Join renowned fashion designer Lydia Pearson and artist Shilo Engelbrecht for a makers workshop with a difference. 

Often tucked away at the back of drawers, participants are invited to bring in family crocheted tablecloths, throws, runners, fabrics, doilies and more. Collectively a new creation will be fabricated, and exhibited as part of our popup gallery in Re:Collections UPFront on Queen Street.  Participants can come for as long or as little as they like and join in on each day, or just one.

This created community piece will speak of a collective memory and to family heirlooms that hold dear sentimentality to us all. It will invoke a past where stitching and craft were common and routine, and along the way, many yarns and family anecdotes will be shared.   

Lydia Pearson is a legend in Australian fashion. Along with Pamela Easton, Lydia ran the much loved and iconic fashion label Easton Pearson for twenty-eight years.  Lydia is now a fashion academic at the Queensland University of Technology.  

Shilo Engelbrecht is a visual artist. Her work is characterized by a strong use of colour, lyrical brush strokes and free elements which are recognisably by her hand.

Event Details

Date: Sunday, 25 September 2022 - Tuesday, 27 September 2022

Time: Workshop times to be confirmed in September

Location: Re:Collections UPFront Space - 93 Queen Street, Ayr

Tickets: Free

Ages: All Ages

Access: All capacity access

Supported by:

Re:Collections is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.

This project was made possible by the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, provided through Regional Arts Australia, administered in Queensland by Flying Arts Alliance.