Participants will collectively explore memories and meaning, and translate what comes up into a textile art piece.
This workshop invites participants to each bring an object that holds personal meaning to them and to share stories connected to it. Participants will collectively explore memories and meaning, and translate what comes up into a visual and tactile form using fragments of fabric, stitches, embroidery, visible mending and other textile media. Each participant will take away their own textile art piece to be displayed as is or used to embellish clothing or homeware.
Facilitators: Zahra Amber is an indigenous craft and heritage researcher, visual ethnographer, art educator and textile practitioner of Kashmiri origin whose multidisciplinary practice brings together textiles, storytelling, participatory art and material culture. Paaras Abbas is a Karachi-born artist-researcher whose practice explores themes of repair and rootedness through ethnographic storytelling, plant-based experimentation and needlework.
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Materials: Bring an object that is meaningful to you, and any textiles you'd like to work with.
Age: 16+
Level: Beginner
Please arrive 10 minutes early to ensure a prompt start. Latecomers may be denied entry and their tickets offered to our waiting list.
This workshop is a part of the Ahista Stories Live, London's only South Asian sustainable fashion festival - click here to find out more.
Participants must purchase a General Admission ticket for Ahista Stories Live, including access to talks and some workshops, as well as a workshop ticket.
About Ahista Stories:
Ahista Stories is a community-led platform building a fairer fashion system and celebrating South Asian textile artistry. Through our annual festival, workshops, panel discussions and digital content, we work at the intersection of fashion, labour rights and climate justice - insisting that the fashion system must change.
Follow @ahista.stories for updates about Ahista Stories Live and future events.
‘Ahista’ means slow in Urdu, an official language in Pakistan and India. For us, slowness means advocating for mindful, maker-led production of fashion; fair labour; and conscious consumption in the face of ever-faster trend cycles and overproduction.
Contact: If you have any questions regarding this event, please email programming@stmargaretshouse.org.uk
Venue: The Mulberry Hall at St Margaret’s House, 21 Old Ford Road — E2 9PL
Group Size: 15 Participants
Access: If you have any access needs of which we should be aware, please get in touch with us on 020 8980 2092 or email programming@stmargaretshouse.org.uk.
Date: Sunday 18th October
Time: 3.30-5.30pm
Tickets:
Workshop:
Pay Less (covers some of our costs) – I am a student, unemployed, on benefits or financially stressed - £6
Standard (covers most of our costs) – I am employed, have some expendable income, and manage to meet my basic needs - £10
Pay it Forward (covers all of our costs and supports our work) – I am employed or have enough savings to comfortably meet my basic needs - £14
Workshop + General Admission:
Pay Less (covers some of our costs) – I am a student, unemployed, on benefits or financially stressed - £10
Standard (covers most of our costs) – I am employed, have some expendable income, and manage to meet my basic needs - £18
Pay it Forward (covers all of our costs and supports our work) – I am employed or have enough savings to comfortably meet my basic needs - £26