Name: Bird Painting with Thread: Pinal Maniar
Start: 2024-10-05T10:30:00+10:00
End: 2024-10-05T15:30:00+10:00
Location: 137 Reed Street Greenway ACT, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2901

Use pictorial embroidery techniques with a simple needle and threads to create a realistic image of either a Crimson Rosella, a Fairy Wren or an Eastern Spinebill. By playing with colour, texture, light and shadow, create a sense of volume using the tools that embroidery can offer. Learn how to paint with thread from scratch. All materials and equipment will be provided.
Pinal Maniar, with fine art textiles qualifications and years of textile industry experience, now practices as an independent studio artist and has a special interest in embroidery. She moved from the USA to Australia and established Idyl Ink, a design label that enables her to combine the traditional art of natural dyeing, eco-printing, Shibori, and hand block printing process.