About this Event
Part of the Women in Print events and activities programme.
Through stitching and handling Tana Lawn™ offcuts donated by Liberty Fabrics, participants will respond to the iconography, ecology and cultural motifs of Ethiopia’s Lake Tana region, tracing the migration of cotton from its source to Walthamstow.
This workshop invites you to explore the connections between land, people, and design, creating your own textiles artworks that reflect history, migration, and meaning.
About the artist
Birungi Kawooya is an artist, creative facilitator, and wellbeing researcher whose practice explores the intersections of material culture, memory, and social history. She leads research-informed playshops that invite participants to experiment and explore through textiles, collage, and stitching. For Birungi, handwork is a mindfulness practice — a way to slow down, repair, and hold care — offering particular resonance for Black women. Her work reimagines African material traditions creating reflective, sensory spaces where creativity, curiosity, and embodied making guide the process.
Image: Collage of Tana Lawn™ printed cotton.
Tickets: Pay what you can by donation. Suggested £10 per person.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
William Morris Gallery, Forest Road, London, United Kingdom
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