Memory Postcard Workshop with Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine

Memory Postcard is a workshop exploring memories in relation to flooding.

What familiar objects exist in your mind even when they no longer exist in reality?

This workshop explores memories in relation to flooding, through the simple medium of a postcard. 

The artists welcome participants who have been impacted in any way by flooding in the Ipswich region.

During this workshop, participants will use paper to build a piece of furniture from their past, then photograph and take home a postcard-sized print of their memory. The artists will provide templates as a guide for participants to learn some sculptural papercraft and modelmaking skills as well as photography and lighting skills.

Participants will also learn how to use photogrammetry to scan their paper sculpture to turn it into a 3D digital object. The artists will place all of the objects into virtual reality so you can experience the miniatures as life-sized furniture using a VR headset.

Postcards and 3D models created during this workshop will have the opportunity to be displayed in Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine's upcoming exhibition, The World Came Flooding In at Ipswich Art Gallery, from the 27 June - 30 August 2026.

A gallery staff member will be present throughout the workshop to provide support for participants. 

Workshop Sessions (one-day workshops): 

Saturday 2 May 2026 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

OR

Sunday 3 May 2026 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

What to wear: Closed-in shoes and workshop-friendly clothing.

Materials: All materials are provided.

Meet at the Ipswich Art Workshop.