Reimagine the body. Reimagine the discard. Every object tells a story.
Saturday, October 4th 4pm to 8pm
@ HeartWorks Studio | 395 Nehalem Blvd, Wheeler OR 97147
Take a blank mannequin torso, a table full of reclaimed materials, and your imagination; and turn it into a one-of-a-kind narrative sculpture. This workshop invites you to decorate, collage, and transform a salvaged mannequin, layering memory, meaning, and personal reflection. Our goal will be to use discards to spark stories about who we are, where we’ve been, and what worlds we can imagine.
Over four hours, you’ll be guided through a simple but powerful structure:
Framing the Why – We’ll begin with prompts and reflection on the role of discarded materials. What stories emerge when we build from what’s been set aside? If this mannequin could speak, what would it say about the world it comes from? Could these fragments become a personal story, a cultural memory, or a fantasy of what might be? Is this figure armor, adornment, dream, or warning?
The Build – You’ll collage, layer, and transform your mannequin with discarded fabric, sheet music, corks, buttons, wire, broken jewelry, and other salvaged materials. Facilitators will circulate with questions to help you explore: Are you rebuilding a self from rubble? Mapping a body out of memory? Giving form to a future being?
The Circle – We’ll close by sharing the figures and their stories: what they carry, what they reveal, and what surprised you along the way.
Expect costumes, shields, altars, or ghosts, or something that doesn’t yet have a name.
All materials provided.
No experience necessary—curiosity is the only skill you need.
Participants will have the option to feature and sell their finished work in a community pop-up exhibit at HeartWorks Studio following the workshop (dates TBD).
Reimagine the body. Reimagine the discard. Every object tells a story.
Saturday, October 4th 4pm to 8pm
@ HeartWorks Studio | 395 Nehalem Blvd, Wheeler OR 97147
Take a blank mannequin torso, a table full of reclaimed materials, and your imagination; and turn it into a one-of-a-kind narrative sculpture. This workshop invites you to decorate, collage, and transform a salvaged mannequin, layering memory, meaning, and personal reflection. Our goal will be to use discards to spark stories about who we are, where we’ve been, and what worlds we can imagine.
Over four hours, you’ll be guided through a simple but powerful structure:
Framing the Why – We’ll begin with prompts and reflection on the role of discarded materials. What stories emerge when we build from what’s been set aside? If this mannequin could speak, what would it say about the world it comes from? Could these fragments become a personal story, a cultural memory, or a fantasy of what might be? Is this figure armor, adornment, dream, or warning?
The Build – You’ll collage, layer, and transform your mannequin with discarded fabric, sheet music, corks, buttons, wire, broken jewelry, and other salvaged materials. Facilitators will circulate with questions to help you explore: Are you rebuilding a self from rubble? Mapping a body out of memory? Giving form to a future being?
The Circle – We’ll close by sharing the figures and their stories: what they carry, what they reveal, and what surprised you along the way.
Expect costumes, shields, altars, or ghosts, or something that doesn’t yet have a name.
All materials provided.
No experience necessary—curiosity is the only skill you need.
Participants will have the option to feature and sell their finished work in a community pop-up exhibit at HeartWorks Studio following the workshop (dates TBD).
