Weaving Workshop
Weave mats and wreaths from foraged leaves, vines and plant fibres with artist Sarah Garrod in a community garden.
Join artist Sarah Garrod to weave with natural plant materials.
Leaves, plant fibres and vines will be used for simple techniques to make mats and wreath bases to take home. We can forage some materials from the garden, others will be provided.
Weaving is empowering, you can easily create solid shapes and 3D items once you have the basic skills. It is also a relaxing and mindful activity, where we can get hands-on with Nature. We will focus in on the qualities of plants that make them suitable for weaving.
The technique is sustainable, the materials are compostable.
This is part of our October run of workshops which focus on natural materials.
Look out for Plastic Free Halloween workshops on 30th & 31st October
Age 16+. Free workshop.
Please note the entrance to the garden is on Blackwall Lane (See photo). What3Words: item.swaps.lives
Tea & coffee provided. Composting toilet on site. In the event of extreme weather we may need to postpone.
This workshop is led by our Artist-in-Residence Sarah Garrod-(https://sarahgarrod.co.uk/).
This event is supported by The National Lottery Community Fund , Paint the Change and is part of the Cleaner Greener East London (CGEL) project .