Upcycling I – Textile Exploration & Creative Language
With Ika Abigayll, Warrior Babe
This course introduces upcycling as a creative and expressive language. Participants explore how clothing can be transformed into personal and symbolic pieces through storytelling, collage, embroidery, bleaching, painting, and garment alteration. The workshop combines hands-on textile techniques with conceptual exercises, encouraging participants to reflect on identity, sustainability, and the social impact of fashion. Rather than focusing on perfection or finished results, the course emphasizes experimentation, process, and developing confidence in making. Participants are guided through a series of techniques that can later be combined freely, allowing each person to discover their own visual and material language. The course is open to beginners and anyone curious about working with textiles as a form of artistic expression.
- Dates
- Wed 8 Jul, Wed 22 Jul, Wed 29 Jul
- Time
- 18:00–21:00
- Cost
- €80 – €150 full course (+ €5 membership fee for new members)
- Attendance type
- You should attend the full course
- Class type
- Crafts, Artistic exploration, Textiles, Fabric
- Space
- Workshop
- Desired audience
- Artists, students, makers, and anyone interested in sustainable fashion, self-expression, or textile experimentation. Open to beginners.
- What should I bring?
- Participants should bring one or more old garments to transform (shirt, jeans, jacket, etc.) and wear clothes that can get dirty. A notebook is recommended. No prior knowledge is required.
About the artist
Ika Abigayll is a multidisciplinary artist and designer working with textiles, upcycling, and storytelling. Her practice combines embroidery, painting, bleaching, and garment alteration to explore identity, self-expression, and social responsibility within fashion. She has taught textile and upcycling workshops at 90mil Art School and other independent art spaces, focusing on process-based learning, experimentation, and sustainability.
Instagram: @warrior.babe@warrior.babe
Accessibility
One solidarity spot is available for this course at no cost. Please write to 90milartschool@gmail.com to book. 90mil is wheelchair accessible. Please see the yellow section below for more on accessibility.
Sliding scale
We use a sliding scale to make courses as affordable as possible. Here’s how to use it: Lower end: You don’t have a stable income. Mid range: You have a less stable financial situation and are more selective about where you spend your money. Higher end: You experience relative financial stability. Solidarity spot: You’re experiencing financial precarity and wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford to come to a workshop.