Interactive Weaves is a series of FREE workshops, taking place twice a month over the summer. The project is led by textiles artist Alice Hume, and each event will be supported by artists from across Portsmouth. Alice will choose each theme where participants can weave with recycled, upcycled and ethical materials of textile, paper, plastic and plants. The events will explore topics of plastic consumption, textile waste and well-being through craft practices with free, accessible workshops run by the artists. They will share their skills in ceramics, Turkish ebru, life drawing, painting, hand stitching, gold leaf and weaving. There will also be live art from a Hotwalls Studios artist who will sit on the parade ground capturing the Weave on an easel. The project will culminate with an exhibition in the Round Tower in September 2021, offering participants the chance to see the complete works together. This event is an opportunity for people of all ages and abilities to get involved in creating a giant woven installation using local waste materials in collaboration with Alice and the Hotwalls Studios artists.
June will be kicking off the series of workshops with:
-Paper Weave. Sunday 20th June at 11am-4pm
Sadie Tierney Life Boat Sketching Workshop 11am-2pm
Lizzie Cornelius Life Painting Workshop of Hotwalls 1pm-4pm
Steve Dodd Life Painting
-Plastic Weave. Sunday 27th June at 11am-4pm
Carrie Swinburne Plastic Collage Workshop 11am-2pm
Emma Nicol Plastic Bag Stitching Workshop 1pm-4pm
Simon Whitcomb Life Painting
You can book tickets for Interactive Weaves now by signing up to Alice’s newsletter: www.vanderhume.co.uk/interactiveweaves
The July dates will be announced soon along with the artists and their workshops. Keep an eye out!
Instagram: @interactiveweaves #interactiveweaves
Facebook: @humelooms
Website: https://www.vanderhume.co.uk/
Funded by Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant
Supported by Portsmouth City Council
Supported by Hotwalls Studios
Supported by John Hansard Gallery
