Post-Apocalyptic Arts & Crafts Survival Skills Workshop No. 2: “Darn It! A Pragmatic and Expressive Sweater-Darning Workshop“A green art workshop with artist Rachel Schragis
Date: Saturday, May 28
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Admission: $15
Presented by the Hollow Earth Society
Part two of a four-part series

Because you never know when it’s going to be nuclear winter—darn a sweater! Post-apocalyptic arts & crafts survival skills workshops = creative-making for the improvisational, post-industrial future (and present).  When the apocalypse comes, these definitely won’t be the first things you’ll need to know… but they’ll be on the list! In this workshop series, learn how to make beautiful objects you’ll  actually use out of materials that would otherwise go to waste.

Before you pack your knitwear away for the summer, learn beautiful ways to mend your sweaters that honor their decay.  You will have the opportunity to practice 4 different techniques—from traditional darning to felting.  No experience required—the techniques are simple, and they all look awesome.

Rachel Schragis is a sculptor, illustrator, and craftsperson based in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn.  She is dedicated to pragmatically sustainable making.  Rachel works as a Teaching Artist with Wingspan Arts and is a graphic identity designer for Build It Green NYC.  Rachel has taught textile- and reuse-based craft workshops at Spacecraft Brooklyn, Trade School, and a variety of youth programs. www.rachelschragis.com

Instructions:  Please bring a sweater with a hole or stain in it that you’d like to fix—or more than one, to try different styles of mending! Other materials provided (yarn, fiber, needles, and scissors).

RSVP to karen@hollowearthsociety.com.

This workshop is one part one of the Hollow Earth Society’s Spring 2011 Para-Academic Colloquium on Education for Sustainable Public Esthetics Through Enviro-nomadic Rigor (SPACE SPECTER). SPACE SPECTER is made possible by a generous grant from the Hollow Earth Society’s Department of Perpendicular Ecology—and the ongoing support of people like you!  Please note that the following SPACE SPECTER workshops are at full enrollment and no longer accepting RSVPs at this time:

• Beetle-Cloak Weaving & Improvised Food-Blankets
  
• Swords > Plowshares? Letter Openers > Spearheads: The Nomadic Post-Future of Weaponry
  
• Microwave As Forge: PLASTICS
• Treehouse Triage: Saving a Limb (Human/Arboreal)