The Crafty Corner: Hand stitching and DIY zine-making with Hinda Mandell

Name: The Crafty Corner: Hand stitching and DIY zine-making with Hinda Mandell
Start: 2025-04-17T16:00:00+01:00
Location: 190 Cheetham Hill Road, M88 Manchester, United Kingdom

Schedule

Thu, 17 Apr, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

190 Cheetham Hill Road, M88 Manchester, United Kingdom | Manchester, EN

Join us for our next Crafty Corner, hosted by Dr Hinda Mandell!
Let’s turn to paper and thread for a two-in-one workshop that spotlights different ways to engage in creative expression as a tool for connection. This workshop includes learning to hand stitch a “HELLO My Name is” patch as well as an introduction to zine-making.
Your name tells a story. It holds your history and heritage. Instead of using a disposable sticker, why not create something lasting? In this workshop, you’ll hand-stitch your very own “HELLO My Name Is” patch—perfect for wearing at community events, meetings, or anywhere you’d like to initiate a conversation and offer a friendly introduction.
During this workshop you’ll learn the basics of running and back stitches. No sewing experience is neccessary, just come along! If you’re an experienced stitcher, you’ll still enjoy the process and creative possibilities.
You’ll also get a chance to apply your new stitching skills to paper, designing personalised zines – mini DIY booklets made from a single sheet of paper or collage. Zines are a fun and creative way to express yourself, tell stories, and share with friends. Whether you’re stitching fabric or paper, this workshop is all about making connections, both through craft and conversation.
This group is open to anyone over the age of 18, and to all identities, backgrounds, and cultures. Don’t worry if this is your first-time making crafts, we welcome beginners and seasoned pros – and believe in the power of supporting one another in getting creative!
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Dr. Hinda Mandell is professor in the School of Communication at RIT in New York, where she was the director of the university’s journalism program from 2020-2024. An avid DIY’er who loves to unleash creativity in others, Mandell is the co-founder of her university’s annual Zine Fest as well as ongoing exhibition project, “(Co-) Crafting Democracy: Fiber Arts and Activism,” which has had three separate iterations at seven different venues in the U.S. since 2019. Her scholarly inquiries into collaborative handcraft as change-agents have been published in Craft Research, the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies, and forthcoming in the Journal of Feminist Scholarship. She is on the international advisory board of the Journal of Craft & Communities and on the editorial board the International Journal of Sustainable Fashion and Textiles, and her research has been funded by the Centre for Craft and Fiber Art Now. In 2020 she was a guest artist with Visual Studies Workshop, whose residency funded the production of her artist book, “The Yarn Must Live: A Polemic on a Pandemic and Public Art,” which was acquired by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in 2021.