click here to tour the facilities and see what the atmosphere was like.
Take a
look at What's New.
See
Who's Who at Collaboration 2000au
and
Have
a look at the Galleries
and
Have
a look at the workers photos!
Program
There is
no formal program. You have no duties or obligations. You are free to create,
to collaborate, to learn new skills, to wander, to loaf...
Brian
Smith ran a 15 minute slide show after tea on Friday.
Auction
All work,
finished or not, was auctioned at 3pm on Sunday. This should help us feel
less precious about what we make and will also generate funds to run another
collaborative workshop. You are free to buy unfinished work and to complete
it after the weekend. The auction has not been publicised so expect bargains.
Surplus funds will be administered by Des Lane and Brian Smith to fund
another workshop in the future. If this doesn’t happen, all funds will
go to charity.
"
Designers are responsible for some of the worlds greatest follies....
but
they are also responsible for the world's greatest satisfaction"
What's
New
Instant Gallery
and work from the weekend follow this link.
Welcome everyone
Particularly
international visitors Lyonel Grant from NZ and Emmet Kane from Ireland.
Acknowledgement
We are
on Gundungurra land and are privileged to have Greg Simms with us. Greg
is a woodcarver and an elder of the Gundungurra people.
Thanks to all especially
Megan Patey and Tom Harrington from Sturt — great venue
Brian Smith - donation — administration.
David Simon — food and tee shirts, the food was great David!
Paul Noordanus - donation of 1 tonne of Tas. Wood.
Guilio Marcolongo — donation.
Brian Smith, David Simon, Des Lane, Aris Ruicens, Henry Black, Andrew
Gittoes -
organisation and machinery.
David Simon, Gordon Ward, Aris Ruicens - magazine articles afterwards.
Peter Thompson, Peter Colville, David Simon - photography for magazine
articles.
Peter Thompson — website.
All of our mums for having us.
Have way too much fun
Ernie Newman
26/6/2000
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Those
attending include:
Lyonel
Grant — Maori carver who has designed and made meeting houses, war canoes
and contemporary sculpture — exhibited in Europe and North America
Henry
Black — furniture maker and sculptor — work shown in the Smithsonian Museum
Andrew Gittoes — wood turner — participant in The International Turning
Exchange Vic Wood — wood turner — demonstrator and exhibitor in Europe
and North America Liz Scobie — textile artist and painter — exhibited in
North America
Neil Scobie
— furniture maker and woodturner — exhibited in North America |
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The Sturt workshops are located within beautiful grounds near
Mittagong in the Southern
Highlands 120 km south of Sydney. Accommodation is less than five
minutes walk from
the workshops. Meals will be prepared on site and non-alcoholic
drinks will be provided.
It is BYOG.
We hope that participants will collaborate and explore new possibilities
but there will be no obligation to perform or produce. This is an opportunity
to share your skills and acquire new ones. A liberating feature of the
weekend is that all work will be completed by the end of the weekend and
sold to raise money to fund a similar workshop. If a second workshop hasn’t
been organised within 2 years, the money will go to charity.
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