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Introduction to Tapestry Weaving at the Rare Trades Centre

Australian Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades

Bradshaw Street,
Ballarat VIC 3350

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  • Sat 18 Apr

9am–5pm

$390 per person

Explore the basics of tapestry weaving with master artisan Tim Gresham.

Learn the techniques of warping a wooden loom and the interlacing yarns and colours that are the foundation of traditional tapestry weaving.

At the end of the day take home your woven tapestry piece along with a specially-made wooden loom and bobbin created by the Sovereign Hill Wheelwrights and Coach Builders, as well as a tapestry weaving resource kit.

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