July WORKSHOPS!
Workshop Title: Local impressions on clay
Experiment with textures to make impressions on clay in a 2 hour workshop with artist Sylvia Aguirre.
Using organic materials and local objects, you will be guided through various methods and techniques such as sgraffito & inlay to capture local impressions on your own clay tile.
Biography: Sylvia Aguirre
Sylvia Aguirre is a Chilean-born Australian artist based in Wadawurrung Country (Golden Plains). A multidisciplinary creator with a profound connection to the ancient craft of ceramics. Having spent her early years in Chile, Sylvia’s work is deeply influenced by her heritage, memory, and storytelling. Drawing on organic elements and upcycled materials, Sylvia consciously evokes context and atmosphere that reflect both the personal and collective stories of humanity, narratives of culture, place, and our interconnectedness with the natural world we inhabit. Her practice expands to sculpture, installation, film, photography, collage, and drawn imagery. Sylvia’s work has been showcased in both solo and group exhibitions in Queensland, NSW and Victoria. It has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the 2022 COPACC CrossXpollination ‘Impermanence’ Art Prize and the Birchip Art Show 3D Art Prize in 2023. More recently exhibiting in Ballarat Craft & Design Week 2026.
