Hapa Zome, natural fabric printing. Workshops for SEND kids + teens at St. Mary's Secret Garden
St. Mary's Secret Garden ,
50 Pearson Street ,
London ,
E2 8EL view map
1st Nov 2026 - 1st Nov 2026
Week 1 Sun 1st November - Sun 1st November
10:00am - 12:00pm
Led by artist Claudiu Oprea. Forage and make your own botanically printed t-shirts or tea towels. Japanese technique to transfer raw plant pigments into beautiful, bespoke patterns. Crafting a gorgeous botanical tea towel or an upcycled recycled t-shirt into a wearable work of art. Claudiu Oprea is a bioartist, permaculture educator, chef and bodyworker who has spent over a decade working across cultures and creative environments. Worked at Glastonbury Festival, kitchen gardens in the cloud forests of Costa Rica, outdoor edible classrooms in the jungles of Goa, and living ferments prepared for top end French restaurants. He founded The Edible Classroom project in Goa, India, and has since consulted on alternative education and outdoor learning projects across Asia, North America and Europe, Central to his practice is a belief that outdoor learning through connection to other bodies of nature and play can be as much if not more rich than classroom based learning. Foraging, gardening and cooking are inherently sensory and tactile, full of texture, smell, taste and touch. His workshop will involve foraging, natural dye printmaking and learning about plants, food and art.
Camp notes
This workshop is a morning session only session.
Designed for SEND kids with mild to moderate needs.
Children with higher needs are welcome to attend with their parents or carers
BRING A WHITE T-SHIRT FOR PRINTING
This workshop will be outdoors and indoors regardless of wet weather. Please ensure your children wear waterproof and warm clothing suitable for the outdoors!
T&C: refunds and cancellations only accepted a week prior to the event.