This two-part workshop series will guide participants through the process of preparing digital photographs for sewing and transforming them into tactile, sculptural objects.
January 15, 2025 6:00PM - 8:00PM (Online)
The first workshop will take place online, introducing participants to simple digital pattern development using Photoshop—finishing with participants preparing their own digital images for printing on fabric. Participants should bring a selection of digital images to work with to this workshop.
February 1, 2025 12:00PM - 4:00PM (In Person)
The second workshop will take place in-person at Gallery 44. Using the participants' own unique printed fabric from session one, this workshop will introduce participants to the steps required to sew their own soft sculpture photographic object. We will start by looking through some of the sewn photo objects from the artist's own practice. Then work through sewing our own soft sculpture photos, cutting, machine sewing, stuffing, and hand sewing the finishing touches.
This workshop series is designed for interested photographers and artists who are beginner sewists, however no previous sewing experience is necessary. Participants must have access to a computer, ideally equipped with photoshop, as well as provide their own digital imagery. All other necessary materials for the in person workshop will be provided: printed fabric, test fabric, sewing machine, thread, needles and stuffing.
Hannah Doucet is a visual artist and arts educator from Winnipeg, currently based in Toronto. Working within photography, video and sculpture, she explores fantasy, illness, the body, corporate philanthropy and artifice. Doucet has exhibited across Canada, with exhibitions at The National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), Neutral Ground (Regina), Duplex (Vancouver), PLATFORM ( Winnipeg), The New Gallery ( Calgary) and Gallery 44 (Toronto). Doucet was the inaugural winner of the PLATFORM photography award in 2017 and was a winner of the National Gallery of Canada’s New Generation Photography award in 2023. She is one of four founders of Blinkers, a project space based in Winnipeg, where she was a co-organizer until August 2021. She has over 13 years of experience working within community arts as an artist facilitator, community programs manager and coordinator in hospitals, schools, community/resource centers, shelters and art galleries.