Craftspace

brass beads are arranged in the crevises if the bark on a tree.

Craftspace Collective

with Nousheen Lelia Saboonpaz

A workshop from August 2011 in Pigeon Park, Birmingham.

Craftspace Collective

Project Summary

Time to Change, Young People’s Village, Cathedral Square, Colmore Row, Birmingham – 26 October 2012, 11am-5pm

The Craftspace Collective are going to be at the Time to Change event in Birmingham next week.

The Time to Change Village is a pop-up space where young people can learn the truth about mental health in a fun and interactive way. Young volunteers challenge stereotypes of mental illness by talking to other young people about their experiences of mental health problems. Collective members, with the aid of Viking Husquvarna Sewing Machines will be running a machine embroidery stand. They will be sharing their skills in this simple technique with other young people while asking them to respond to the question “How Do You Feel Today?”. The individuals will embroider their responses onto one long length of canvas, creating a continuous line of stitched drawings. This will also be part of the collective’s offer for this year’s Big Draw. Come along and see us!

Time to Change info here: http://www.facebook.com/timetochange and here http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/birminghamvillage

Chat about the project and find out about meetings and events on the Craftspace Collective facebook page.

For more info about the Collective and guerilla craft/ DIY and Craftivism visit the blog craftspacecollective.wordpress.com.

More images from our projects and events are on our flickr group
www.flickr.com/groups/craftspacecollective/

If you are interested in joining the group then join our facebook group and email craftspacecollective@craftspace.co.uk

Want to know more about the group?

If you are 16-25 and interested in joining there is more information on the 'Get Involved!' blog page.

Craftspace Collective: Project Outline

This project is aimed at diverse young people aged 16 – 25 from inner city Birmingham (some of whom are not in education, employment and training, NEETS) but who have some interest/ability in the arts. The project focuses on ideas of Guerrilla craft, DIY Craft and Craftivism.

The group has grown during 2011, working with professional designer makers and Craftspace to plan and deliver interventions, events and workshops in and around Birmingham. 2012 will also see them publishing their own guerilla craft kit book.

We want young people to develop a shared interest in making, to have a voice/express opinions and to explore theirs’ and other’s creativity. Through the development of the collective they might want to explore:

· Thinking through craft

· The relationship between craft and youth culture

· The relationship between craft and current social, political and economic conditions (credit crunch/global economic crises)

We are also interested in identifying concrete things that young people can get out of the project (e.g. arts award/mentoring opportunities/signposting as appropriate).

We have worked in collaboration with the Colmore Business District in Birmingham, Husqvarna Viking sewing machines a the Clothes Show Live.