Createarth

Embroidery for Craftivism

#beginner #embroidery

Craftivism (craft + activism) empowers makers to highlight issues in subtle, thought-provoking, and often humorous ways, inviting others to contemplate these issues through a softer lense. Craftivism is the perfect entry into crafting for beginners, as it focuses less on technique or perfection and more on the message.

In this workshop, participants craft wearable patches, badges or jewellery with messages and symbols of environmental or social change. All participants receive recycled fabric, bamboo hoops, cotton thread, tools, and instruction in hand embroidery.

Plant-based Jewellery

#beginner #beading

Learn about the properties of plants and how to work their various forms into jewellery and other adornments. Participants can choose to make earrings, bracelets or necklaces from seasonal plant material such as seeds, stems and bark. All materials are foraged from private property (with permission) and pre-drilled for threading.

Mindful Hair Wraps

#beginner #macrame

Hair wraps are a temporary way to add colour and texture to hair and to express the personality of the wearer. In this workshop, participants receive cotton thread, yarn, natural or recycled accessories, and instruction in wrapping, beading and macrame techniques to create a reusable hair wrap.

Grounding through Land Art

#beginner #arrangement

Land or earth art draws attention to the landscape, inviting viewers and makers to see the land as dynamic and living, constantly changing through the processes of growth and decay. Ephemeral compositions deteriorate over time, eventually returning to the landscape from whence they were born.

In this workshop, participants co-create ephemeral land art using temporal matter like leaves, sticks, flowers or seeds to accentuate trees, rock formations and other habitat features. This is a grounding, tactile experience that facilitates connections between people and nature, highlighting the beauty of our shared fragility and impermanence.

Baskets and cordage

#advanced #weaving #crochet

Plant (and animal) fibres have been used to make cordage for thousands of years. Cordage is made using a simple, repetitive process of twisting fibres to make a string-like material. Participants will make cordage with seasonal plant fibres and learn how to crochet with cordage to make a small bag or basket.