Vanuatu’s Daily Post recently wrote about the Vanuatu Skills Partnership I have been working on … the full article is reproduced below. Born only days apart yet from two very different worlds—one shaped by Hollywood film sets and the other by village weaving circles—Rosie Boylan, an Australian hat maker and Janet Sine, a Santo community […]
Recent article from the Tasmainian Examiner celebrates career highlights.
In conversation with Caroline Baum at the Sherman Centre for Culture and Ideas
This video features in detail the work that I have been doing, collaborating with the Vanuatu hat weavers in Espirito Santo.
A formative opportunity for professional development investigating inspiring practices around Millinery and men’s hat design.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2019 Hats Off to Vanuatu, Weavers take on the World Millinery magic with a royal twist. The Pacific Brim success story. By Alex Bortoli. Weno Eli prepares pandanus fibres for hat weaving Everyone loves a ‘feel good’ story. And this is up there with the best of them. In fact, if it wasn’t […]
Vanuatu women weave colonial-era tools with business skills to get ahead in hat trade Link to this article https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-03/vanuatu-women-weaving-hats-rosie-boylan-convict-tool/9718942
Weaving, hat making and Cross-cultural skill sharing in Vanuatu
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