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SA Rocks

How to get involved in SA Rocks Finding a painted rock Facebook Group SA ROCKS

On Thursday 11 and Friday 12th of May 2023, two photographers, Melanie Muddle and Hannah Robinson came and set up a a selfie machine. It was an exploration into one’s emotions, and a wonderful way for locals to share their stories. Everyone has had a photo taken by someone else, but with MIRU it wasContinue reading “MIRU comes to Pinnaroo”

Paint with Tea

Tea is a natural pigment that can be used to paint with. With the tea, make dark and light shading to create something beautiful. Equipment: 1 teabag1/4 cup of waterpaint brusheswatercolour paper Directions: Boil the water, and add it to the tea. Let it steam for 5 minutes. More water will make it darker. YouContinue reading “Paint with Tea”

Paint your own mug

One of the fun projects here at The Pinnaroo Project was designing and painting your own cup. Easy to do and all you need is some special pens, a mug and a home oven to set the paint. Follow these basic steps too create beauty in your hand. directions

Calligraphy at The Hub

A few locals had requested a Calligraphy workshop a few times, so we decided to buy some ink and pens. We held two workshops and can easily do more in the future. The pens and ink are at The Hub in Pinnaroo if you ever want to come in and try your hand at it.Continue reading “Calligraphy at The Hub”

Calligraphy

Interested in calligraphy? Here are some basic calligraphy techniques and worksheets for you use.

ABC Back Roads in Pinnaroo

Guest Presenter Kerry Staight travels to Pinnaroo in South Australia, a town that is putting the health and happiness of its people above everything else.

ANZAC Poppies

The Pinnaroo Project with the help of Melinda Oster from Our Little Shed, created a stunning display of metal poppies for the local ANZAC parade.Melinda, a Pinnaroo local and amazing metal artist, taught the community how to create these gorgeous poppies from pieces of scrap metal. On the lead up to ANZAC day, the HUBContinue reading “ANZAC Poppies”

Mosaics with local artist Chris Jenzen

Local mosaicist Chris Jenzen ran a very successful 5-week long mosaic workshop for The Pinnaroo Project. Chris taught participants the basics of working with coloured tiles to create beautiful mosaic designs on pavers. Everyone chose their own unique design, and got to work creating their masterpiece. No two ideas were the same, there were mosaicedContinue reading “Mosaics with local artist Chris Jenzen”

Metal Clay Jewellery

How does spending your Saturday morning making yourself a unique piece of metal clay jewellery sound? Well, that’s what a big bunch of Pinnaroo ladies did today in the hub!Tania Kunze once again ran a fantastic workshop, this time using metal clay to hand-make gorgeous jewellery pieces. Designing, creating and firing was all done onContinue reading “Metal Clay Jewellery”