Winter Workshops
Heading into winter Australian Design Centre presents a series of workshops designed to make space for healing through making.
A fast paced world with a relentless news cycle can feel overwhelming. Making may be the antidote you need to change pace. In these four workshops participants will learn new skills for slow making by hand.
We are delighted that this series of events is supported by MakeShift. MakeShift’s new book Creative First Aid: the science and joy of creativity for mental health will be available to purchase during July from Object Shop with a discount available for workshop participants.
Vita Cochran, Rug Workshop, 2024. Photo: COTA.
Make a Rag Rug with Vita Cochran
Make a handmade rug using recycled woollen materials with textile artist Vita Cochran. Vita will share the history of hooked rag rugs. A selection of Vita’s rugs will be on display for inspiration. This workshop is designed for all skills levels including beginners. Participants will learn how to source and prepare materials. All materials will be provided to start a small, hooked rug to finish at home.
When: Saturday 6 July, 12.30-3.30pm
Where: Australian Design Centre
Tickets: $90, book here.
High Tea with Mrs Woo, Kintsugi Mend. COTA.
Kintsugi for Clothing with High Tea with Mrs Woo
Borrowing from the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold alloy, High Tea with Mrs Woo have developed a kintsugi for clothing practice to cherish and extend the life of cherished clothing by visible mending with gold thread.
This kintsugi mending practice is not about achieving a perfect result. The gold threads are not used to embellish but to do the effective and symbolic work of darning and honouring a broken moment. When you apply kintsugi practice to daily life, you’ll find yourself having more meaningful relationships with your belongings, your environment, yourself and the people around you. Acknowledge and treasure the creases and cracks as signs of strength rather than flaws and defects.
Bring in the clothes you want to heal, and we will supply a mending kit. The size of the repairs should be no larger than a 20c coin so that you can complete some mends in this 1.5-hour session.
When: Wednesday 10 July, 3pm – 4.30pm
Where: Australian Design Centre
Tickets: $75 here.