Children's Workshop: Touching History with Laura Woodward

Touching History with Laura Woodward

Pomona Cemetery, Pomona

Tue 27 July

Age: 6 + years, $10 per child

Tuesday 27 June, 10 – 11.30am

 

Visit Pomona Cemetery and learn the art of frottage or rubbing through creating ‘prints’ from gravestones and markers.

Safely and respectfully discover this ancient and traditional practice used by family history researchers for preserving tombstone inscriptions. Experiment with layering and collaging images and colours to create a variety of textures using crayon and charcoal on rice paper.

 

Please note the Gallery has sought permission for this workshop. Parents required to stay.

Meeting point for the workshop is at the site of Laura Woodward’s Floating Land artwork in Pomona Cemetery.

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