Why
Now come and try it – learn techniques at first hand in a project workshop.
We’re running a series of 20 workshops across Moray over the next 12 months. We’re working in collaboration with local groups. In Buckie in the autumn it will be the Phoenix Centre. In the Findhorn and Forres area it will be the Moray Art Centre and we’re also going to have an exhibition there. In Elgin in spring 2020 it will be the Earthtime’s Up Project. And across Moray we’ll be collaborating with Arts for Wellbeing. We’ll be posting up fuller details here about the various workshops and the organisations hosting them for us and how you can take part.
From Cycle Tubes to Statement Necklace
We round off the series of workshops by looking at how to turn cycle tubes into a simple statement necklace.
Moving on to plastic
After a successful start transforming T-shirts, our online classes moved on to plastic, to turn them into jewellery pieces.
The Land and the Sea: costumes in a transformation process
With a physical exhibition now delayed by lockdown to December, we are bringing you a preview online.
T-shirts Transformed
It was quite a change of plans for the project as we had got up to full speed on practical workshops, with excellent feedback from the various sessions and further venues and groups all ready to go.
Online upcycling classes – welcome!
A brief welcome to set the scene for online classes on the way.
Moray Reach Out workshops with trainees
We had two sessions with trainees, to introduce some of the techniques in making use of pre-loved items and everyday materials.
Open Day with drop-in workshops at Moray Reach Out
We prepared a range of activities, with a number of displays as well for inspiration, from upcycled jewellery pieces to items created from yarn from pre-loved T-shirts. We also had one of the specially created costumes with us, with its bright spring green colour.
Upcycled costumes on display
Our costumes made from waste materials are now ready for display. They will appear tomorrow (Monday 17th) late morning in one of the large windows of Moray Reach Out in Church Street, Buckie.
Busy working on upcycled costumes
When constructing an art-wearable piece of garment from pre-loved and discarded materials, the process itself flows and grows organically.
Buckie Christmas Kracker
The annual Christmas Kracker is an event to look forward to, and we were delighted to be there for a creative collaboration with Moray Reach Out at their Yarns and Crafts Centre. There was a keen interest from young people, and sometimes very young, along with their parents, to see what could be done with upcycling t-shirts.
Our Works
Textiles
Over the past two decades, the rhythm of fashion has accelerated towards what is known as “fast fashion”.
Plastic
Plastic seems to be everywhere in our lives, from bottles and straws to food packaging and beauty products.
Inner Tubes
They look like leather but they are not! Inner tubes are made of a material that is tough and waterproof and longlasting...