FREE
Friday 15 May, 10am-12pm

Threads of Labour

Join artist Jenny Stevenson for a hands-on workshop exploring materials and processes connected to labour within the prison system.

Looking at selected objects from the Work in Prisons Exhibition from the National Justice Museum, including weaving tools, sewing equipment, and handmade items, you’ll focus on textures, marks, and small repeated details.

Through simple techniques such as stitching into paper, weaving with thread and paper, and repetitive mark-making, you’ll create a series of small samples. These small samples will be brought together into a handmade book, creating a tactile record of process, time, and labour.

Open to all levels of experience, this workshop offers a chance to work with materials in an exploratory way, and to leave with your own sample book to take home.

About Our Make It Yours Sessions

You’re invited to drop into our Creative Courtyard and make something inspired by the museum collection.

Our creative sessions are free and open to all. Join us to make and create together and contribute to our growing museum! The sessions will be led by artists, makers, and writers, all influenced by this unique museum. Register using the link below.