Sip and Stitch: Scrap Textile Collage Workshop

A beginner's introduction to the world of abstract and experimental collage with textiles.

This workshop begins with an overview of basic embroidery stitches followed by collage exploration using scrap and discarded textile materials. Freely explore a material or idea using intuition and creative stitching techniques in an inclusive and encouraging environment. Develop the confidence to engage with textiles in a therapeutic way, and meet more like minded creative queer people in the process!

Both beginners and those with experience are welcome.

Photos in the image slider from facilitator Cristina Rago.

About the facilitator

Cristina Rago (they/them) is a trans non-binary Filipino American multidisciplinary artist. Their artistic practice spans painting, textiles, and mixed media to explore identity integration, healing, and reparation from a queer perspective.

Their textile pieces often utilise domestic materials including discarded clothes, cheesecloth, and doilies that are reworked through processes such as dyeing, destruction and mending.

This cyclical process becomes a holistic act of self-reckoning, and an integration of past selves and thought patterns with the present.

Cristina works with individuals to foster their creativity through mentorship, guidance, and practical workshops. They work out of their studio in Wandsworth, London..

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