byob (Bring your own plate)

BYOB (Bring Your Own Plate) were a three-part series of workshops curated for Signal, a creative studio for young people 14 to 25 years located on Northbank in the heart of Melbourne. Over three workshops with artists Annabelle Kingston, Pey Chi and Sai-Wai Foo, participants created different food-themed crafts in ceramics, textiles and painting. Bring your own personal stories and connection to food to the workshops, whether you attend one or attend all three.

let’s get pinching, baby!

Join artist Pey Chi in this hands-on workshop, where you will learn to build and decorate your own unique, ceramic cup. Learn how to use both pinching and coiling techniques to build stoneware cups, as well as different surface decorating techniques such as imprinting, sgraffitio, painting and sponging. After firing, you can collect your cups to take home and enjoy every day!

plating up paintings

Join artist Annabelle Kingston in a ceramic hand-painting workshop, and create your own unique plate to take home. Participants will learn underglaze techniques using brushes and pencils to create their own creative masterpiece on a bisqueware plate. Once fired, participants will be able to take home their plate to eat from and admire at every bite!

Join the dumpling club

Join artist Sai-Wai Foo in a hands-on textile workshop where you will learn hand sewing and finishing techniques to create your own soft sculpture dumpling. Turn it into a wearable pin, a charm or simply keep it as an ornament – no matter what you decide, everyone loves dumplings!