Sunday 22nd March
1pm - 6pm
Hataitai Community Centre (The Bowling Club)
157 Hataitai Road

An afternoon of leather crafts, working with beautiful leather Imogen bark-tanned in Norway! Together we’ll each create a Sámi-inspired “kaffepose” (coffee pouch), practicing a variety of different hand-sewn seams and coiled leather. This workshop is suitable for all levels, and you’ll take home the materials and equipment you’ll need to finish your project.

Imogen/Mo is a traditional craftswomen, born and raised in Aotearoa but spreading knowledge about crafts she learned in Norway. Hide tanning is her favourite craft, for it transforms animal hides into beautiful and durable leather, that is long-lasting but can be returned to the soil at end of life. Through discovering the art of tanning, Mo believes the answers to many modern problems lie in traditional knowledge and crafts practiced for generations before us. Now she teaches to help more people discover crafts and the delights of working with natural materials between your fingertips.

Follow Mo’s journey via the channels on her website