Louise Bourgois: The Woven Child
Schools Takeover Day
29.03.22
Hayward Gallery, London
Photo credits: Pete Woodhead

‘Pupils spent the day teaching each other about the work and learning about how an exhibition is produced before creating their own masterpieces’


Fabric Sculpture Workshop

Students responded to the work of Louise Bourgois and drew upon themes of the exhibition by using familiar textile based materials, creating figurative soft sculptures and weaving human webs from hand made t-shirt yarns. The workshop itself comments on how we may use existing clothing as an artistic resource for sculpture and how to repurpose and find a new perspective on clothing and reclaimed materials. 

Each participant produced a ball of yarn from a recyled t-shirt and received a takeaway textile booklet.




Photo credit: Pete Woodhead


Photo credit: Pete Woodhead


Photo credit: Pete Woodhead


Photo credit: Pete Woodhead


Photo credit: Pete Woodhead


Photo credit: Pete Woodhead


Photo credit: Pete Woodhead


Photo credit: Pete Woodhead


Photo credit: Pete Woodhead


Photo credit: Pete Woodhead


Photo credit: Pete Woodhead







Photo credit: Blandine Martin


Photo credit: Blandine Martin






Photo credit: Blandine Martin


Photo credit: Blandine Martin




Relaxed Hours Workshop
Hayward Gallery, London

Textile based workshop drawing upon themes of the Louise Bourgois: The Woven Child exhibition
for local SEN/D families and community groups.