Native Grass Twining Workshop
Bronwyn Razem, Gunditjmara Artist and Master Weaver, and Angela Foley, Native Grassland Specialist worked with RMIT academics to teach traditional weaving techniques. Over a day Aunty Brownyn and Angela Foley told stories of their own practices and discussed with the teaching staff ways of working with indigenous skills and knowledge in the context of learning and teaching.
The following week the first year Interior Design teaching staff worked alongside Auty Brownyn and Angela Foley to teach the traditional twining methods using natural grasses sourced from Merri Creek to make brightly coloured eels. The students sat around long tables, working in pairs and making friends as they developed their skills and saw their individual creations become part of a much larger swarm. The eels woven from natural fibres, were suspended from the Testing Grounds infrastructure as an outdoor installation. The installation was included in Testing Grounds Testing Nights program and engaged with by various other creative practitioners, live performance and the general public. The exhibition in a public site fosters a sense of achievement and allows the students to share their work and experiences with each other and their own communities.
with Angela Foley, Bronwyn Razem,
RMIT staff Olivia Hamilton / Andy Miller / Liz Lambrou / Kate Geck / Ying-Lan Dann/Fotini Malivadini
The Projects / Testing Grounds team Joseph Norster / Millie Cattlin / Arie Rain Glorie / Trent Griffiths / Bella Hone-Saunders
Students: Aaron Gomes/ Ahmad Qadri/ Alanna La Spina/ Alexander Maisano/ Alexia Christopoulos/ Alexis Condovrakis/ Aliza McShanag/ Amaara Raheem/ Amnee Houli/ Angelica Benedicto/ Ava Simpson/ Carelynn Chong/ Celia Reeve/ Chantal Kaliny / Chloe-Marie Iskander/ Ciel Giles-Manor/ Constance Chanof/ Dana Kaufmann/ Dayi Kiki Wu/ Declan Schipper/ Duong Gia/ Bao Tran/ Emily Shoesmith/ Gaea Balano/ Gemma MacFarlane/ Gianna Ritch/ Hamish Cameron/ Harrison McTavish/ Harry Helft/ Indiana Wilkins/ Jada Lay/ Jaimee Portelli/ Jenna Conlan/ Jennifer Coster/ Jennifer Grogan/ Jenny Phung/ Jessica Hannebery/ Jessica Spicuglia/ Jiayu Zhang/ Jocelyn Kew/ Joanna Cowen/ Jorji Louer/ Julia Marchese/ Junru Lang/ Kanting Shao/ Kasey Watts/ Katinka De Boer/ Kayla Tran/ Keely Osland/ Laticia Olivo/ Li Zhifei/ Lin Kaifeng/ Lingtao Zhang/ Liu Lu/ Liu Wenxuan/ Lorita Seifeddine/ Lucy De Gleria Cade/ Maddison Butterworth/ Mandy Sleiman/ Marian Jayasuriya/ Marie Jennings/ Mila Osavkov/ Mia Peeters/ Mitchell Dempster/ Nadia Vento/ Natalia Prioriello/ Naurath Naushard/ Nicholas Myyrylainen/ Olivia Douglas/ Olivia Osei-Safo/ Olivia Reiher/ Pia Eiby/ Ruby Sculley/ Ruixiang Feng/ Ruihan Zhang / Samara Ferlazzo /Samuel Sladecek /Sarah Witney /Shirlyn Yi/ Xuan Hiew/ Si Qi Wang /Sienna Taranto/ Simba Tran/ Sophie Young/ Stephanie Driver/ Supada Sangram/ Taline Sarkisian/ Tara Stroh-Reilly/ Thomas Marriott/ Tiffanie Yi / Yan Cheung/ Vy Nguyen/ Wang Jingrong/ Whei Yhe Tan/ Xinran Tian/ Xu Ziyang/ Yichun Cao/ Yingqi Chen/ Yiwen Chen /Zahra Patterson/ Zenna Duong/ Zhilin Zhang