JULY 2018 ARTeFACT Magazine
The Arts and Culture Unit of the City of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia's monthly newsletter. What happened in June and what's happening in July around town.
The Arts and Culture Unit of the City of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia's monthly newsletter. What happened in June and what's happening in July around town.
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Plastic Flower making workshops at the Ballarat Tramway Museum<br />
1st Tues of Month 11.00-12.30<br />
2nd Sunday of Month 1.00-3.00pm.<br />
July 3rd & 8th Aug 7th & 12th Sep 4th & 9th Oct 2nd & 14th<br />
Contact Details:<br />
Pam Waugh, Floral Tram Coordinator<br />
pamelawaugh@aapt.net.au<br />
0429 601605<br />
Ballarat Tramway Museum<br />
South Gardens Lake Wendouree<br />
P.O. Box 632 Ballarat Vic 3353<br />
Ph 53341580<br />
peter.waugh@btm.org.au<br />
http://www.btm.org.au<br />
Invitation<br />
Join us at the Ballarat Tramway Museum to reinvent a “FLORAL TRAM” for the 2019 Begonia festival<br />
We need everyone’s help to<br />
RECYCLE and REUSE PLASTIC to COVER A TRAM with FLOWERS<br />
You can help:<br />
• Collect material (see materials advice below) and deliver them to the Tram Museum or contact us to collect (We need lots!)<br />
• Make flowers (we need thousands!) at home, at the Tramway Museum flower workshops or as a group activity with a club<br />
or friends<br />
• Deliver finished flowers to the Museum as you make them<br />
(Please let us know when you are coming as sometimes there is no-one there)<br />
• Contact us to collect from you<br />
• Final flowers by Xmas <strong>2018</strong><br />
• Help to cover the tram with flowers during January 2019<br />
• Be a special guest at the Official Launch, March 2019<br />
• Ride and enjoy the Floral Tram at 2019 Begonia Festival<br />
Don’t have much reusable plastic? Ask your friends to collect as well and we’ll keep it out of landfill. Looking forward to your<br />
involvement with us.<br />
Materials for Begonia Festival 2019 Decorated Tram:<br />
Collect for us or use in your own creations PLASTIC that would normally be thrown away or placed into recycling bins<br />
• Grocery plastic bags<br />
• Plastic bottles with lids<br />
• Vegetable plastic bags<br />
• Vegetable net bags<br />
• Lids all sorts (wine bottle lids are<br />
excellent)<br />
• Acrylic wool/string (needs to be<br />
strong enough not to break)<br />
• Ribbon waterproof<br />
Flower Criteria for Begonia Festival 2019<br />
Decorated Tram:<br />
Flowers should be<br />
• Made from PLASTIC that would<br />
normally be thrown away or placed<br />
into recycling bins<br />
• Waterproof<br />
• Light weight<br />
• Able to be joined together e.g.<br />
Plastic bag flowers with long ties /or<br />
• Able to be stapled or glued to backing board e.g. Plastic bottle flowers<br />
• Durable enough to cope with wind and rain while travelling along Wendouree Parade at speed.<br />
Flower Colours<br />
• Predominantly one colour or have a definite main colour.<br />
• Plastic can be already coloured, Painted or Coloured with waterproof felt markers<br />
o White , Red, Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Clear<br />
Flowers can be as creative or interesting as you like. Workshops will concentrate on some basic styles, but interesting base<br />
materials create interesting flowers.<br />
Repeat flowers for us to create bunches and groups,<br />
• Styles: Colours: Sizes - Inspirations: Pinterest - You Tube - Instruction Sheets on Web pages - Workshops - Vintage paper<br />
flower patterns. Substitute soft plastic for crepe/Tissue paper - Historic photos<br />
July <strong>2018</strong> <strong>ARTeFACT</strong> Newsletter<br />
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