Migrating Crafts #4: Sculpting the familiar
Give an everyday object a new form
Bring a small piece of furniture or an everyday object from home and transform it into a loam sculpture with artist Narges Mohammadi. In this fourth workshop in the Migrating Crafts series, you’ll work with clay, sand and straw and discover step by step what you can create with this centuries-old material.
Workshop: make your own loam sculpture
What happens when you cover an everyday object with a completely new layer? Bring a stool, lamp, vase, toy or another small object from home. Together with Narges Mohammadi, you’ll cover it in loam and give it a new form.
The workshop is inspired by Almost There (2020), an artwork by Mohammadi from the Fenix collection. In the work, she covers everyday furniture and objects with a thick layer of loam. Objects that seem familiar and light become heavy and almost impossible to move.
You’ll learn different ways of working with loam and create your own sculpture. No previous experience is needed. All materials and tools are provided.
What to bring
Bring an everyday object no larger than 30 × 30 × 30 cm. This could be a decorative object or something personal. Choose something you genuinely want to transform: during the workshop, it will be completely covered in loam.
Programme
10:30–11:00: Introduction and presentation by Narges Mohammadi
11:00–13:00: Workshop
About Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi is an artist who often works with familiar materials such as loam, concrete, soap and food. Drawing on personal memories, her sculptures explore themes including home, loss, traditions and what people carry with them.
Narges Mohammadi during the installation of Almost There at Fenix. Image: Sylvana Lans
About Migrating Crafts
Across four standalone workshops, Yingda Dong, Chiara Caselli, Omid Nemalhabib and Narges Mohammadi give traditional crafts a new form.
Wanwai Shum and Augustina Lavickaitė are designers and the initiators of Migrating Crafts. Through the project, they explore how crafts travel with people and change through new places, cultures and techniques. For the workshop series, they bring together makers from different backgrounds and craft disciplines at Fenix.
Bouw samen met grafisch ontwerper Omid Nemalhabib je eigen schrijfgereedschap en experimenteer met Perzische kalligrafie, herhaling en abstracte vormen. Tijdens deze derde workshop uit de reeks Migrating Crafts ontdek je wat er gebeurt wanneer letters hun vaste vorm loslaten en veranderen in lijnen, ritme en beeld.