This April, to coincide with Earth Day, we’re running a special programme of workshops, talks and hands-on sessions at KWMC: The Factory, exploring how we can reduce our impact on the environment while we make useful and beautiful things.
Activities include using digital manufacturing technologies and traditional craft techniques to transform waste into new things, creating your own laser cut woodblocks for fabric printing and upcycling, and a talks programme with creatives who are experimenting with sustainable practices.
Read on to see what’s coming up and how you can get involved:
Use creative techniques to turn your household waste into new things!
Join us for series of two workshops and:
ReThink, ReMake, ReCycle: Paper
Tuesday 7 April
10am – 2pm
Paper towels and tissues are usually made from recycled paper, which can’t be recycled again. Join us on 7th April to design and make your own reusable fabric alternatives. No sewing skills required!
ReThink, ReMake, ReCycle: Plastics
Tuesday 14 April
10am – 2pm
Single use plastic and its impact on the environment is a rapidly growing issue, with exported recycling waste being turned away and floating islands of plastic rubbish developing in our oceans. Join us on 14th April to learning about how to turn single-use plastic into new materials and create new ‘bioplastics’ using household food waste.
Workshops are free and suitable for ages 7+ (under 16s must be supervised by an adult).
Book your place via Eventbrite: rethinkremakerecycle.eventbrite.co.uk
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Experiment with different ways to upcycle old clothing and re-use scrap fabrics
Sustainable Sewing & Textiles
Friday 3 April
10am – 12pm
An environmental twist on our monthly meet-up: make scrunchies from scrap fabrics and upcycle old clothing. FREE for Factory members / £3 for non-members | No need to book!
Upcycling with Laser Cut Woodblocks
Saturday 25 April
10am – 12pm
Learn how to design and make laser cut woodblocks for printing onto paper and fabrics in this four-hour Saturday workshop.
During the session you’ll learn how to use the vector design software Inkscape to create digital designs to be laser cut into wood. You’ll then have the chance to get upcycling and transform your pre-loved garments and fabric offcuts with woodblock prints of your own designs.
£55. Visit our shop to book your place.
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Hear from designers and makers experimenting with sustainable creative practices
INSPIRE Talk: PositiveNegativePositive
with Walter Jack Studio
Wednesday 1 April
12.30-1.30pm
Walter Jack Studio will be introducing their project PositiveNegativePositive, a collaboration with KWMC The Factory, offering the opportunity for a group of local makers to be involved in a major public art commission. These makers will learn 2D design skills and develop designs for their own product(s) to be batch laser cut into brass sheet, with the leftover material featuring the negative space of these products forming panels for a large-scale façade on Hengrove Energy Centre, ensuring no section of the material is wasted.
INSPIRE Talk: Designing Away Litter
with Lisa Cole
Wednesday 22 April (Earth Day 2020)
12.30-1.30pm
Ethical designer, maker and teacher Lisa Cole’s talk will centre on sustainability, focusing on her human-centred design approach to a collaborative project with Up Our Street ‘Show Stapleton Road Some Love’, aimed at addressing the issues of litter and fly tipping in her local area.
INSPIRE talks are FREE for Factory members / £3 for non-members
RSVP to 0117 403 2306 or thefactory@kwmc.org.uk
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For more info about the Sustainability Month at KWMC: The Factory, please contact fiona@kwmc.org.uk
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