Click on images to find out more about series MADE BY HANDS, and link to booking a place through Eventbrite.com
Dates for workshop (every 3rd Tuesday of the month):
July 15
August 19
September 16
October 21
November 18
December 16
Stitch Social +
Stitch Social +
Some exciting news! I'm thrilled to share that Stitch Social is expanding! After a successful year as a Community Champions project, we’re entering a new phase with Stitch Social +, supported by a new additional funder and packed with even more creative potential. The project will run until March 2026, with updates on location changes where applicable.
What’s new?
We’re at our new home, The Playhut in Kilburn Grange Park. Sessions will run weekly on Wednesdays 12-2pm.
Together, we’ll explore the mental health benefits of creativity and connection, while working toward a community exhibition to share what we’ve made.
Don’t want to take part in the workshops but still want to support the project?
To arrange a donation (fabrics, trims, equipment) or find out more, email hello@kimchin.co.uk
Produced byThe Showroom in response to Mural Commission: Nassim Azarzar – Hayat al Noujoum / La vie des étoiles
Sound Stitching Intergenerational Conversations
Was delivered in collaboration with On the Record.
“Like many children of migrants, I have been brought up with lots of love and contradictions – many of which I am still untangling today. What was deemed important by our parents to “succeed” in an idealised British culture came at the cost of distancing us from clearer roots of where we came from. ”
Opening paragraph for the reflection piece “Threading Layers of ‘Home’: reflecting and assembling as a revolutionary act of care”, written for Counterpoint Art’s Blog post December 19, 2024. Themes of community, migration, situated knowledge, memory, art and well-being are explored.
Link to full article can be found HERE.
More info on Refugee Week .
METROLAND CULTURES
Peer-to-peer cohort 2024
Week 2 session led by built-environmental professional Nabil Al-Kinani.
Photos: Rebecca Heald
They are: Amanda Colares Silva, Eileen Perrier, Francesca Telling, JAYKOE, Krystyna & Sabina (Kasia Kuzka and Mateusz Piekarski), Daisy Jones, ESEA unseen (Kim Chin + Sue Man), Rose Nordin, Zish, and Ngo Chun Ts
Cadenza Tee Play
A handful of Cadenza tees were made available in UK during September’s Open Studio. Based on the original lino-cut artwork called ‘Synchronicity’.
The Cadenza tee was developed as a signature artwork in collaboration with Studio Myke, sold exclusively in the US. A handful of shirts were made available at the V.O Open Studios last month, with the last two available online here. The original lino print artwork “Synchronicity”, 2020 was inspired by duality of origins - the chance meeting of my two parents from different parts of the world then meeting in London’s Hyde Park. It only seemed fitting to try on the newly arrived styles on half of the original inspiration in an impromptu shoot with my mum, and evolved on hand crafted masks fabricated from upcycled materials.