Workshops - Sustainable Styling Masterclass
Unlock your inner fashionista (sustainably!)
EFWA 2024 offers a variety of exciting workshops led by industry royalty. Learn valuable skills like garment up cycling, natural dyeing techniques, or even creating your own eco-friendly accessories. These interactive workshops are perfect for anyone who wants to embrace sustainable fashion in a fun and creative way.
Sustainable Styling Masterclass
Want more effortless outfits but fed up with exploitative, environmentally destructive and frankly, poor quality fast fashion?
The Sustainable Styling Masterclass is for you.
If you want to:
✨ Get the most out of the clothes you already own
✨ Create authentic outfits that speak to your own personal style
✨ Learn professional styling techniques to help you love what you have…
All without buying anything new, book your ticket today.
This styling Masterclass is exclusive to Eco Fashion Week Australia 2024 and will be crammed full of tips and tricks to help you fall back in love with your wardrobe.
You will also:
✨ Get the lowdown on the Summer catwalk trends and how to shop them in your own wardrobe
✨ Gain invaluable outfit building skills so you can put together the perfect outfit for any occasion
✨ Deep dive on your personal style and receive a style strategy to always look your best
Learn how to confidently lean into dressing for your own comfort, pleasure and enjoyment so that you can save your precious time, money and energy for something that really matters to you ✨♻️💗
About your host:
Hazel is a sustainable fashion expert, specialising in curating wearable wardrobes, unique to each client. She offers personal styling, sustainable style workshops and tours. Hazel’s Sustainable Style Master Class is designed to teach you to curate your wardrobe so that it works hard for you and not the other way around.
Through a highly practical framework Hazel will show you how to look great in clothing you already own, buy less and be more intentional with your purchases, allowing you to be more sustainable in your fashion choices without compromising on style.
With Hazel’s expertise and straightforward approach to sustainable styling you will learn the skills to restyle, rewear and revitalise your wardrobe without buying anything new.
Busselton:
November 5th 10am-11:30am
Perth:
November 14th 1pm-2:30pm; 3pm-4:30pm
November 15th 1pm-2:30pm; 3pm-4:30pm
November 16th 1pm-2:30pm; 3pm-4:30pm
November 17th 1pm-2:30pm; 3pm-4:30pm
Workshops - Introduction to Natural Pigments with Helen Coleman [2 day workshop]
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
Unlock the colours of nature with Helen Coleman, as she gently guides you through her process to transform plants and earth into inks, pigments and paints. Over two days, participants will explore a wide range of locally sourced, natural materials for their colour properties, convert these pigments into art mediums and create unique artworks deeply connected with the local landscape. Workshop techniques include plant pigment extraction, botanical inkmaking, earth pigment levigation and natural paintmaking. All materials are supplied. This workshop will benefit beginners to experienced artists who are keen to incorporate natural pigments in their practice.
ABOUT HELEN COLEMAN
Helen Coleman is a contemporary colourwoman, with an art practice devoted to process and experimentation. In 2018 she completed a two-year residency at Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah, where she combined her background in botany and chemistry with a passion for art, to explore the eco-dye potential of Western Australia's endemic plants. This residency culminated in her first solo exhibition, Windfall : Chemistry of the Dye Pot. Now based in her Dye Pot Studio, Helen continues to research the colours of the earth and plants around her. She facilitates natural pigments workshops across Australia and collaborates with artists, combining scientific and creative processes to explore new ways of working with local pigments. In 2022 Helen commenced PhD research at Curtin University, to take a deep dive into the chemistry and dye potential of the iconic Corymbia calophylla kino (marri gum).
PRESENTED AS PART OF CLOSET OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
This workshop is held as part of the annual eco-fashion week, EFWA (Eco Fashion Week Australia).
EFWA is an artist-run initiative and founded by Perth/WA based Visual artist Zuhal Kuvan-Mills. EFWA is for everyone, features fashion art runway shows, exhibitions, workshops, artist talks, seminars as well as Anita Moon Award of Excellence, Upcycle Challenge and present student designer shows by collaborating with educational establishments. The theme this year is ‘Closet of the The Anthropocene', where designers will explore current environmental issues with a focus on creativity, innovation, sustainability and education.
In a world where fashion excess and hyper consumption dominate the scene, EFWA launched in 2017 and quickly became the largest eco fashion week in the world in terms of length, number of eco designers and events which were powered by local community and volunteers.
EFWA offers traditional runway shows to support and provide a platform for established, emerging and student eco fashion designers, as well as seminars, workshops and events, held in partnership with several conservation organizations, international and national industry experts specialized in sustainability with the aim of educating the public about the importance of sustainability and slow fashion.
Workshops - Introduction to Natural Inks with Helen Coleman
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
In this one day, introductory workshop, Helen Coleman will guide you through the process of extracting colours from locally sourced, sustainably harvested plant materials, to create your own natural inks. Techniques that will be explored include extraction of pigments with water and alcohol, colour range extension using mordants and modifiers, record-keeping and lightfast testing. Students will have time to explore the artistic potential of natural inks, creating test swatches then manipulating the inks to create their own unique layered artworks. All materials are supplied and students will take home workshop notes, small ink samples and artworks created during the workshop.
ABOUT HELEN COLEMAN
Helen Coleman is a contemporary colourwoman, with an art practice devoted to process and experimentation. In 2018 she completed a two-year residency at Contemporary Art Spaces Mandurah, where she combined her background in botany and chemistry with a passion for art, to explore the eco-dye potential of Western Australia's endemic plants. This residency culminated in her first solo exhibition, Windfall : Chemistry of the Dye Pot. Now based in her Dye Pot Studio, Helen continues to research the colours of the earth and plants around her. She facilitates natural pigments workshops across Australia and collaborates with artists, combining scientific and creative processes to explore new ways of working with local pigments. In 2022 Helen commenced PhD research at Curtin University, to take a deep dive into the chemistry and dye potential of the iconic Corymbia calophylla kino (marri gum).
PRESENTED AS PART OF CLOSET OF THE ANTHROPOCENE
This workshop is held as part of the annual eco-fashion week, EFWA (Eco Fashion Week Australia).
EFWA is an artist-run initiative and founded by Perth/WA based Visual artist Zuhal Kuvan-Mills. EFWA is for everyone, features fashion art runway shows, exhibitions, workshops, artist talks, seminars as well as Anita Moon Award of Excellence, Upcycle Challenge and present student designer shows by collaborating with educational establishments. The theme this year is ‘Closet of the The Anthropocene', where designers will explore current environmental issues with a focus on creativity, innovation, sustainability and education.
In a world where fashion excess and hyper consumption dominate the scene, EFWA launched in 2017 and quickly became the largest eco fashion week in the world in terms of length, number of eco designers and events which were powered by local community and volunteers.
EFWA offers traditional runway shows to support and provide a platform for established, emerging and student eco fashion designers, as well as seminars, workshops and events, held in partnership with several conservation organizations, international and national industry experts specialized in sustainability with the aim of educating the public about the importance of sustainability and slow fashion.