M*other Lines: Beginners Printmaking & Textiles Series

WHEN YOU BOOK FOR THE FIRST SESSION YOU ARE BOOKED FOR THE WHOLE SERIES.

M*THER LINES: Print-making & hand textiles workshop series

What can we learn about ourselves and our communities through looking at the lives of our mum’s, aunty’s, nan’s or chosen families?

Join artist Rebecca Livesey-Wright (founder of Kinfolk Families) to create a collaborate artwork exploring family and community! We’ll spend 8-weeks together creating and exploring our family or chosen family through conversation and the creation of artwork. Techniques will include lino printing, photo printing transfers, embroidery and crochet. As the sessions progress, we’ll start to design a collaborative artwork, which will be displayed in an exhibition in Renfrewshire early 2027.

IS IT FOR ME?

This series is perfect for beginners and more experienced creatives. All you need is yourself. All materials are provided.

The sessions will be facilitated and held by Rebecca and Kairos staff member Katy. We are trauma-informed and will seek to make the sessions nourishing and supportive.

DATES AND THEMES

• 25th April, Tracing Back – taking a first look at our family history and chosen family
• 2nd May, Who Do I Mother and Who Mothered Me? – thinking about the people we have provided motherly care to and who have provided that for us
• 9th May, Making Marks – developing symbols to mark family and community
• 16th May, Weaving Stories – creating individual artwork based on the previous weeks
• 23rd May, NO SESSION this week (school holidays)
• 30th May, Collaborative Work – beginning a collaborative design
• 6th June, Free Session – continue together on the collaborative design or revisit a previous tasks
• 13th June, Collaborative Work – finishing off collaborative design
• 20th June, Celebration – a chance to add last details to the final piece and to reflect over the past 8 weeks

THEN WHAT?

This workshop series will feed into a wider heritage project, Fierce Women+, so expect opportunities to be part of an exhibition in early 2027 and get involved in future creative workshops as part of the project!

THE PRATICAL STUFF

• Booking: Book on Eventbrite. This series is free thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Contact info@kairoswomen.org if you need further information or book a Welcome Meeting with a member of the team before you start.
• Who can come: you must be a woman+ or non-binary person and live in Renfrewshire. We will take a small number of bookings from those outside of Renfrewshire but please get in touch with us before booking.
• Food and drinks: We have snacks & hot drinks available for free, including herbal teas, vegan and gluten-free options. Please speak to a staff member if you are peckish, we always have sandwich ingredients in.
• Pantry & Free Shop: In our corridor, grab something from the free shop – clothes, toiletries, household items. Or why not see what you can find in the pantry? Lots of items to fill your cupboards.
• Children: You are welcome to bring children to these sessions. All children must be supervised by a parent/caregiver. We have a designated kids’ corner in the pink room, right next to the room the group will be in.
• Transport: We are a 12-minute walk from Paisley Gilmour Station and the main bus routes. There is a large car park in front of the building. We will need your registration number on arrival when you sign in for free parking.
• Note on the space: We are based in the Embroidery Mill, directly across from Morrisons car park and our entrance is the step-free blue door. We are not in Mile End Mill, the building with a tall tower up the road.
• Accessibility information: Our space is on the ground floor and is wheelchair accessible with an accessible bathroom. Go to our Accessibility & Inclusion page for more information. Please tell us your specific access needs during booking and we will be in touch if we need any more information to make the adaptations.
• Sensory information: We use lamps in our spaces to reduce sensory overwhelm and fidget toys are available.