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Sam Rit Residency Journal: Festival Time

Mary Barron is the Flying Arts Artist taking part in the Sam Rit Residency and Cultural Exchange. Here she talks about how her latest workshop went in this rural Thai community.

Sam Rit Residency - Festival TimeThe workshop participants have been busy lately preparing for a big local festival to bless the fertility and productivity of rice crops. I spent some very enjoyable time with them helping out at the temple.

The day of the festival arrived. There were beautifully decorated marquees in the temple grounds, lots of food being served, and wonderful traditional Thai music was being played. The musical instruments are magnificent works of art made with incredible craftsmanship. I greatly enjoyed sitting, listening to the music and watching them being played.

There were also several stalls at the festival also. I had a great time selecting some beautiful Thai skirts from the stalls. They were all so beautiful that I ended up buying more than I had intended, as I could not decide between them! A group of locals gathered to help me, giving advice on which ones to purchase. The locals really appreciate it when I wear my Thai skirts.

Sam Rit Residency - Baskets hanging to dryAfter the festival, the ladies were keen to get back into creating. More amazing new works came in today; they are really branching out and expanding on the basic techniques I had taught.

In this workshop, we started the process of coating the coiled newspaper pieces with Shellac to seal and finish them. It was great to see them all hanging on a drying rack after being dipped. We also tried painting some pieces before putting the Shellac on. There were some spectacular results.

I also taught them how to make a twisted cord on which to hang the coiled newspaper pendants we made in an earlier workshop. We put jewellery findings on the coiled newspaper earrings and hung the pendants on the cords. Participants will continue to work on new coiled newspaper pieces, perfecting techniques and trying new variations. 

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In January and February 2016, Queensland’s Flying Arts Alliance is undertaking a cultural exchange and artist residency in Sam Rit Region in North Eastern Thailand, supported by the Australia Government through the former Australia-Thailand Institute, now merged into the Australia-ASEAN Council, and part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

Filed Under: Flying Arts News, Latest News, Sam Rit Residency 2016

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Flying Arts Alliance acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands and seas on which we work, live and create. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Flying Arts Alliance is honoured to acknowledge the Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency Dr Jeanette Young AC PSM as our Patron. We also acknowledge Mr Tim Fairfax AC and Mrs Gina Fairfax AC as our Cultural Patrons.

Flying Arts is a not-for-profit organisation inspiring the appreciation, practice and professional development of the visual and media arts as a lifetime interest or career throughout regional and remote Queensland.

Flying Arts is supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland. Flying Arts is supported by the Tim Fairfax Family Foundation and receives funds from Creative Partnerships Australia through the Australian Cultural Fund. Flying Arts is supported by corporate partners and benefactors.

Flying Arts is the administrator in Queensland of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF), an Australian Government program provided through Regional Arts Australia.

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