In this workshop Christine Brimer (Niche Textile Studio) will teach us braid weaving. All materials will be prepped and supplied. You will go home with your own hand woven braid in the Palestinian flag colours!

Please arrive from 5:30pm to settle in with us. We will begin the workshop at 6pm and it should not run later than 9pm.

Christine is a textile designer interrogating natural fibres, tools and process to manipulate surface and form and articulate my research findings and experiences in woven cloth. Themes in my work include journeying, belonging and our connection to the natural world.

Sustainable solutions that embrace localism and circular economies in materiality, tools, processes and systems underpin my practice. By applying an experimental, iterative design methodology I am interested in taking loom woven cloth into new territories beyond the rectilinear plane, addressing problems of textile waste and consumption.

This workshop is offered by Micro Mill, a weaving collective based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara offering pop-up activations for connection through textiles. Our March activation is centred around showing support for Nöl Collective, based in Ramallah, Palestine, and the many families trying to evacuate Gaza. A portion of your workshop fees will be donated in a lump sum collected through the activation, to the family linked below.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/zmn...

Nöl Collective: https://nolcollective.com/blog...

Micro Mill: https://www.instagram.com/micr...

Niche Textile Studio: https://www.nichetextilestudio...