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In this artist-led workshop, Japanese-born, Australian-based artist Mika Nakamura-Mather introduces participants to the centuries-old Japanese material Kyōgi, thin sheets of wood veneer once used for writing and record keeping before paper became widespread.
While Kyōgi was originally practical, its natural wood grain has long been valued for its quiet beauty. Each sheet carries its own pattern, shaped by growth, time, and environment, making it a powerful surface for working with memory and place.
Participants will be invited to look closely at the grain of the wood and use it as a starting point for responding to a personal photograph of an outdoor location that holds meaning. Working with Japanese pigments, watercolours, brushes, and pens, each person will embed pigments directly onto a selected Kyōgi sheet, allowing the natural pattern of the wood to shape the image that emerges.
The Kyōgi sheets will be pre-mounted by the artist on postcard-sized supports for stability, and all materials will be provided. Under Mika’s guidance, participants will explore how memory, and image can be brought into dialogue through slow, attentive making.
The workshop takes place alongside Mika Nakamura-Mather’s exhibition at PARKER Contemporary, Ichigo-Ichie, offering participants the opportunity to encounter the works on view and gain insight into the ideas, materials, and processes behind them directly from the artist.
By the end of the workshop, each participant will produce a unique work that offers a new way of connecting to a place that matters to them, while also gaining insight into Japanese material sensibilities and the expressive potential of working with unconventional surfaces.
When
Sunday 15 February
Time
10am to 1pm
Cost
$195 per person
All materials included in price, with matcha tea served during the workshop. Small-group workshop with a maximum of 8 participants.
Bring
Participants are asked to bring a photograph of an outdoor location that holds personal meaning to use as reference material during the workshop. The focus should be the landscape or environment, with figures remaining secondary.
Skill Level
Open to all ages and all experience levels.
Booking option
Attend with a partner or friend with a two-person booking package, a thoughtful way to spend time with someone you care about over Valentine’s weekend.
In this artist-led workshop, Japanese-born, Australian-based artist Mika Nakamura-Mather introduces participants to the centuries-old Japanese material Kyōgi, thin sheets of wood veneer once used for writing and record keeping before paper became widespread.
While Kyōgi was originally practical, its natural wood grain has long been valued for its quiet beauty. Each sheet carries its own pattern, shaped by growth, time, and environment, making it a powerful surface for working with memory and place.
Participants will be invited to look closely at the grain of the wood and use it as a starting point for responding to a personal photograph of an outdoor location that holds meaning. Working with Japanese pigments, watercolours, brushes, and pens, each person will embed pigments directly onto a selected Kyōgi sheet, allowing the natural pattern of the wood to shape the image that emerges.
The Kyōgi sheets will be pre-mounted by the artist on postcard-sized supports for stability, and all materials will be provided. Under Mika’s guidance, participants will explore how memory, and image can be brought into dialogue through slow, attentive making.
The workshop takes place alongside Mika Nakamura-Mather’s exhibition at PARKER Contemporary, Ichigo-Ichie, offering participants the opportunity to encounter the works on view and gain insight into the ideas, materials, and processes behind them directly from the artist.
By the end of the workshop, each participant will produce a unique work that offers a new way of connecting to a place that matters to them, while also gaining insight into Japanese material sensibilities and the expressive potential of working with unconventional surfaces.
When
Sunday 15 February
Time
10am to 1pm
Cost
$195 per person
All materials included in price, with matcha tea served during the workshop. Small-group workshop with a maximum of 8 participants.
Bring
Participants are asked to bring a photograph of an outdoor location that holds personal meaning to use as reference material during the workshop. The focus should be the landscape or environment, with figures remaining secondary.
Skill Level
Open to all ages and all experience levels.
Booking option
Attend with a partner or friend with a two-person booking package, a thoughtful way to spend time with someone you care about over Valentine’s weekend.