Stitched Landscape Vessel Workshop
With Pippita Bennett
When: Sunday 6th July 10am-4pm
Price: $300 per person (plus booking fee)
What you will make: Pippita will guide you through the process of making your own stitched landscape vessel. You will gain insight into how she creates her textile landscapes. These beautiful objects are built around a glass jar and can be used to hold flowers or treasures.
What you need to bring: All materials and equipment are provided. Pippita will provide naturally dyed and thrifted fabric from her collection and all sewing tools. You are welcome to bring your own slips of fabric or thread to add personal meaning to your vessel.
About Pippita
Pippita Bennett lives and works in Katoomba on Dharug and Gundungurra Country. She creates stitched landscapes of places she lives in and visits. Pippita uses a thrifted fabrics overdyed with leaves, bark and flowers. These materials are soaked with the memory of the place they were dyed. Similarly thrifted fabric holds memory of its past use. Pippita’s hand stitching allows her needle to follow the line of a branch, rock or a thought. Stitched line and fabric overlay one another to create artworks of her experience of the landscape. Stitch becomes a way of writing a journal of place and time. Pippita is happiest in her studio with her four dogs beside her or sitting by a campfire with a cup of tea.
Artist Biography
Pippita studied art at the University of Sydney’s Tin Sheds as part of her Architecture degree with a focus on print making and drawing. She is currently studying a Master of Art Therapy. Pippita grew up stitching, painting and drawing alongside her artist mother who gave her every opportunity and encouragement to pursue art.
Pippita has been a finalist in the Stanthorpe Art prize (2024), the Fisher Ghost Art Award (2023), the Regional Landscape prize (2022 and 2024) and the Blacktown Art Prize (2025). She has had solo exhibitions at the Corner Store Gallery and Scratch Art Space, Marrickville and has exhibited in group shows at both galleries.
