Emma Buswell: Knitted Embroidery Workshop

Emma Buswell is an artist who uses knitting as a tool to communicate their understanding of the world around them. Combining image and text, her works use stitch as both media and data point, each stitch building up information that when put together present a multitude of ideas. Knitted stitches form the basis of these images. In this workshop, Emma will guide you through how to translate your own ideas into a stitch pattern to embroider onto your own piece of cloth.

Participants will be supplied with materials to design and embroider their own piece with a technique called duplicate stitch. You can also bring along your own knitted garments to embellish if you wish.

Suitable for all ages 12 years+ Children should be accompanied by an adult.

Free to attend. Bookings essential.

This public program is proudly supported by the City of Darebin's Community Grants Program.

After the workshop, see Emma Buswell's artwork in showing at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre until Sat 14 February 2026.

Emma Buswell is an artist, curator and writer based in Borloo/Perth. She is fascinated with systems of government, economies and culture, particularly in relation to constructs of place, identity and community. Her current work takes its inspiration from the matrilineal hand craft and knitting techniques passed down from her grandmother and mother, as well as a contemplative investigation into the nature of kitsch, ephemera, labour, national identities and class politics.

https://www.instagram.com/embuzza1

Our Café is open, offering a variety of light refreshments including pastries, soup, scones, cakes and coffee. It is open from 11am-3pm and the perfect place to grab a bite after your class.

Bundoora Homestead would like to offer workshop participants a $10 coffee + scone special at our café as part of this program. Show your ticket at the café counter to redeem this offer.

— Venue is wheelchair accessible – disabled parking available (2 spaces); entry via ramp at main entrance

— Free car parking available (40 spaces) via onsite car park

— Bike parking also available

— Tram route 86, stop number 63 (Greenwood Drive) + approx 6 min (550m) walk. This tram stop is accessible.

In the interest of caring for the health and well-being of other attendees, please do not attend if you feel unwell, even if your symptoms are mild.

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Please note we are a cash-free venue.

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre is the public art gallery for the City of Darebin, on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country. It is a centre for contemporary art, ideas, a public garden and café, housed in a Queen Anne style mansion.

Opening hours: Wed- Fri: 11am–4pm

Saturday: 10am–4pm

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Please note: general photography and short videos (for social media) will be recorded at this event for promotional use only and to document this event internally. If you prefer not to be photographed, please let a member of staff know once you arrive.

Image credit: Emma Buswell, The Pool (detail), 2024. Image courtesy of the artist.

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