Workshops were conducted in Japantown, Little Saigon, and at the Veggielution Pocket Park of San Jose, California.
The workshops centered around biomaking quilt square kits distributed to participants for socially distanced on-site community workshops. In Workshops 1, the introductory workshops, participants:
pressed mycelium into casting forms to grow quilt squares. (You will make one to keep and one for the community quilt.)
made algae string to use in their quilt decorating.
created sketches of patterns for additional quilt squares.
Shared ideas for bio recipe ingredients for our community biomaterial cookbook.
In Workshops 2, the second workshops, participants :
decorated their quilt squares using algae string, kombucha leather and bioplastics made of seaweed and shrimp shells.
took one completed quilt square home.
contributed one quilt square for artist Takara to make into a whole quilt.
Veggielution Pocket Park & San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles Events
Workshop 1: Wednesday, July 28th, 9:30am - 11:30am. Location: Veggielution Pocket Park next to the San José Museum of Quilts & Textiles Workshop 2: Sunday August 15th, 2021. 9:30am - 11:30am. Location: Veggielution Pocket Park next to the San José Museum of Quilts & Textiles
Exhibition: August 20, 2021-September 12, 2021
Reception: August 29th, 3:30-6:30pm, in the Veggielution Pocket Park next to the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles. Takara's presentation about BioQuilts from 3:30-4:30pm. Textile Talk: 11:00 am to noon, September 8, 2021
Workshop 1: Saturday June 26, 2021. 1:00pm - 3:00pm. Location: JAMsj in parking lot in front of Agricultural exhibition section. We will have shade tents, tables and chairs for this socially distanced workshop. Workshop 2: Saturday July 31, 2021. 1:00pm - 3:00pm.Location: JAMsj in parking lot in front of Agricultural exhibition section. We will have shade tents, tables and chairs for this socially distanced workshop. [Instagram post]
Location: Vietnamese Heritage Community Garden, San Jose, CA Time: 9:00-10:00 am Workshop 1: Thursday, May 20th, 2021 Workshop 2 (A) : Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 Workshop 2 (B): Wednesday, June 9th, 2021