Two sessions dedicated to a facilitated exploration of traditional Bangladeshi nakshi kantha embroidery motifs as powerful storytelling tools.
First, an intergenerational and cross-cultural storytelling and embroidery workshop for children and adults. This will be followed by a presentation of the two-sided Nakshi Kantha story prompt, created by artists Ibraheem Paling (Moonless Night) and Kazi Istela Imam (Full-Moon Night), and beautifully stitched by women in Shatkira under the guidance of Sraboni Mohalder
⭐ The story prompt will then be brought to life through the creation of new stories!
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🪡 13.00 - 15.00 Nakshi Kantha Workshop to make symbols from everyday things [materials will be provided] ⭐ Ages 10+
🌝 18.00 - 19.30 Moon Granny Stories with nakshi kantha story prompt ⭐ Ages 16+
Location: OITIJ-JO Craft Hub, Unit 3, Lighterman House
3 Clove House, London E14 2BB
Nearest station: DLR, Blackwall, East India
🌝 Threads of Tales 🌝
Threads of Tales is a collaborative project between HerStory Bangladesh and Bok Bok Books in the UK. The project is supported by the International Collaboration Grant of the British Council Arts Programme. The programme is hosted by our location partner Oitijo-jo.
🌝 Event Facilitators 🌝
Rumana Yasmin is the founder of Bok Bok Books, an independent publishing company aimed at celebrating South Asian culture and people in children's books.
Ibraheem Paling is a textile artist and Nakshi Kantha revivalist.
Katerina Don is a writer and curator of HerStory Foundation. She loves trans-cultural trans-traditional collaboration and collage art-forms.
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