About this Event
GAP - Team Building
Upcycled Denim Paper-Making Workshop with Upcycle Textile Artist, Instructor, and Textile Waste Consultant, Mahdiyyah Muhammad
Come join us for a fun and eco-friendly team-building event at 55 Thomas St!
In this team building workshop, you'll learn how to upcycle GAP denim scraps into beautiful handmade paper while learning about the origins of paper-making, and the impacts of extractive textile systems on community & environmental health.
No experience necessary - just bring your creativity and enthusiasm! Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to get crafty and connect with your colleagues in a new way while also being kind to our environment.
Date: November 14, 2024
10 Available Seats (please register)
Location: 55 Thomas St, NY, NY, 10013
About Mahdiyyah:
Mahdiyyah, the Fabric Alchemist, is an Upcycle Textile Artist, Circular Fashion Instructor, and Textile Waste Manager. Her skill of patchworking discarded scraps mirrors the regenerative design, master quilting and pioneer upcycle skills of her African ancestors.
Her process of Fabric Alchemy is highlighted in her approach to textile waste management and regenerative design, and calls on ancestral techniques like repurposing(upcycling) and mechanical recycling discarded materials from nature, to alchemize them into more useful garments and textile art. This process is what she centers her educational workshops, Upcycled Textile Art + Designs, and tailored strategies for textile waste mitigation on. In addition to this, Mahdiyyah is also building the Upcycle Web Directory, which will serve as an all-black upcyclers directory connecting stewards of the practice with opportunities and community. The goal is to ultimately consider the life cycle of clothing, the health of its wearer, and the reverberations of extractive textile systems felt throughout communities which have been perpetually drained without replenishment or fair compensation.
Learn more and connect with Mahdiyyah's work: www.mahdiyyah.co/
www.instagram.com/mahdiyyahofficial
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
55 Thomas St, 55 Thomas Street, New York, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 161.90
