Language of Hand (crafts workshop)
Sat, 17 Dec
|Kingston Hive, Cycle Hub
"Craft skills and knowledge should be at the heart of the debate about our relationship to the planet"
Time & Location
17 Dec 2022, 14:00 – 17:00
Kingston Hive, Cycle Hub, 47 Wood St, Kingston upon Thames KT1, UK
About the event
Kavvya Sharma brings "Craftivism" to the Hive, it is a form of activism, typically incorporating elements of anti-capitalism, environmentalism, solidarity, or third-wave feminism, that is centered on practices of craft - or what has traditionally be referred to as "domestic arts". Craftivism includes, but is not limited to, various forms of needlework
including yarn-bombing or cross-stitch. Craftivism is a social process of collective empowerment, action, expression and
negotiation. In craftivism, engaging in the social and critical discourse around the work is central to its production and
dissemination. Practitioners are known as craftivists. The word 'craftivism' is a portmanteau of the words craft and activism.