Unleash your unique and creative voice with our Sip and Stitch: Text on Textiles Workshop! 🧶🧵
Historically text has been incorporated into textiles to resist oppression, express identity, and memorialization. Some important examples of this are the AIDS memorial quilts, protest banners, and methods of archiving of queer history. Working with text on textiles is a wonderful way to express what you value and stand for, but also act as a reclamation of the craft to challenge power structures.
This workshop begins with a demo of approaches and techniques of incorporating text into your textile piece. We will be using scrap and discarded textile materials for sustainability purposes. Freely explore a word, phrase, material or idea using creative stitching techniques in an inclusive and encouraging environment. Let your imagination run wild as you explore the world of incorporating text in textiles. In this workshop you will develop the confidence to engage with textiles in a therapeutic way, and meet more like minded creative people in the process.
This workshop is suitable for anyone! Both beginners and those with experience are welcome. Our workshops are fully inclusive of the whole queer community, including our lovely allies. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Provided Materials: Thread, embroidery floss, scissors, needles, and scrap fabrics. Attendees will take home the textile piece they create. Reuse-able materials such as scissors and needles are for workshop use only.
Should I bring anything? If you have any scrap or craft materials (excess yarn, old clothes, string, scrap paper) that you would like to bring and work with, you are welcome to do so! But it is not necessary, and all attendees will have everything they need provided at the workshop.
Attendees will get: A unique textile artwork
Hosted by: Cristina Rago
My name is Cristina Rago, a trans non-binary artist and workshop facilitator with a studio based in Wandsworth, London. The goal of all workshops is to create a space for play and exploration in a lighthearted atmosphere. I am always present to assist and help throughout the workshop, moving around to tables, and offering gentle advice if needed. The aim is to lead with encouragement, promote joyful bonding experiences, and support animated conversations amongst attendees.
Venue Information:
WIP Space Studios
Wentworth House, Dormay St, London SW18 1EY