Community Workshops
Learning to sew is a purposeful activity, that can bring people of different age groups, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds together. Embroidery offers a therapeutic and relaxing way of expression, giving people the tools to explore their creativity and build practical life skills.
SUNDAZE
Jukebox Collective
September 2021
Jukebox Collective presents SUNDAZE; a day of creative activities, performances, discussions and more. Held at Grange Pavilion, the centre was transformed into a festival space with set design and lighting. Here I exhibited works alongside my drop-in embroidery workshops.
Sustainable Fashion and Up-cycling
St Fagans Nation Museum of History
August 2021
The workshops’ aim is to motivate participants to get creative with clothing they already own, to inform participants of the environmental and social impacts of the clothing they already own, and to provide inspiration. details can be found here: https://museum.wales/stfagans/whatson/11367/Sustainable-Fashion-and-Upcycling-Workshop/
Renew & Repair Project
South Riverside Community Development Centre
July 2021
In partnership with SRCDC, Renew and Repair is a weekly workshop focused on up-skilling community members. Workshops alternative between online Zoom discussions and practical in person sessions. More information at https://www.srcdc.org.uk/events/
Patchwork in the Park
Jukebox Collective
May 2021
Held at Grange Pavilion, Patchwork in the Park concluded a series of well-being workshops - in partnership with Jukebox Collective and Sub-Sahara Advisory Panel. This workshop gave an introduction to sustainable fashion and tutorials for simple embroidery techniques. https://www.instagram.com/p/CPV-TRUg4lc/
