Learn simple hand-mending skills with Karolina Wieczorek. Bring a worn garment and give it a new life—no sewing experience needed!

What if repairing what we already own became part of how we care for the living world?

Join Karolina Wieczorek for The Art of Mending, a hands-on workshop introducing absolute beginners to the simple skills of repairing and caring for clothes so they can be worn for longer.

Fast fashion generates enormous amounts of waste and carries a significant ecological footprint. Learning to mend a garment is one small, practical way to resist the cycle of buying, discarding and replacing—and to move towards a more circular relationship with the things we use.

Bring a garment in need of some TLC. Whether you've never threaded a needle, sewn a button or picked up a needle and thread, Karolina will guide you through accessible hand-mending techniques and help you give an old favourite a new lease of life.

No previous sewing experience necessary.

📍 Where: The EcoLab, Tramore Valley Park

📅 When: Saturday 5 September

⏰ Time: 11:00am–1:00pm

Meeting place is in the EcoLab (not the Weighbridge carpark)

About KinShip EcoLab

KinShip is an ambitious public art project located in Cork’s Tramore Valley Park, designed to explore our interconnectedness with the environment through artistic practice, community engagement, and ecological reflection. The EcoLab provides a space for dialogue and co-creation in service of a more sustainable and caring future.

The KinShip Project is supported through Cork City Council by the Creative Ireland programme.

Getting There

By car, Tramore Valley Park is accessed via the South Link Road. There are 3 car parks within the site.

The park is accessible by public transport. Bus routes 206, 219, and 223 stop at South Douglas Road, from which a short walk down Half Moon Lane leads to the park.

Description supplied by the event organiser.