Worksession zero-waste / upcycling → Explore the optimization of material, transforming used materials @GreenFabric

 

Although textile production is already overloaded, we will more certainly still need to produce new textile objects in the future.

How can we produce zero-waste garments or objects or already think of a use of the production waste?

 

This worksession will start from the observation of software that Reet Aus, fashion designer and activist, has conceived.

These software help designers to know how much waste their garments will produce and therefore can help to already upcycle the leftovers.

 

Deadstock fabrics and fabric waste from the textile industry will be available to experiment with zero-waste or the making of new objects out of materials destined to the trash. This worksession will happen at Green Fabric, which also hosts Mercerie Moderne, a second-hand haberdashery.

 

You will work together with invited artists/designers from EUNIC countries to speculate, prototype, experiment. It is not a classical vertical one-to-many workshop but a more horizontal way of working by sharing knowledge and competences.

 

To participate to this worksession, you need to have at least one of these competences:

- sewing (domestic machine, industrial machine, overlock…)

- patternmaking (paper or digital)

 

By registering, you agree to come for the 2 whole days.

Please note that if you would like to attend the conferences on the Sunday, you need to register separately:
https://www.billetweb.fr/the-futur-of-living-rethread-the-needle

 

Credit photo: Reet Aus