SATURDAY 03 OCTOBER.

Join us on the land for a session of creating and discussion around how we can be inspired by our ancestor’s reliance on knowledge of their environments for strategies of resistance.

A bunting making workshop exploring and archiving the connections between historical instances of ancestral reliance on  land as tools for resistance as well as current approaches to land justice and resisting exploitative relationships with land. No sewing skill necessary! Bring fabrics you feel connected to and are happy to use in the session. 

This session is with Tallawah @wovenradical

artist bio

Tallawah is a mixed media artist and workshop facilitator who utilises collage to disrupt colonial historical narratives and explore Black speculative concepts. Tallawah centres collage in their practice as a tool of cultural recovery, using visual archives and oral histories to piece together distorted narratives as well as reimagine worlds outside of the oppressive systems we inhabit. African and African diasporic textile practices are also foundational to Tallawah’s mixed media work. They explore the role of the patterns and symbols that frequent these craft mediums as decolonial approaches to archiving and small acts of resistance.

Tallawah founded the research project Woven Radical, an exploration of the political and social capacity of craft to facilitate the sharing of political knowledge accessibly through collective making workshops and zines. In these sessions, participants have discussions around complex political issues broken down through crafting activities with up-cycled waste material. The goal of this project is to encourage decentralised knowledge sharing to counteract the disillusionment felt in response to the happenings in our political climate.

At Earth Tenders, we see food as more than nourishment but also as a means of connecting us to our ancestors, cultural traditions, ritual, home making and belonging. This summer we have been able to host our first series of cooking workshops for the community and we are honoured to bring back the two chefs that led those sessions to talk us through what food as ritual means to them. Both Safiya and Eyram are deeply rooted in community and their practice play with memory and cultural storytelling through nourishment. 

speakers

Eyram Dzotsi of Garden of Afruika

Safiya Robinson of SisterWoman

This session will be moderated by Chala June

In this workshop, participants will explore the rich heritage and living histories of natural indigo dyeing. Guided by Earth Tenders own Tanya Wilson.

The session combines hands-on practice with the invitation for open discussions on indigo’s cultural significance across diasporas.

Participants will experiment with a range of tools assisting with dyeing techniques, patterns and play to create unique textile piece(s) to take home.

You’re welcome to bring a small item of clothing or materials to dye - please make sure it’s been washed without clothes wash or softener (to remove chemicals), is light in colour, and made from 100% natural fabrics (e.g.cotton or linen).

artist bio

f.a.t. studio have kindly let us borrow their apple press to create our own apple juice for sipping and mulling throughout the day.

about
The Common Fruit Project is a new collaboration between Rachel Sale of F.A.T. Studio, Maia Magoga, Alastair Kwan and Glengall Wharf Community Garden. Our idea was to install a community fruit press at an easily accessible SE London location, providing a piece of infrastructure that would support social gatherings and the processing of local surplus fruit. We have a fruit donor network, a picking group and a processing team. If you'd like to join in, please email thecommonfruitproject@gmail.com