Lizzy Gee, a sustainable fashion designer, leads a lesson in how to make various accessories by upcycling fabric scraps and using them as the decorative colorant within eco-resin! They’ve been experimenting and honing this innovative craft, that uses a material that is NOT plastic to mold into any shape you can imagine. They use the genius method of embedding the smallest scraps from their collections, so that nothing goes to waste.
This workshop is perfect for those who want learn to do resin-pours, textile artists who want to make brilliant use of your smallest scraps, and anyone who wants to spend a few hours making your own beautiful jewelry, beads, pendants, keychains, or experiment with a new sustainable method! Choose between a pair of earrings, necklace, buttons and/or keychain!
All materials are supplied! Eco-Resin, molds, and a dehydrator for a faster drying process! Bring your own beloved too-good-to-toss scraps, or use Lizzy Gee’s gorgeous textile tidbits! Also, while we wait for your creations to dry, feel free to bring your own mending/sewing/textile projects and get advice from a seasoned sustainable designer about next steps. Lizzy is open to all levels of maker and hopes to see you there!
No experience required! You just need to be interested in sustainability and/or textiles. Everyone is welcome.
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Lizzy has always found it natural to express her ideas with a visual language. Lizzy saw the design process as a self-empowering tool to make her ideas transcend to reality and foster a genuine inclusivity. By age 11, she was creating entire collections from inspiration to runway. A native of Philadelphia, Lizzy moved to Brooklyn, New York to pursue her dream of creating a sustainable, inclusive fashion brand. She attended Pratt Institute after earning a scholarship in their Fashion Design program. After graduating with honors in 2018, she continued to develop her brand and has showcased her collections in Fashion Weeks in New York, London, and Philadelphia. Not only did she launch her business within the first of year of graduating, but also founded a sustainable New York Fashion Week initiative called IMPACT NYFW. Practicing sustainable design with her brand, she wanted to further transcend eco-conscious methods in regards to how designs were presented by acting on another passion- event production. IMPACT is an annual, alternative New York fashion week platform for emerging, sustainable designers to showcase their work while making an impact beyond the runway by donating ticket proceeds to an environmental non-profit. Along with IMPACT, her award-winning designs have been showcased in galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, University of the Arts Philadelphia, Pratt Institute, and Screaming Mimi’s NYC front window display. While studying fashion at Pratt, Lizzy apprenticed for many successful designers, including Christian Siriano, Badgley Mischka, Mara Hoffman, and Nicola Formichetti. Not only have her colorful designs been worn by music artists, such as, Grimes and Kimbra, but they’ve also been highlighted in publications including British Vogue and Schon! magazine. Lizzy is continuing to build her sustainable brand with the mission of giving the world innovative perspectives of beauty and functional design by breaking the boundaries of social constructs limiting our potential as individuals.
This is a masks optional workshop.
As with all NYC Resistor events, this class is 18+ and governed by our Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct, as well as accessibility information, can be found at www.nycresistor.com/participate/.
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