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Craft + Design Week 2026

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Explore. discover. create. make. learn.

Ballarat Craft + Design Week is full of activities for all ages - with ticketed workshops, talks and discussions alongside free exhibitions and retail opportunities.

 

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TALK: Between Material and Method - Mining Exchange

  • Ballarat Mining Exchange 8-12 Lydiard Street North Ballarat Central, VIC, 3350 Australia (map)

Step inside the making. This intimate free pop-up event invites a small audience to hear directly from Minna Graham an Bernadette Aitken as they unpack their processes behind their collaborative work ‘Material Ecologies’. Through conversation and demonstration, the artists share how ceramic and textile practices intersect, how materials are tested, transformed and reimagined, and what has been learned through working together.

From pit-fired clay to devore velvet and plant dyes, the session reveals the thinking, experimentation and exchange that shaped the work.

This is a rare opportunity to engage with the artists beyond the finished pieces- offering insight, questions and a deeper connection to material and making.