft practice that combines soapy water and wool to create a sustainable biodegradable material. Create bespoke surface design with natural fibres of hemp and flax and stitch a personal symbol for manifestation. During the workshop, Norton will be sharing about their arts practise as a queer indigenous artist who is thinking critically about the intersection between art and science. Norton Fredericks (they/ he) is an early career interdisciplinary visual artist and workshop facilitator. Norton has mixed European and Aboriginal Australian (Murri) heritage and currently lives on Kombumerri Country, Gold Coast. Norton's practice-based research often sits at the intersection between art and science examining the external forces that impact on both the human experience and the environment around us. Their work explores themes of environmental threats, post naturalism, queer ecologies, and their intersecting identity.

Location

Panorama Place1/3,Maleny,Queensland,4552