Process¶

RESEARCH FOR ALREADY EXISTING PROJECTS¶

I have made a small inventory of existing online tutorials that exists in the field of textile workshops for kids and youngsters

1.Digital workshops Greenfabric¶

In the beginning of 2023 I followed at Fablab Greenfabric 10 different workshops on Textile and digital fabrication. My children assisted me at a few of them and I was surprised that many techniques where not too difficult for them and that they really enjoyed making creations with those newly learned techniques.

Connected textile workshop

Workshop lasercutter

Workshop blockprinting

Those workshops were for me the starting point to deepdive into the world of textile and technology and to explore the possiblities for children.

2.SheMakes¶

The learning modules of Shemakes are a great ressource of opensource workshops that already exists for different target groups in the field of textile. Especially the one for kids and teenagers, the curiosity path, interests me.

SheMakes curiosity path

3. STORE¶

STORE is a collective of designers, artists and architects, collaborating from different locations in Rotterdan and London. They want to make arts and design accesible for everyone.

They made the Makers Manual, tutorials to make things with materials you can find nearby you. Everyone can download them for free from their website.

Their tutorials go wider than only working with textile.

4. De Creatieve STEM¶

De creatieve STEM is an organisation that supports makers and thinkers from all ages and with different kind of projects.

With the project GIRLS IN STEM they have developed interesting workshops for kids.

The project MAAKBIB is an open library where a lot of workshops for kids are collected.

GIRLS IN STEM¶

Girls in STEM

The project MaakBIB¶

Maakbib

5. Project ESERO Mooncamp¶

This project Mooncamp ESERO inspired me because it could be used as an example for storytelling: the children can project themselves to a parallel universe and imagine how it would be to design specific items with recycled textile for e.g. living on the moon.

RESEARCH FOR WORKSHOPS¶

Ideas for workshops¶

Biomaterials: printing on textile with a self-made gelliplate.
Biomaterials: make your own textile clay
Biomaterials: make your own biomaterial decoration
Biochromes: dye your t-shirt with natural dyes.
Ecoprint textile with the hapa zomé technique (with a hammer)
Textile as a scaffold: pump up your garment with an inflatable patch.
Textile as a scaffold: grow your crystals on your favourite fabric (or sneaker).
Textile as a scaffold: create your textile jewelry with the textile pleating technique.
Open Source hardware: make your own mini-weaving loom and create a nice tapestry with it.
E-textiles: make your own patch with light
E-textiles: make your own patch with movement
Skin electronics: make your e-tattoo
Wearable: make a hat with movement (helicopter op pet)
Circular Open source fashion: Create your own modular fashion (paper, inkscape, lasercutter)
Pimp your T-shirt as a Matisse collage (with silhouette Plotter)
Pimp your T-shirt with ironing beads
Print on textile with self-made stamps of Lego Dots
Create a serigraphy mold of your favorite design and make nice designs with it (inkscape, lasercutter or simple cutter)

Workshops already tested¶

Biomaterials: printing on textile with a self-made gelliplate.

Biomaterials: make your own biomaterial decoration

Biochromes: dye your t-shirt with natural dyes.
Ecoprint textile with the hapa zomé technique (with a hammer)

Print on textile with self-made stamps of Lego Dots
Create a serigraphy mold of your favorite design and make nice designs with it (inkscape, lasercutter or simple cutter)