Crafting Cultures: A Celebration of Sustainable, Luxury and Handcrafted Textiles with Kingsgate Workshops
Dress makingDyeingEmbroideryPrintingTextile Making
EVENT DETAILS
8 October 2021, 11:00 - 20:009 October 2021 - 10 October 2021, 11:00 - 18:00
VENUE INFORMATION
110–116 Kingsgate Road
NW6 2JG
020 7328 7878
Crafting Cultures: A Celebration of Sustainable, Luxury and Handcrafted Textiles with Kingsgate Workshops
Kingsgate Workshops and Textiles Hub London present Crafting Cultures: a celebration of sustainable, luxury and handcrafted textiles. Enjoy a weekend of hands-on workshops, talks and demonstrations from young British textile artists. Discover their unique stories and the influence their mixed cultural heritages have on their individual techniques and styles.
About
Textiles Hub London is the UK’s premier textiles collective. It hosts and nurtures the most innovative and sustainable names in textiles practice today. Vision, freedom of voice, informed material decisions and a rich mix of cultural experiences makes the collective strong, pioneering, resilient and inspiring.
Emma Neuberg, the founder of Textiles Hub London, kicks off the weekend with an introductory talk, before handing over to a selection of the dynamic and emerging artists from the collective:
Explore the beauty of botanical dyes with natural dyer Kylie Siobhan.
Discover Thai weavers and their influence on Karntida Mahatchariyakul as she takes you through the process of creating your own handmade fabric patterns.
Journey through the world of Ghanaian craft with Yvette Kissi and enter her FLOW process, a concept in which intuitive painting and textiles meet.
Join modern folk artist Alex Anne’s hand-embroidery sessions to explore what home means to you.
Learn the art of Sashiko, the traditional Japanese technique for mending and reinforcing clothing with Kuniko Maeda.
Explore new ways of creating through hands-on appliqué led by intuition and intention through the spiritual practice of Clara Jasmine.
Discover sewing techniques to create unique garments made from reclaimed materials inspired by Stella Maris’ sustainable fashion teachings.
