Fabric Bead Making Workshop

A fabric bead making workshop for Glasgow Doors Open Days with Doreen will offer you an opportunity to work with an accomplished textile artist to learn to make a beautiful bead that can be used to create elaborate pieces of bespoke jewellery – bracelets, earrings, necklaces, etc. During the workshop Dorren will show you step by step how to choose your fabric and prepare the bids, and how these can be transformed into something wonderful. There are only 5 places available to ensure that you get the best of the opportunity to work with Doreen, who is a passionate professional textile maker and a treasured member of Threading Stories Collective. The workshop will take part in the exhibition room Advanced Research Centre building (University of Glasgow) and whilst learning a new skill you will also be able to examine a other works by Doreen and by migrants from different communities of Glasgow. The Threading Stories Collective members will be displaying works in textile, print and sandpainting that talk about their traditions and skills that are helping them through difficult times and the happy ones. You will also see a wonderful exhibition of zine posters crated by migrants for the Migrant Voice and have an opportunity to read their written contribution. Glasgow is a fantastically diverse place, welcoming all. The workshop will be a wonderful opportunity to explore not only Japanese culture but to gain a real insight into the diversity and reach contribution of migrants to the city culture. Venue: Advanced Research Centre, Room 225, University of Glasgow, 11 Chapel Lane, Glasgow, G11 6EW