To celebrate Sydney Mardi Gras 2024, sustainable fashion designers Sally Jackson and Gary Bigeni will facilitate a weekend of workshops for families to create unique and custom-made tote bags for your Mardi Gras celebrations.
Attendees work with recycled and sustainable fashion materials, generously donated by Upparel, to repurpose material offcuts into glamorous costume accessories.
Participants will receive an upcycled denim bags lovingly hand-dyed in Gary Bigeni's bold signature colourful style. Each bag is constructed from upcycled garments painted separately, creating an original work of art on each bag. Bigeni's slow hand dyeing techniques achieve brilliant colours that are ready to wear.
In this workshop, participants will customise these accessories using fringing, beading and other textile manipulation techniques to create a bespoke to flaunt wherever they celebrate Sydney Mardi Gras, as well as learn the essential and dynamic history of upcycling textile waste with handy tips to incorporate this thinking and making into your everyday life.
Of course, no workshop is complete without the necessary catwalk and photoshoot to proudly display your creations with friends.
Times:
10am - 12pm
1pm - 3pm
This workshop is suited for beginners.
Children must be accompanied by an adult*, 1 adult with up to 3 kids
*All accompanying adults must hold a ticket
Run time: This workshop runs for approximately 2 hours.
Event duration: is a guide only and may be subject to change.
Age: Recommended for ages 5+.
What to bring on the day: Gary Bigeni will use slow hand-dying processes in his signature colour style on upcycled denim garments from the Circular Centre to create tote bags. Each attendee will receive a tote bag to embellish and take home as a part of the workshop.