Sydney Craft Week
Craft By Material
Whether you are looking to hone your skills in one particular type of craft or keen to pick up skills working with a new material, this list of events categorised by artform has you covered.
JEWELLERY AND FASHION
Inner City Suburbs
Bundanon: Alice Whish and Vicki Mason
Stanley Street Gallery, 1/52–54 Stanley Street, Darlinghurst
Makers of Traditional Change
Stanley Street Gallery, 1/52–54 Stanley Street, Darlinghurst
Connecting Cultures: Storytelling through Indigenous wearable art
107 Projects Inc, 107 Redfern St, Redfern
Discarded Delights, Urban Talismans
The Bench at Joynton Avenue Creative Centre, 3a Joynton Avenue, Zetland
Inner West
SquarePeg Studios Jewellery Events
10 Junction Street, Marrickville
Hand Over
F Tanner Baker Micro Gallery and Windowsmiths, 60 Evans Street, Rozelle
Northern Sydney
From Little Things
Bridget Kennedy Project Space, 53 Ridge Street, North Sydney
CERAMICS
Inner City Suburbs
Lost in Thought by Zara Collins
Gaffa Creative Precinct, Level 1, 281 Clarence Street, Sydney
Eastern Suburbs
Chromatic: Natalie Rosin
Saint Cloche, 37 MacDonald Street, Paddington
Inner West
The Craft of kil.n.it
kil.n.it Experimental Ceramic Studio, Rear 184 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
Reshaped
The Shop Gallery, 112 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
Alchemy: an exhibition of Sculptural Ceramics
Kerrie Lowe Gallery, 49–51 King Street, Newtown
Reductive/Additive: Ceramic exhibition and demonstration
Kirsty Collins Cooks River Ceramics Studio, 17 Riverview Road, Earlwood
PIVOT by Niefe and co
Multiple venues in the Inner West
Northern Sydney
Burnt Out: Changing Clay to Art
Incinerator Art Space, 2 Small Street, Willoughby
Greater Sydney and beyond
elph Ceramics Open Studio
elph ceramics pottery, 1 Loftus Parade, Exeter
TEXTILES AND FIBRE ARTS
Inner City Suburbs
Seed Stitch Contemporary Textile Award
Australian Design Centre, 101–115 William Street, Darlinghurst
Upcycling Tee-Shirt Embroidery Workshop with Clementine Barnes
East Sydney Community and Arts Centre, 34 Burton Street, Darlinghurst
Corona Quilt
Two Emus Café, National Art School, Forbes and Burton Streets, Darlinghurst
And...There's a Light On by Tapestry Girl
TAP Gallery, Level 1, 259 Riley Street, Surry Hills
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107 Projects Inc, 107 Redfern St, Redfern
Eastern Suburbs
Tonic: Textile Art as an Antidote for Now by Deborah Burdett + Margaret McKenna
The Grid Studio, Ground Floor, The Grid Building, Rushcutters Bay
Tempering exhibition and workshops by Kathie Najar and Rhonda Pryor
Barometer Gallery, 13 Gurner Street, Paddington
Chroma Codes Colour Field Installation
Superlocalstudio, 23 Ebley Street, Bondi Junction
Hoop La Embroidery Extravaganza
7 Clovelly Road, Randwick
Inner West
Creative Embroidery Workshops by Grandpa Cat
The Happenstore, 55 Parramatta Road, Annandale
Liz Williamson: Open Studio and Studio Sale
48 Clarendon Road, Stanmore
Techstyle Tinker Time!
Bobbin and Ink, 412 Parramatta Road, Petersham
CUPCO CHILDBIRTH
CUPCO HQ, 5 /147 Smith Street, Summer Hill
Upcycled threads: Weaving remnants into wearable art by The Social Outfit
The Social Outfit Workroom, 188 King Street, Newtown
Embroidery and Sewing Workshop!
UsefulBox, 21 Shepherd Street, Marrickville
Make Your Own Tote Bag Workshop with LoveAndWest
LoveAndWest HQ, 61 Denison Street, Arncliffe
Changing our approach to embroidery
Gallery76, The Embroiderers' Guild NSW, 76 Queen Street, Concord West
Fibre Art in Australia Shop
Shop 6/332 Darling Street, Balmain
Northern Sydney
Tension(s)2020: Tamworth Textile Triennial
Mosman Art Gallery, 1 Art Gallery Way, Mosman
Greater Sydney and beyond
ATASDA: Textiles and Surface Design Open Day and South Group Meeting
Sutherland Pensioners Centre Hall, 749 Old Princes Highway, Sutherland
Digital Events
The SweetSpot Show by Julie Paterson
Online
Change Up Your Life with Colour with Skein Sisters
Online
Basketry: A community beyond borders by Basketry NSW
Online
GLASS
Inner City Suburbs
FUSE Glass Prize 2020
Australian Design Centre, 101–115 William Street, Darlinghurst
Nick Mount: This Spring and Ninuku Arts: New Work in Glass
Sabbia Gallery, 609 Elizabeth Street, Redfern
PAPER AND PRINTMAKING
Inner City Suburbs
Mobifold: Playing with flexible forms by STEAMpop
Australian Design Centre, 101–115 William Street, Darlinghurst
Inner West
Change Makers in Lewisham
Corban & Blair Window Gallery, 2–4 Victoria Street, Lewisham
Adventures in Bookbinding
Owl & Lion Bindery, Suite 6.05, Precinct 75, 75 Mary Street, St Peters
Image credits (top to bottom):
Nick Mount, Pastel Shoot at Sabbia Gallery. Photo by Pippy Mount
Liz Williamson, Asian Selection, 2020 from Liz Williamson's Open Studio. Photo Ian Hobbs.
Alice Whish, Wiry Panic Necklace, 2018 and Vicki Mason, Flowering grey gum, 2018 from Bundanon exhibition. Photos: Greg Piper, Andrew Barcham.
kil.n.it Experimental Ceramic Studio firing from Kil.n.it. Photo: Leeroy T.
Groove Therapy with The Social Outfit. Photo: Levon Baird
Jeremy Lepisto, The Extent (from the Container Series), 2018 from FUSE Glass Prize 2020. Photo: Rob Little
Mobifold, 2020. Image courtesy of STEAMpop