Knitty Gritty & Loopy presents a series of workshops that use design to transform everyday waste items into by-products of love. Instead of ending up as landfill, ‘unwanted’ material is re-invented as giant fabric mandalas, woven fans, puppets, jewellery and baskets. If you can imagine it, then Knitty Gritty & Loopy can probably show you how to make it.
The workshops also function as an ongoing installation to encourage waste awareness by telling the story of where things come from and where they go. Discover what’s involved in the creation of everyday items such as paper, magazines, eggshells, plastic containers and bags. Then find out what happens to them when they are discarded as waste.
By inspiring and educating while instilling positivity through action, Knitty Gritty & Loopy increase your fun levels by reducing your carbon footprint. The series of workshops will eventuate into an exhibition at the Hill Street Precinct where a large woven cane house will be used as the central storytelling feature of the project.
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Knitty Gritty & Loopy Transformation
Workshops: 11am-3pm, Saturday 31 July, 7 and 14 August.
Exhibition: 11am-3pm, Saturday & Sunday, 14 & 15 August
Workshop is at The Sewing Room, 8 Hill Street, Surry Hills.
Exhibition is at Hill Street Precinct, 2 Hill Street, Surry Hills
Cost: Free
