Author, craftivist, activist, artist, researcher.
Plant based, joy filled chaos.
An ongoing online photography series of finding and drinking non alcoholic drinks in places where alcohol is traditionally served.
2023 - present
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An ongoing series using the imagery of old school tattoos to focus on activist issues.
2022 - present
You can find these at Redbubble
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During the pandemic, I stopped working on projects for a while.
2020 - 2022
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Craftivism is using craft for any kind of political or activist purpose. In this series I'll went through the history of creative resistance and looked at some examples today.
2017
Click here to watch the series
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A Guerrilla Kindness project as part of the Cultural Threads festival in Dandenong.
2016
A Guerrilla Kindness project originally designed by Betsy Greer and Mary England.
2016
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A YouTube channel for the curious and enthusiastic, an adventure through the humanities, art, history, craft and creative rebellion.
2015-2019
An artist in residence project in local charity shops
2015
A 12 week Artist in Residency program based on fairy tales submitted by the public at the Woods Street Arts Space in Laverton
2015
A knitting, crochet and cross stitch pattern based on a work by Peter Drew
2015
The Great Stash Swap is a community driven project created to help reduce piles of excess materials and yarn stashes and bring fresh life to those teetering piles of stash we can so easily end up hording.
2015
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A downloadable 3d printed figure in response to the only artwork on the moon – Fallen Astronaut
2014
A public art craftivist project supporting outspoken women everywhere
2014
A guerrilla kindness project for the people of Christchurch, New Zealand
2014
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A mosaicked guerrilla work under the guidance of UK craftivist and rebel ceramicist Carrie Reichardt.
2013
A guerrilla kindness project offering good luck to passersby.
2013 - 2017
A short term, curated Artist in Residence program for the atrium in Federation Square curated by Sayraphim Lothian. Artists were invited to move their studio inside the Atrium, creating work in full view of visitors to Federation Square.
2013
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A playful work that invited the public to become a part of one of Melbourne’s best loved paintings, presented as part of the first White Night Melbourne.
2013
A soft sculpture public art work for the Art in Public Places festival, Melbourne
2013
A guerrilla kindness work exploring community and lovely moments between strangers involving 30 local artists and writers.
2013
A cheeky, tiny guerrilla kindness project for the You Are Here Festival, Canberra
2013
Mini Fashion Protest Banner in the middle of Melbourne.
2013
A quick response work investigating if privacy can still be found in public.
2012
A knit along project for Fee Plumbley’s "Really Big Roadtrip" crowdfunding campaign
2012
A street art installation of rats and pigeons fashioned from discarded material found in the streets.
2012
A participatory sticker project for the walls and alleys of Melbourne.
2012
An exploration of community, the global neighbourhood and feeling welcome.
2012
A tiny UK project examining the worth of small denominational coins.
2012
A site specific work responding to the histories and spaces of Trades Hall in Carlton.
2012
Refashioning broken pieces of jewellery found in the street into items for the cities around the world to wear.
2012
An exploration of guerrilla kindness.
2012 – 2019
Interpreting precious memories into crocheted granny squares.
2011 – present
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Please note, this is not a comprehensive list of Sayraphim's public art and craftivism projects.
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