Remake Sessions – Back to Basics
REMAKE SESSIONS // BACK TO BASICS
The Remake Sessions are all about getting hands-on, building confidence, and rediscovering the joy of making. Hosted at Honey Bones Gallery in Brunswick, these workshops are a space to slow down, experiment, and reconnect with your creativity through sewing, upcycling, and repair.
Each session focuses on a specific skill—whether you're learning to sew for the first time or refining techniques to transform and extend the life of your clothes. These workshops go beyond just practical skills; they’re about exploring your personal style, making sustainable choices, and feeling empowered to express your creative voice. With Little Homey Café next door fuelling your creativity, the Remake Sessions are a space to dive in, get creative, and make something uniquely yours.
Workshop Details:
The beginner-friendly Back to Basics workshop is a return to the essentials—perfect for anyone new to sewing or looking for a refresher. You’ll be guided from the ground up, building confidence behind a sewing machine while learning fundamental stitches and techniques.
In this 1.5-hour session, you’ll learn:
How to document and connect with your creativity
How to thread and operate a sewing machine
Essential stitches and their uses
Basic seams
Practical troubleshooting techniques to start sewing with confidence.
All materials and sewing machines are provided. You are invited to bring along a creative folio to document your work, ideas, and creative journey throughout the Remake Sessions. Folios will be available to purchase on the day.
We recommend starting with Back to Basics workshop as a foundation before moving on to Beyond Basics to build confidence and refine your skills.
Every Living Thing: House of Heat: Materials for Coexistence
Drop in for a guided sensory experience that playfully engages with regenerative design and the circular economy
Harness sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch to encircle yourself in a new vision for the future. Think immersive future-focussed sensory party.
Wander the pavilion and taste regenerative futures, touch the extended life of second-hand garments, smell the unique scent of 3D printable biodegradable bioplastics, and see the poetic adaptability of zero-waste, modular furniture and regenerative natural fibres. Open every facet of perception and attune yourself to a future that’s happening now.
House of Heat is a unique collaboration bringing together academic and industry leaders, led by Neomatter co-founder and RMIT senior lecturer Ollie Cotsaftis. Joining him are industrial designer and circular economy expert Sarah Dsylva, and UNSW senior lecturer Nina Williams, who works at the intersection of cultural geography and design studies.
This is a true melting of minds from academia and industry, working together to demystify complex concepts and showcase the material innovators and makers leading the way in our transition to coexistence.
Stay late or drop in to explore at your own pace. Get Tickets here.
Embracing Transformation Beyond Survival - Upcycling Workshops
Join us for a 6-week upcycling and sewing workshop designed to help you reconnect with your creative fire! In a safe, supportive space, you will learn sewing skills and artistic upcycling practices. These intimate workshops are ideal for those on a journey of healing and renewal, seeking personal expression and reconnection with themselves. You will explore a variety of fabric manipulation and creative sewing techniques that deepen your connection with the natural rhythms of growth, death, and renewal. Each session offers hands-on guidance and a reflective space for both material and emotional transformation. No sewing experience necessary!
When: Thursday Mornings 9:30 - 11:30am, 14th November - 19th December, 2024.
Where: Queen Victoria Women's Centre
This program is offered free of charge, but places are limited. Register your expression of interest here!
Please note that this is a creative skills-based exploration and is not a substitute for existing support systems or professional therapeutic guidance.
M/FW x Changing Room
Enter the Changing Room and experience the circular design interventions that are transforming the local Fashion and Textiles industry. Join us at Melbourne Fashion Week for an exciting workshop and space activation, designed to spark creativity, foster community connections, and empower consumers to seek a sustainable fashion future.
Participate in hands-on sustainability workshops with industry leaders InRo and Textile Recyclers Australia, allowing you to explore your own role within the circular supply chain. Plus, support the research of RMIT School of Design PhD candidate Isabella Raco and learn how you can contribute to a more sustainable fashion industry.
Shirts to Shorts
Explore your creativity as you develop basic machine sewing skills and dive into the world of sustainable fashion, transforming ordinary business shirts into stylish boxer shorts! Reimagine fashion and reduce your environmental footprint one stitch at a time. Some sewing experience is helpful, but beginners are absolutely welcome!