**IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND PLEASE REMEMBER TO CANCEL YOUR TICKET**
Join handbag designer and artist Clara Chu for an engaging upcycling workshop where participants will explore the art of transforming discarded household and industrial items into unique, stylish accessories – all without sewing! Clara will guide you through binding techniques and share her process of creating innovative, handcrafted bags using circular design principles.
Participants will work with both provided materials and personal items brought from home. Clara will demonstrate how to reimagine everyday objects into the functional components of a bag – from the main body to handles and fastenings – showing how even shower curtains or telephone wire can find new life as functional details.
Sketching tools and creative prompts will help spark ideas, guiding you to create not just an accessory, but a personal narrative crafted from the familiar, reinvented through creativity and care.
Recommended items to bring:
- Toothbrushes
- Broken electronics: cables, plugs, earphones, game controllers
- Recyclable items: cereal boxes, crisp packets, cardboard food packaging, shoe boxes, disposable cutlery
- Old toys: board games, card games, stuffed animals, or miscellaneous parts
- Paper goods: old books, magazines, greeting cards, children’s books
- Sponges: kitchen, shower, or makeup sponges
- Textiles: old clothes, curtains, socks, towels, gloves, blankets, or carpets
- Strings and cords: ropes, shoelaces, bungee cords, embroidery thread, or chains
- Clips: paper clips, bulldog clips, laundry pegs
- Storage containers: biscuit tins, Tupperware, reusable water bottles
Clara Chu
Clara Chu is a London-based multidisciplinary artist and designer whose namesake brand specialises in fashion accessories that redefine the ordinary. Clara’s work uniquely blends everyday domestic mundanity with vibrant pop art, transforming discarded household items like mops, toasters, and toothbrushes into wearable accessories. By merging mass production with hand-craftsmanship, she creates visionary products that challenge conventional fashion norms, advocate for change, and promote awareness about waste through education.
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