Monday, October 3, 2011

lei day....

Inside the Long House where a beautifully decorated table provided the materials and the space to have fun!


Instead of talkin more about The Happy Talk workshops that are happening in Hyde Park at the moment -
as part of Art + About 2011- I thought i would just show you a few of my impressions from the first workshop called Lei Day....


The lovely Maryann Talia Pau, a Melbourne based artist, was our guide through the world of Lei making.
As we worked she told us stories about what giving a Lei means in her family, and in Samoan culture.



When you enter the space there is a wall with hessian sacks filled with plants that can provide weaving materials for those who feel like picking leaves from live plants...


green! in all different shapes and shades...

so many textures to play with!

The blue shade cloths made everything fluro blue...