Junk Journaling Workshop 

Ever wanted to turn scraps, textures, memories and tiny moments into something meaningful? This is your sign.

Join us at Our Satellite Hearts for a hands-on Junk Journaling Workshop, guided by the wonderful Francesca Spillane from @artcreateeducate. This immersive session explores junk journaling as a form of personal storytelling, blending collage, mark-making and mixed media to create a journal spread that feels uniquely you.

You’ll be guided step-by-step through the process, learning how to layer materials, work intuitively, and let your creativity take the lead—no perfection required. Whether you’re brand new to journaling or already deep in your creative era, this workshop is all about slowing down, experimenting, and making something honest and expressive.

Your $70 ticket includes:

• A journal to work in (and take home)

• All materials & equipment supplied

• Guided instruction and creative prompts from Francesca

• Time, space, and support to complete your own junk journal spread

Workshop details:

• Ages: 15+

• Duration: Approximately 2 hours

• Spots: Limited to 20 participants

• Date: Sunday January 11, 3:00-5:00pm

This is a relaxed, welcoming session designed to encourage creative confidence and self-expression—come as you are, leave with something meaningful.

About Francesca:

Francesca Spillane is an artist, educator, and curriculum designer based in Melbourne, Australia. Her mixed media practice is rooted in the art of collecting, gathering objects, photographs, sketches, and materials that she repurposes into richly layered collages. Often using found objects as stamps, she captures memories through texture and mark-making, creating visual narratives that echo the scrapbooks of her childhood.

Francesca works across media including paint, oil pastels, gouache, and watercolour, handcrafting her own collage papers both traditionally and digitally. Recently, she has begun exploring AI as a creative tool, using it to inspire style, visualise ideas and support inclusive practices for students of all abilities.

As part of the Zart Art Education team, Francesca designs curriculum and delivers professional development programs to empower teachers with creative, accessible approaches to learning. Her work reflects a deep belief that creativity should be accessible, meaningful and central to how we connect with ourselves and the world.

The fine print:

• Suitable for ages 15+

• Please arrive 5–10 minutes before the session starts

• All materials are provided—no need to bring anything

• Limited spots available; booking essential

• Please select CLICK-AND-COLLECT at checkout to avoid unnecessary shipping fees

✨ Come cut, paste, layer, scribble, and tell your story—one page at a time.