Marigold Paper Flower Making

Join this workshop led by designer Tiz Creel and create craft lifelike flowers using paper for the Day of the Dead altar. Book your place via this link:  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/marigold-paper-flower-making-tickets-1003468881437 - - Workshops start at 11am and 1pm with additional sessions on Thursday 31 October.

Marigold Flower Making

Workshops to create craft lifelike flowers using paper for the Day of the Dead altar. 

Overview:

In this heartfelt pop-up lab, participants will learn to craft vibrant crepe or tissue paper flowers, an essential element in decorating Día de los Muertos altars (ofrendas). We will delve into the cultural significance of these flowers, particularly marigolds (cempasúchil), and guide participants through various techniques to create beautiful blooms.

Objectives:

1. Understand the cultural importance of cempasúchil in Día de los Muertos celebrations.
2. Learn different techniques for crafting various tissue paper flowers and intricate floral designs.

• This workshop is suitable for children 6+ years. Adult assistance may be required for younger learners.
• Materials, guidance and instructions included in the ticket price.
• All workshop participants require a ticket.
• There are only 10 places per workshop.

This workshop is part of a series of half term activities designed by Tiz Creel, Founder and Director of Living Things Studio.

Tiz holds an undergraduate degree in Communications from Universidad Iberoamericana 2015 (Mexico City). In 2019, she completed an MFA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths University (London) as well as a residency at the School of Visual Arts in 2016 (New York). Tiz has collaborated with different institutions in the UK, exploring play as a method of participation and engagement. Recently, she collaborated with the Royal Kew Gardens to create a playful resource for experiencing nature from different perspectives. Likewise, the collaboration with Bedford Creative Arts will make a digital interactive experience by collaborating with schools to map out the blue spaces in Central Bedfordshire. She collaborated with Turner Contemporary to run the project Hand Crafted Digital Worlds, where museum visitors could create anything they liked to add to a digital world. All creation was scanned, processed, and placed in a virtual environment that anyone could explore.

She has exhibited in the UK at Home in Manchester (Future Fantastic Showcase, 2023). Now play this! (Hand Crafted Digital Worlds, 2021), London Mural Festival (2020), Division of Labour (Soft Display, 2020); Pitt Studio (Heavy Duty Paper, 2020); Residency Gallery (The Correspondence, 2020); Deptford X: Stop Making Sense (Designed to fall, 2019). International exhibitions include La la Land (Amsterdam, Netherlands, BeFantastic (Bangalore, India, 2023), and Next Level Festival! (Essen, 2021), Parsec (Bolognia, 2024, 2020), Museo Tamayo (Mexico City, 2019), Museo Nacional de Arte (Mexico City, 2019) and Museo Regional de Cholula (Puebla, 2016).

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With thanks to the Circles of Art for their support of the events programme.