Showcase: Reclaim the Void

Recycled rag-rugs are being created by community participants during on Country camping trips and school workshops for Reclaim the Void.
A lady weaving a rug sitting on the desert.
Photo: Artist Lucy Ridsdale stitching a rag rug outside of Leonora; northern Goldfields; August, 2021. Photo by Vivienne Robertson.

Ngalia Heritage Reference Council and participating artists, need lots of rugs, around 5,000. The project aims to go global and make a giant carpet to lay over a mine pit. 

Supported by Lotterywest through the Creative Communities COVID-19 Recovery program. 

Grant: Creative Communities COVID-19 Recovery Program

A group of people holding their woven rugs near some rocks.
Photo: Community participants with rugs from Reclaim the Void project. Photo by Nic Duncan.
Woven rugs placed on rocks and ground.
Photo: Rag rugs from Reclaim the Void project. Photo by Nic Duncan.
Page reviewed 29 November 2024
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