Reconstructing Garments, Reimagining the Body

$134.00

Saturday February 28
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Instructor: Faseeh Saleem

Materials Fee: $20 (paid directly to the Instructor)
Students: 12

This workshop introduces participants to methods of exploring garment deconstruction, sustainability, and embroidery as forms of storytelling. Led by Faseeh Saleem, Ph.D., in Artistic Design Research, the session encourages participants to deconstruct garments, breaking them down into their essential components to investigate their construction, history, and embedded narratives.

Through this process, participants will explore embroidery as a narrative tool, using stitches to accentuate details and create new compositions that challenge traditional boundaries between art, craft, and fashion. In the second part of the workshop, participants will experiment with sustainable techniques such as visible mending, patchwork, and zero-waste stitching methods. By combining these methods, participants will develop conceptual and wearable art pieces that express personal narratives and perspectives on sustainability and re-making.

A basic sewing kit will be provided. Participants are expected to bring fabric scissors, their own garments, textile remnants, and any additional notions they’d like to use for this workshop.

Saturday February 28
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Instructor: Faseeh Saleem

Materials Fee: $20 (paid directly to the Instructor)
Students: 12

This workshop introduces participants to methods of exploring garment deconstruction, sustainability, and embroidery as forms of storytelling. Led by Faseeh Saleem, Ph.D., in Artistic Design Research, the session encourages participants to deconstruct garments, breaking them down into their essential components to investigate their construction, history, and embedded narratives.

Through this process, participants will explore embroidery as a narrative tool, using stitches to accentuate details and create new compositions that challenge traditional boundaries between art, craft, and fashion. In the second part of the workshop, participants will experiment with sustainable techniques such as visible mending, patchwork, and zero-waste stitching methods. By combining these methods, participants will develop conceptual and wearable art pieces that express personal narratives and perspectives on sustainability and re-making.

A basic sewing kit will be provided. Participants are expected to bring fabric scissors, their own garments, textile remnants, and any additional notions they’d like to use for this workshop.

Faseeh Saleem (he/him) is a Pakistani Canadian multidisciplinary research practitioner based in Oakville. With a deep passion for art and design thinking, his work explores the rigor of artistic design research to offer insightful and alternative conceptions of the body within the fields of art and design. He completed his doctoral studies at the Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås, Sweden, in April 2024. His research practice spans material exploration through drawing, installation, sculpture, video, and performance. His works have been exhibited at galleries and museums worldwide, including The Textile Museum of Borås (Sweden), Artlab Gallery (Canada), the 1st International Art Triennial Unpredictable Futures UFNA (Lithuania), designtransfer at Berlin University of the Arts (Germany), KHOJ Studios (India), Open Design for E-very-thing at Cumulus 2016 (Hong Kong), Stockholm Furniture Fair (Sweden), Alhamra Art Center (Pakistan), Articulate Studios (Pakistan), and many more.