In this workshop, you will learn to fix the structure of a wooden stool and produce a natural and reliable furniture for your home. Using upcycled fabrics, you will weave a cushion for the stool and give it your own colour. The stool will be a colourful and delightful addition to your residence. Date: 11 August 2018 (Saturday) Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm Venue: Centre for Heritage Arts and Textile (CHAT), The Mills Fee: HK$700 Capacity: 15 (It will be conducted in Cantonese) […]
In this workshop, Aunt Yung will demonstrate her refined sewing skills and show you how to handle fabrics. Under her guidance, you will complete a garment by yourself and dye it with naturally-coloured food-waste dye with Dye Master from Dyelicious. This innovative dye is not only organically decomposable, it creates no waste to the ocean. In a time of fast fashion, a handmade garment employing traditional craftsmanship and modern skills is difficult to find. Date: 4 August 2018 (Saturday), 12 August […]
Hand spinning and weaving are ancient textile arts. Using spindles, animal and plant fibres are twisted together to form yarns. In this workshop, you will learn to use the spindle to transform different fibres into usable materials, then integrate your hand-made colourful threads into the design and create an elegant woven bag. Date: 18 August 2018 (Saturday) Time: 2:00pm-6:00pm Venue: Centre for Heritage Arts and Textile (CHAT), The Mills Fee: HK$550 Capacity: 12 (It will be conducted in Cantonese) RSVP
Taguchi Yukihiro created a “Spun Dragon” together with local schools, NGOs and community using recycled fabric. The 35-meter-long Spun Dragon is made up of bamboo cubes, with a head inspired by a loom. The Spun Dragon will be danced by CHAT’s neighbours for the grand opening of the Textile Village, establishing our first cultural tradition. Date: 28 July 2018 (Saturday) Time: 2:00pm-6:00pm Venue: CHAT, The Mills, 45 Pak Tin Par Street, Tsuen Wan Online registration required. Free Admission. (It will […]
Professor at Tokyo Zokei University and Design Director of Nuno Corporation of Tokyo, an innovative textile company in Tokyo, Japan. Nuno is internationally known for interweaving traditional techniques and aesthetics with new technologies. Experimenting with various materials from silk to metal, Sudo has been concerned with the recycling and upcycling of textiles and the environmental effect of textile production. She has participated in numerous group shows worldwide and has been the focus of exhibitions in Japan, Iceland, the UK and […]
TAKAHASHI Mizuki Takahashi Mizuki is the current Executive Director and Chief Curator of Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile. She completed MA History of Art from both Waseda University, Tokyo and The School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. After serving as a founding curatorial member at Mori Art Museum in Tokyo from 1999-2003, Takahashi worked as senior curator at Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito and realised numerous transdisciplinary exhibitions addressing various artistic forms including manga, film, […]
A British/Japanese artist who creates machines, robotics, music and videos exploring issues surrounding technology and pop culture. A graduate of London’s Royal College of Art, Sputniko!’s graduation piece “Menstruation Machine—Takashi’s Take” (2010), a device simulating bleeding and pain to mimic that of menstruation in order to allow men to understand the experience, was the first of her projects that caused ripples in the contemporary art scene and was just months later exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo. Since […]
Pamela Parmal began work at the MFA in 1999 as Associate Curator, became Curator and Department head in 2004 and was appointed Chair of the David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts in 2014. She oversees an encyclopaedic collection of textiles and dress, the highlights of which include Peruvian textiles, Japanese costumes, 18th century European and American embroideries, and cashmere shawls. She has curated a number of exhibitions including ‘Fashion Show: Paris Collections’ in 2006; ‘The Embroideries […]
Currently the Course Leader for the BA of Textile Design at Central Saint Martins, as well as Deputy Director of the Textile Future Research Centre (TFRC), both based at the University of the Arts London. Marr’s research is based around the socio-cultural context of textiles, particularly the area of Urban Fabric, exploring understandings and boundaries of different textile-based approaches to respond to societal or urban needs and to create more empathetic communities. Recent projects such as ‘Threads and Yarns’, supported […]
Curator of the Second Hangzhou Triennial of Fibre Art in 2016, co-curator of the ‘Social Factory: The 10th Shanghai Biennale’ in 2014, and curator of the ‘Resolution Power’ exhibition in West Bond 2013: A Biennial of Architecture and Contemporary Art. Graduating from the Institute of Contemporary Art and Social Thoughts in China Academy of Art, Xiao – a former researcher in the Guangdong Museum of Art – has in recent years been deeply involved in large-scale academic exhibitions and the […]