I’m Emma Grace: Artist, crafter, and workshop facilitator
I’m an artist making wearable art, and I run sustainable craft workshops in Melbourne (and anywhere else, for that matter!)
Sustainability
In my 20+ years of creating, I’ve been passionate about incorporating sustainability into my work. My personal work and workshops seek to reclaim things that would otherwise end up as waste, and turn them into aesthetically beautiful and functional items destined for a second life.
Possibility
I help people see the creative possibilities they have within themselves and the potential to turn something that might look like junk into something that holds value.
Play for mental wellbeing
I love teaching and adore the positive psychological outcomes my students experience when given the freedom to explore their creativity. Whether classes are ‘drop-in’ style at an event, a communal artwork, a workshop, or a course, it is a place in time where my students can feel free to play and experiment.
Connectedness
Creating and finding inspiration alongside others creates a flourishing community. Whether people connect for the duration of the class or arrive as already-connected groups, working alongside each other and using our hands creates powerful energy and mental and emotional wellbeing.
My Creds
I studied Applied Arts at the University of South Australia, majoring in Jewellery Design.
I create wearable art with found and recycled materials, including custom design jewellery, and have been creating, collaborating, and exhibiting my wearable art creations for many years.
In previous years, I’ve run jewellery repair workshops, I ran a Pozible campaign in 2012 to completely re-design my jewellery practice to make it sustainable, and I was even featured in The Age Melbourne Magazine’s Top 100 most inspiring and influential people for my initiatives that combine craft and sustainability.
Sustainability is not a buzzword for me, it’s a way of life, and I’m thrilled to be able to work according to my ethos and values.