Weaving One Billion Stars

We're on a mission to weave one billion stars by 2032 for violence free communities.

LET'S END VIOLENCE TOGETHER

WEAVE A STAR. START A CONVERSATION

START WEAVING

Learn how to weave a star.

MAKE A STAR WEAVING KIT

Get started with this DIY star weaving kit. Our guide to everything you need, including weaving instructions, a workshop poster & social justice calendar to plan your workshops.

Book a star weaving workshop with One Billion Stars founder, Maryann Talia Pau

BOOK A WORKSHOP

Fast track your star weaving journey and learn to weave a star with One Billion Stars founder, Maryann Talia Pau. Includes project talk and materials to weave 100 stars.

One Million Stars installation

THE ONE BILLION STARS STORY

Download our FREE One Billion Stars story as a PDF to share with your colleagues and communities. Learn how you can become a star weaver today.

More connection.

This is more than a craft project. We are seeing star weavers transform their own lives and become more connected, engaged, courageous and committed to doing their part to create happier, violence free communities.

More joy. Less Overwhelm.

Star weaving is an Indigenous and Pacific Island craft activity that supports mindfullness & encourages new conversations. We feel more joy and hope when we share the responsibility of creating safe spaces for everyone.

Star Weave YOUR way.

We want to inspire communities to come together to create safety and dignity for everyone. Our STARter kits can help you get started and then we encourage you to continue gathering your own local materials, including recycled paper, fabric off cuts or plant foliage.  

It can be possible and meaningful.

  • Are you looking for creative ways to activate and sustain conversations about inclusion, joy, connection, mental health and safety for your communities?
  • Do you want to showcase your community’s stories and resilience through meaningful art?
If you answered yes, then you”re in the right place. Learn more about our global star weaving movement and how you can get involved.

Ending violence is EVERYONE'S responsibility.

Star weaving is good for our mental health
Ireland Star Weavers collaborating with local steel makers to make the LOVE word frame.
Register to become a Star Weave Community

Become a Star Weave Community

Weave stars as a lunch time activity, just like BCM Group Brisbane. 

Download our FREE One Billion Stars project story and FREE star weaving instructions to share. Purchase our template on creating a star weaving kit for a lunch time workshop or book a star weaving workshop with One Billion Stars co founder, Maryann Talia Pau.

Ireland Project Leader, Siobhán McQuillan has been raising awareness of domestic violence through star weaving and creating installations with communities across Ireland.

Follow Siobhan’s journey in Ireland here and get inspired to become a star weaving community too.

Austin Texas Project leader, Melissa Knight has been teaching star weaving and raising awareness about the project. Melissa is an artist and maker herself and runs star weaving workshops and library installations between raising a family and making artwork. Follow Melissa’s star weaving work here

Begin your star weaving journey TODAY.

  1. Read our About Page to learn about why we are so passionate about this problem of violence, how we’ve chosen the arts do something about it and get involved today.
  2. Download our FREE One Billion Stars story and our FREE Star weaving instructions to share and get inspired.
  3. Learn to make a Star Weaving Kit. We shed some light on how to make a star weaving kit for 100 stars. Perfect for helping your star weaving community get started on their star weaving journey. 
  4. Email us and tell us who you are and where you are weaving your stars so that we can share your star weaving story and support you on your journey. If you have any other questions, let us know. We’re here to help you.
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3 Benefits of Star Weaving

Participating in the arts can boost mental wellbeing.
We love that star weaving can help us to participate in conversations of peace and ending violence, while boosting individual and collective mental health. Doing things that bring us pleasure and joy, like making art, can help us to tell stories about who we are and the things that matter most to us. Visit our resources section and read our article on 'Why star weaving is good for our mental health."

Star weaving brings people together.
We have active and passionate Star Weaving Communities across Australia, Ireland and the USA who are using this gentle traditional craft to bring diverse communities together. Ireland Project Leader, Siobhán McQuillan, says: “Before and during COVID19 I have been raising awareness of domestic violence and introducing the stars to Ireland by creating star weaving communities with vulnerable members of the community. You are not alone."

Star weaving can help educate and raise awareness.
One Billion Stars invites people around the world to weave stars as symbols of light, solidarity, and courage to end all forms of violence together. Star weaving is a gentle way to start difficult and uncomfortable conversations by focussing on building safe spaces for respectful relationships. One star at a time.