BEADING AND CROCHET - SEPTEMBER 2024
Beading and Crochet
September 2024
September 19, 26
Workshop Lead: Justine Woods, Rachana Joshi
Thursday, September 19
Artist: Justine Woods
Exploring beading practice
Learn about Indigenous beadwork and design in this deeply immersive workshop. Create a flat stitch beadwork project from start to finish simultaneously with developing an appreciation of the traditions and history of the medium.
This workshop is suitable for new and experienced crafters. Registration for this course is limited to preserve an intimate learning atmosphere.
Thursday, September 26
Artist: Rachana Joshi
Learning how to crochet
Join Rachana Joshi for a calming and creative crochet workshop where we'll explore the art of crafting mandalas—sacred symbols representing unity and harmony. This workshop is perfect for beginners, as we’ll start with the basics, learning to create beautiful circular motif patterns using simple crochet stitches.
For those with a bit more experience, there will variations available to challenge and inspire your creativity. By the end of the session, we’ll combine everyone’s unique mandalas into a collaborative piece, symbolizing our collective journey toward wholeness and connection.
All materials will be provided, and no prior crochet experience is necessary. Come with an open heart and leave with a handmade mandala and new skills to continue your crochet journey.
Photos by Afnan Yakot
Justine Woods is a garment artist, creative scholar, and educator with a focus in Indigenous fashion and material culture, Indigenous arts-based methodologies, performance and embodiment, and research-creation. She is a Doctoral Candidate in the Media and Design Innovation practice-based PhD program at Toronto Metropolitan University. Born and raised in Tiny, Ontario, Justine is a registered member of the Métis Nation of Ontario and a Métis rights-holder from the Georgian Bay Métis community - a recognized Métis community in Ontario with section 35 Indigenous rights - from the St. Onge and Berger-Beaudoin families.
Rachana Joshi is an emerging dance artist based in Toronto. She completed her Bharatanatyam arangetram under Lata Pada in 2017 and trained in the Tanjavur bani with Guru H.K. Kalyanasundaram and Guru Harikishan S Nair. Rachana graduated with honors from York University’s B.F.A program in Dance. She has earned the Monorama Thakkar Award in Indian Classical Dance and the Kondor Fine Arts Award. Rachana is a company dancer with Nova Dance. As co-founder of Kala Collective, she aims to share South Asian diasporic identity through dance.
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