Weaving Workshop: Make a Pair of Raffia Earrings

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Weaving Workshop: Make a Pair of Raffia Earrings

Learn how to make a gorgeous pair of raffia earrings!

Kirrily Jordan

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3 hours

1 to 10 guests

$110 - $125 (Afterpay available)

($110 for Concession, $115 for Bring a Friend, $125 for General Admission)

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Overview

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Teacher

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What you'll do

Join award-winning artist Kirrily Jordan in a fun weaving workshop and make your own pair of beautiful raffia earrings! You'll have a great time making new connections and relaxing into the rhythm of weaving while you develop your skills.

What you'll learn:

How to work with raffia fibres
The tools you’ll need
A simple and versatile running stitch you can apply to future projects
Shaping your earrings
Adding jewellery findings and hooks
How to care for your earrings once you take them home

This workshop is great for beginners and intermediate weavers. Our focus is on exploration, play and self-expression, not perfection!

By the end of the class, you'll leave with a unique pair of raffia earrings ready to wear or give away as a special gift.

* What People Are Saying*

"This was the most enjoyable workshop I've been to! The teacher was great and very friendly. Nothing could be improved - other than that I could stay all day!"

N.B.

"The day was so relaxing. A wonderful environment with lots of direction and encouragement. You had thought of everything."

D.S.

"I absolutely loved your weaving workshop. I received this class as my Christmas present & I am very happy with it. I have not done any weaving before so I was extremely glad that you are such a good teacher. I feel that l learnt so much in just one day."

J.L.

"Thank you so much for a wonderful weaving education on Saturday. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed the day. The environment was lovely, your hospitality excellent and your instructions extremely clear for learners."

Kristine Walsh

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Knowledge required

Beginner-friendly.

What you'll get

All materials for the day and some delicious snacks are provided.
Raffia earrings handmade by you.

What to bring

Just your creative selves!

Location

Wallarobba Arts And Cultural Centre, Edgeworth David Avenue, Hornsby NSW

This venue is within walking distance from Waitara station (700m) and Hornsby Station (800m). There is public parking on the property, and additional street parking nearby.

Weaving Workshop: Make a Pair of Raffia Earrings location

Your teacher

Kirrily Jordan

Women-owned

Kirrily Jordan is an award-winning artist specialising in basketry, textiles and social practice. She has taught hundreds of people how to weave baskets and harvest natural weaving materials since 2021, including in her regular workshops around Australia and at music festivals and special events.

Kirrily loves nothing more than to share her knowledge and enthusiasm for basketry, and to see her students growing in confidence, skill and self-expression. She believes deeply in the role of weaving in wellbeing, and ensures her workshops are fun and safe spaces that support play, experimentation and connection.

Although Kirrily started her own weaving journey nearly a decade ago, she is still excited by the power of woven objects. She grounds her teaching with reflection on the diversity of weaving techniques in Australia and overseas and what they can tell us about ourselves, each other and our world.

Kirrily graduated with a Bachelor of Design majoring in textiles in 2023. In 2024 her community weaving project, in which she taught 250 people how to weave, was chosen for the prestigious Emerging Contemporaries exhibition in Canberra, and as a finalist in the Alice Prize. In 2023 she won two Emerging Artist Support Scheme Awards from Craft & Design Canberra and Canberra Spinners and Weavers. Her woven piece Invocation was Highly Commended in the Hornsby Art Prize Emerging Artist Awards in 2022.

Kirrily’s own life is testament to the healing power of art and creativity, having survived a cancer diagnosis and made a radical career change from her high stress office job to artist and maker.