October 25 (Saturday) 11:00- 13:00 (slot 1) 14:00 – 16:00 (slot 2)
Workshop Lead: Emma Wood
Location: Elisabeet FärbeHütte ( Friedhof St. Elisabeth II, Wollankstr. 66, 13359 Berlin )
Our jeans are made of woven fabric, traditionally cotton thread dyed with indigo woven with the Twill weave pattern. In this workshop, you will learn the basics of weaving techniques and weaving patterns and “hands-on” weave with a 8 shaft table loom brought by the workshop leader. At the FärbeHütte, we dyed various shades of blue cotton threads this summer using the fermentation indigo vat. In the workshop, using these blue indigo threads, we intend to weave our own “jeans” fabric. Of course, in two hours, we will not manage to hand weave amount of fabric necessary to make a jeans…. but you will get to weave a tiny bit of a “jeans” fabric made by yourself.
The intention of the workshop is to gain the understandings of how the textiles are made, and to think about how the textiles we wear everyday could be made alternatively in more sustainable, environmentally friendly ways.
Emma will bring her four x table loom for the workshop. We arrange 2 time slots for the workshop, each slots accommodating 4 participants. In total we have 8 participants spaces available for this workshop.
If you would like to participate in the workshop, please email mika satomi at mika[at]nerding.at to reserve a space for you.
The workshop is planned to take place at the Elisabeet FärbeHütte, at the garden outside. We hope for a nice autumn weather. Please wear warm so you can stay 2 hours outside. we will prepare hot tea to warm ourselves up as well;) In case of bad weather, we will inform an alternative location.
The workshop is free of charge.
About the workshop leader
Emma Wood is a weaver based in Berlin.
Her work ranges focuses on research and experimental material development, specialising in the intersection of heritage weaving techniques, technology and textile engineering.
Emma also teaches weaving workshops to future weavers in Berlin, and is the co-founder of the Berlin Kreativ Kollektiv e.V., a non-profit association dedicated to supporting independent creative businesses.
Emma’s website: https://wovenbywood.com
