Basket Weaving Bliss - A Day of Craft, Creativity, and Connection

Are you ready to weave?

This full-day Weaving Workshop will help you cultivate creativity, calm and connection, as you learn the craft of coil basket weaving.

You can weave with premium hand-dyed raffia, and learn two stitch styles:

• Wrapping stitch
• Mariposa technique

These stitches can be combined, or you may work on a few seperate projects.

You will learn techniques for starting a project, shaping your work, adding accents and handles, and finishing. You will take home the skills to complete many different things, incuding baskets, wall hangings, earrings and more.

Please note your faciliator is non-Indigenous. This is not an Indigenous weaving workshop. It is taught from a contemporary craft perspective. Free tickets are available for Mob; please reach out for details.

Participants will be asked to bring a plate of something savoury to share for lunch.

This event has a maximum of 12 people. All genders, abilities, and expressions of identity are welcome.

No experience is needed; beginners are very welcome!

Basket Weaving Bliss takes place at the Lithuanian Hall at Highgate Hill, in inner Brisbane/Meanjin.

Free street parking is available, and the 196 bus stops right outside.

This venue is wheelchair accessible. The ramp is a 3.4 degree incline at the front of the hall. The footpath at the front of the hall is a 5.5 degrees slope. The entrance door to the hall is 134cm and then another door is 84cm wide. The premises do not have a disabled toilet, but the toilet doorway is 79cm wide and the larger toilet is 135cm wide and 241cm long. Please don't hesitate to contact your host, Monique Ross, if you have any questions.

Monique Ross is a fibre artist who absolutely loves weaving! She has exhibited at Vacant Assembly Gallery in Brisbane, and is the 2025 Artist in Residence at the Cossack Art Awards in Western Australia. She has been teaching weaving for several years.

As a non-Indigenous weaver, Monique is mindful of ongoing conversations around cultural appropriation and approaches her work with deep respect and care. She acknowledges the rich and enduring weaving traditions of First Nations peoples across Australia and beyond. Her own practice is through a contemporary lens—rooted in diverse craft forms, nature connection, and mindfulness. Monique is clear that she is not an Indigenous artist and does not teach or represent Indigenous cultural practices.

Monique is also a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide, who trained with the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy. She is the founder of Heartwood Nature Bathing.

Monique has a blue card, up-to-date certifications in Remote and Wilderness Area First Aid, and full public liability insurance. All of the appropriate permits have been secured.

You will be invited to bring along a Nature item that in some way represents your decision to attend the weaving retreat. This could be a leaf, rock, flower, stick, or anything else.

You may also like to bring:

• A blanket or jumper
• An open heart
• Any embellishments you would like to weave into a basket/bowl/wall hanging, eg feathers or beads..
• A plate of something savoury to share for lunch

More details will be provided via email in the week prior to the event. Please ensure you use the correct email when booking!

Don't hesitate to get in touch! You can email Monique - hello@heartwoodnaturebathing - call her on 0401 795 236, or reach out to Heartwood Nature Bathin on Instagram and Facebook.

I look forward to sharing moments of connection and creativity together with you.

You are welcome, exactly as you are.

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