Textile Waste Design Workshop in Ghana
Type
Other
Category
Activism, Design, Mixed Media
Status
Archived
Deadline
June 30, 2022
Application Fee
Free
Host
Sabina Holloway
Location
Accra, Ghana
This two-week interdisciplinary seminar is for artists and designers interested in participating in critical discourse and hands-on workshops on the subject of unsustainable global production and waste disposal practices. In particular, the course will focus on the effect of Western fast-fashion waste streams on Ghana’s people and environment. Our goal is that participants are inspired in their personal practice to envision a different future, one in which sustainability is a guiding value in the production and proliferation of goods.
Participants will experiment combining waste with other resources, including natural fibers. We will visit landfills and interact with people processing the waste from overflowing second-hand clothing markets. We will source materials from Kantamanto, the largest informal second hand clothing market in the world. We will visit a non-profit recycling incubator, The Or Foundation, to discuss their research and source shredded clothing, or “shoddy”, made with their homemade shredder. We will bring these experiences and materials back to the Kokrobitey Institute for a series of seminars, studio workshops, films, and free time for personal projects and critique.
Participants will have the opportunity to work with highly skilled, professional crafts-people and guest designers, including: Bubu Ogisi, creative director of the contemporary women’s wear brand IAMISIGO; Fulera Seidu, creative director and manufacturer at Winamzua Creative Hive; and Edward Seed Tetteh, batik and fabric designer. Participants will be immersed in local traditions, with workshops exploring African weaving, batik, sewing (incorporating waste fabrics), and more. Access is granted to all studio spaces and tools at the Institute for furniture design, textile-work, recycled glass, and education material production.
The cost for the workshop includes all seminars/workshops, studio sessions, field trips, and accommodations/meals.
For a full course description please visit the following: https://www.kokrobiteyinstitute.org/summer-textile-waste-driven-design-workshop
Email questions/interest to: programs@kokrobiteyinstitute.org or csrholloway@gmail.com
Phone: +233 244608628
Participants will experiment combining waste with other resources, including natural fibers. We will visit landfills and interact with people processing the waste from overflowing second-hand clothing markets. We will source materials from Kantamanto, the largest informal second hand clothing market in the world. We will visit a non-profit recycling incubator, The Or Foundation, to discuss their research and source shredded clothing, or “shoddy”, made with their homemade shredder. We will bring these experiences and materials back to the Kokrobitey Institute for a series of seminars, studio workshops, films, and free time for personal projects and critique.
Participants will have the opportunity to work with highly skilled, professional crafts-people and guest designers, including: Bubu Ogisi, creative director of the contemporary women’s wear brand IAMISIGO; Fulera Seidu, creative director and manufacturer at Winamzua Creative Hive; and Edward Seed Tetteh, batik and fabric designer. Participants will be immersed in local traditions, with workshops exploring African weaving, batik, sewing (incorporating waste fabrics), and more. Access is granted to all studio spaces and tools at the Institute for furniture design, textile-work, recycled glass, and education material production.
The cost for the workshop includes all seminars/workshops, studio sessions, field trips, and accommodations/meals.
For a full course description please visit the following: https://www.kokrobiteyinstitute.org/summer-textile-waste-driven-design-workshop
Email questions/interest to: programs@kokrobiteyinstitute.org or csrholloway@gmail.com
Phone: +233 244608628