The "Eco postcard" workshop introduces a forgotten form of analogue correspondence – an occasional postcard. During the meeting, the workshop participants will make it using the pop-up method, using various art techniques. The workshop also aims at unleashing the creativity that lies within each of us, regardless of age and status.
The meeting with Ada Rybka is also a return and reminder of communication by means of postcards (there are countries in Europe where the tradition of sending occasional postcards remains very popular), as well as creating colourful stories based on imagination and fantasy. And everything in the spirit of eco, because the objects prepared during the workshop will be made of recycled paper.
The workshop of making cards using the pop-up method will be held for the first time – it had been prepared by the Up-Life Foundation especially for the MATERIA. MEDIUM. WYMIANA proramme and accompanies the exhibition of Zofia Bisiak “Całe stado dmuchawców oczekuje wiatru” [A whole group of dandelion clocks awaits the wind]
A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE METHOD
The pop-up technique is based on a durable and functional construction that allows you to make three-dimensional paper projects. This method is used to create the so-called "fold-outs", true works of engineering in the field of paper art. Beauty, technique and content combine into a three-dimensional whole, creating a world in which the recipient can immerse themselves every time they open the prepared object. At the meeting at the University of Lodz Library, the artist will show step by step how to make a spatial card, discovering all stages of production: cutting, assembly, gluing, mounting and binding.
TIME, PLACE AND REGISTRATION
- 23.02.2023, 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
- The workshop is addressed to adults.
- Registration: until 21 February 2023 using the online form (in Polish)
- The number of places is limited
- The University of Lodz students and employees will have priority to participate.
The workshop takes placeas part of the university art and science programme MATERIA. MEDIUM. WYMIANA. SZTUKA PAPIERU, SZTUKA KOMUNIKACJI
ADA RYBKA
Ada Rybka is a painter, graphic artist, creator of landscapes in the form of painting miniatures and relief prints. She is a designer with creative ADHD. Ada Rybka is a promoter of upcycling and a healthy lifestyle. Brilliant gadgets inspired by our tapestries of our grandmothers, original jewellery in the form of painting miniatures or contemporary souvenirs from Lodz are just a few examples of her versatile creations. For several years, she ran her own studio at the Open Air Museum of Wooden Architecture at the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, where she also organised creative workshops for children and adults. She also creatively and professionally processes waste materials into items of higher value. She is the creator of the Up-life brand and co-founder, president and flywheel of the Up-life Foundation.
UP-LIFE FOUNDATION
The Foundation's team educates on the use of recyclable materials, combining care for the environment with design thinking. It popularises upcycling, less waste and slow life ideas. The foundation conducts artistic, culinary, natural cosmetics, herbalism and slow jogging workshops. As part of its activity, it cooperates with the business sector and the public sector, processing outdated banners and corporate waste of clients into designer advertising products – bags, laptop cases, office accessories and various company gadgets.
Edit: Bartosz Kałużny (Communications and PR Centre, University of Lodz)