WALKlightly Workshop

WALKlightly is launching a central city studio for soft textile artists and designers, to exhibit, sell, collaborate and make fabric requests. Promoting hands on techniques and a reduction of textile-waste!

The Project

The studio is aimed at fostering sustainable art and fashion by providing creatives with re-construction methods and eco-conscious fabric choices.

Exhibiting Ōtautahi soft-textile artists will help to express their intent, identity, methodology and atmosphere, how their mahi is presented helps understand their relationship with fibre and form.

WALK started an eco-textile project in July 2023, we now have on board 8 businesses contributing their left-over fabric. We are currently supply 9 local artists with factory off-cuts, end of line and second hand fabrics, according to their preferences.  

At WALK studio some categories of fabric will linger, so to create something useful our small production line will create and sample patterns, follow us on Instagram to see the patchwork products over the next 4weeks!

I would like to be able to offer the students of fashion and soft-textiles a rack or wall at WALKlightly and host their catwalk and post pop-up shop.

What We Are Funding For

The primary costs involve securing a workshop space, which we have been negotiating through LIVS (Life in Vacant Spaces).This industrial studio/ shop will be a vibrant, innovative, central and a hub for our community. I have been accumulating assets over the past few years in preparation, to kick start this studio:

x4 industrial machines, (x2 donated by Earth Sea Sky)
a large pattern table,
lights on tripods,
a back drop and scaffolding to host photoshoots.

The space is so amazing it would also be a great venue for our exhibition this December, we have 22 slow-fashion designers and fibre artists interested in showcasing here in Ōtautahi Christchurch!!