Exploration #03 Making Wool Futures: an invitation

Mountain wool: New applications, products and perspectives

19 January 2019, 10.00 – 16.00

This hands-on making workshop* is a collaboration between muu-baa and rewollte (Theresa Bader and Melissa Fröhle) focusing on the potential of 60 tonnes of waste sheep wool produced annually in South Tyrol for the generation of new materials, applications and products. Participants will be introduced to past and present experimental works by designers, artists and craftspeople in Europe to imagine and construct new concepts working with wool.

BENEFITS of attending:

Get up to speed on contemporary issues of wool, its challenges and potentials
Generate and make new creative concepts with others
Meet diverse professionals
Learn about the new muu-baa network and meet members
Enjoy a convivial setting on a farm with delicious complementary local food and drink

*Workshop facilitation will be a mixture of English, German and Italian.

PROGRAMME

9.45 Registration and coffee

10.00 Introduction – short talks from the workshop initiators & guests

10.30 Mapping past and present wool uses

11.15 Coffee break

11.30 Exploring technical, symbolic and emotional properties of the waste wool and finished wool products. Sketching concepts and testing materials.

13.00 Lunch

13.30 Experimental making with waste wool

15.30 Presenting the artifacts and discussion

16.00 ENDS

Venue: Stanglerhof, Mumelterweg 42, St. Konstantin, 39050 Völs am Schlern, Italy

To reserve a place (maximum of 20 participants), please email info@muu-baa.org.