Crafting Workshop design: Mindfulness practice through Sashiko and stone painting 正念藝術工作坊設計(刺子繡及石頭彩繪)

Creator

Chow, Hiu Tin, Chowchow 周曉天

Title

Subject

Social aspects – Design -- Exhibitions

College graduates

Date Created

2019-06-27

Relation

PolyU Design - Projects gallery

Format

Photographs

Identifier

ASSD2019BASDD16P001

ASSD2019BASDD16P002

Is Part Of

BA (Hons) in Social Design

Description

Crafting Workshop design: Mindfulness practice through Sashiko and stone painting 正念藝術工作坊設計（刺子繡及石頭彩繪）

"Mindfulness" is something we all naturally possess. It helps us understand the true self and improve the community by mutual practice and interpersonal effects. However, mindfulness practice could be abstract and difficult for the common public who has no experience in attentive meditations. In this project, a series of crafting workshops were designed to facilitate mindfulness experience for young beginners. While engaging with craftworks, participants were guided to contemplate the dynamic social relations between self and others. Specifically, participants learn to reflect on the selfhood via “stone painting”; they also learn "Sashiko", a traditional cloth-repairing technique from Japan, in order to practice and intensify the sense of gratefulness.

正念是人類與生俱來的力量，它可讓我們重拾生活的動力，讓我們更了解自己，作出適合的生活選擇，提升生活素質。

這次工作坊的策劃是為了提供機會讓年輕人開始接觸抽象的「正念修習」，透過藝術及手作思考自我與他人之間的關係。

參與者透過「石頭彩繪」學會了對自我的反思；透過日本的傳統布修技術「Sashiko」練習感恩。

Collection

PolyU Design Annual Show 2019: beyond the surface = 二〇一九理大設計年展: 表裡以外