A Vancouver Arts & Culture Festival!: Workshops at Watch & Learn Festival

Age: All

** Handmade Patch with El Patcha Embroidery **
SATURDAY August 19, 11am-1pm
For the crafter with a love for flair! With classic embroidery techniques we'll create one of a kind pieces you'll be proud to show off on your favourite denim. This workshop is suitable for all skill levels, even if you've never threaded a needle in your life. We'll cover everything you need to know to create your 1st patch and many more, and you'll leave with an embroidery starter kit!

** Macramé Wallhanging with Saige and Skye **
SATURDAY August 19, 11am-1pm
Create your own macramé wallhanging using a natural thick Canadian made cotton rope with your choice of driftwood, maple dowel or copper top! You will learn five basic knots to design and create your own personal design!

** Devil's Club Salve and Traditional Coast Salish Plant Medicine with Quw'utsun' Made **
SATURDAY August 19, 1:30-3:30pm
This presentaton will help partcipants to understand the history of plant medicine in traditonal Coast Salish culture as well as its applicability to our modern life, and teach students to identify, harvest & prepare some prominent local plant medicines including Devil’s Club & Nettles. By the end of the presentaton each student will have prepared a healing salve with Devil’s Club.

** Wildcrafted Jun Tonic with Moonbrew Tonic Co. **
SATURDAY August 19, 4-6pm
Like kombucha, but better! Using local, in-season fruit, herbs & botanicals, you will be guided through the Jun fermentation process and infuse your own Jun tonic brew with herbal plant medicines. You will leave with two wildcrafted healing Jun tonics, unique to you, along with an understanding of the potent benefits of fermentation and a knowledge to confidently re-create Jun tonics in your home.

** Leather Collar + Leash Set with Handsome Mountain **
SATURDAY August 19, 4-6pm
In this workshop you will go through all of the steps to complete a custom leather collar and leash set for your furry pal! There will be all kinds of options availble to customize your creations, stamping, leather paints, and MORE!

** Indigo Dyeing with Sophena Kwon of Indigo Social **
TWO times available! SUNDAY August 20, 11am-1pm + 4pm-6pm
This is a unique opportunity to learn from Sophena in a small, intimate class! Everyone participating in the workshop will receive 2m of Organic Cotton to tie, clamp, stitch, resist and then dye. You will go home with an authentic, personalized piece to wear and keep for always.

** Macramé Plant Hanger with Saige and Skye **
SUNDAY August 20, 1:30-3:30pm
Learn the basics of macramé, and create your very own plant hanger to take home! This also includes a locally hand crafted pot by Three Corners Artisan and a new plant friend (choose from a variety of cacti, tropicals, and succulents!)

** Botanical Embroidery with El Patcha **
SUNDAY August 20, 4-6pm
An embroidery 101 workshop with vintage inspired botanical patterns! This workshop is suitable for all skills levels, we'll be covering all methods and techniques to complete the first of many textile works of art! All materials are included, and you will take home an embroidery starter kit!

For more information on each individual workshop please follow the ticket link, or visit watchandlearnyvr.ca!

**Accessibility**
All areas of this event are accessible via wheelchair including washrooms & workshop salons. For more details please email hello@watchandlearnyvr.ca

This event is held on the unceded and ancestral land of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the Musqueam, Skxwú7mesh-ulh, Stó:lo & Tsleil-Waututh nations. As we host events, we acknowledge the historical and ongoing colonial genocide against Indigenous peoples, as it is their lands that make it possible for us to be here as occupiers.
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