The Treasury - more things I'm missing in Melbourne

The wonderful and very generous Emma Grace has been opening up her studio to would-be jewellers to bring along their broken or un-loved jewellery and found objects, to fix or re-create into something new and unique. And now it's being incorporated into the Craft Cubed festival! Craft Cubed is the thing I most regret that I'm missing out on.

CWA meets DIY in sustainable jewellery making workshops

The Treasury

The Treasury workshop is based on the simple ethos that everything has potential and nothing is trash. Participants are invited to bring along broken or un-loved jewellery and found objects, to fix or re-create into something new and unique.

It is an opportunity to re-connect with the idea of community; to exchange skills, materials, thoughts and inspiration. Participants will sit around the table with plates of food and tattered jewellery piled high and leave at the end of the day with a bundle of ‘new’ jewellery and a bunch of new friends.

The Treasury is about sustainable fashion – guiding people away from ‘throw-away culture’ and leading them back towards the way we used to live; where if something broke, you fixed it, and if you got bored of it, you made it into something new.

Emma Grace’s playtime as a child was built around creativity and resourcefulness. Clothes and accessories were fixed and made out of anything and everything. There were no limits to the things that would be sewn, strung, taped, glued and bound together.

Workshop Dates: 8, 15, 22 & 29 August 2010 (Sundays in August) 

Location: Emma Grace Studio, The Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston St Melbourne 

Times: Sunday 2 – 4.30pm 

Cost: $20 per workshop / $10 Craft Victoria Members 

Bookings: email Emma Grace via enquiries@emmagrace.com.au

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