Joygun Nehar is a British Bangladeshi Textile Designer raised in Camden, central London. Joygun’s work celebrates her experiences of living between the borders of two cultures and by her childhood memories of her mother feeling homesick and longing for her homeland and sewing ‘Nakshi Kantha’; which is a Bangladeshi century old quilting embroidery technique. She was inspired and her fascination for textiles was seeded. Joygun specialised in woven Textiles graduating from Central Saint Martins as a mature student. From there on she started working with other educational institutions and created community workshops. Through her work she has always been drawn to making and playing with unusual materials and keeping craftsmanship, recycling at the core of what she does.

This taster session will give you a chance to meet Joy and hear about her journey into textiles. Try out weaving some basic designs and discover different materials can be used for weaving. From January onwards Joy will be running a 10 week collaborative project where she will encourage conversations about people's relationship to textiles and crafts whiles teaching weaving. Participants will get the chance to weave on a table loom and experience making collective pieces, which will be exhibited in the St Pancras & Somers Town Living Centre. Come and share your stories of textiles from your culture or simply come and learn about woven textiles.