Sunday 27 April
1:30 - 3:30pm
FREE Event
Suitable for ages 6 - 12
Join artist Sarah Cowie to craft a whimsical puppet creature. Participants will create their own rod puppet using fabric, wooden dowels, and mixed media. Participants will learn beginner-friendly hand sewing to gather fabric, as well as simple puppet construction.
Sarah Cowie
Sarah Cowie is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Tāmaki Makaurau. She works with puppetry and fabric art, using digital media such as video and photography to perform her puppet works. She also works with collage and illustration, and is influenced by film and theatre. In her video and photographic work, the lush fabric scenery, strange human-like creature designs and ambiguous storytelling create an uncanny sense of playfulness and uneasiness. She is interested in puppets’ ability to mimic reality, and uses puppetry to explore themes of materiality, communication, and social anxiety.
In 2021 she graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts with a Master of Fine Arts achieved with Honours.