Come to Waag Futurelab on 24 November for a hands-on craft teaching workshop and explore working with biomaterials. How can experimenting with materials help us find new ways to teach, create, and think about a more sustainable future? During the workshop, we will make and test biomaterial recipes, share ideas, and reflect on the materials we use.
Using biomaterials and bioplastics as examples, we will explore how making and experimenting can support learning. We will also look at how documentation can help us record processes, share practical knowledge, and capture what we learn along the way. This helps us pass on craft knowledge to future generations and share it with others.
The workshop is part of the EU funded Tracks4Crafts project as a so-called Train-the-Trainer programme. Using the expertise of multiple European partners in the project, the workshop will introduce practical learning activities that combine material knowledge, experimentation, sustainability, documentation, and collaborative making. Together we will try out approaches that you can adapt to your own teaching, learners, materials, and local context.
You will leave with:
- Practical experience with biomaterials and bioplastics
- Skills in documenting craft processes, material experiments and learning
- New tools for teaching craft through hands-on experimentation and reflection
- Ideas for connecting sustainable material practices to your own educational context
- A first activity that you can take away and facilitate yourself
The workshop takes place at Waag Futurelab, a cultural institution researching the intersections of culture, technology and society. The session will be led by Aslı Aydın Aksan, researcher and educator, and Maro Pebo, researcher and artist. Together, they bring expertise in craft and design education, critical making, digital fabrication and artist-led approaches to science and technology.
Date and time
Tuesday November 24
12:30 - 18:00 hrs (lunch included)
Location
Waag Futurelab, Makersguild
Nieuwmarkt 4, Amsterdam
Accessibility
The Waag building is not accessible to visitors with reduced mobility. View our accesibility information here.
Cost
Free
Sign-up
There are limited spots available for this workshop. Please make sure to sign-up as soon as possible using the button below.
