Katherine Soucie

Community Engagement Reuse Education Workshops Mending + Repair Masterclasses

2025 Workshop - On the Cards with Green Grads, Heal’s, Upcycling Workshop, London, UK. Material Research: UK sock manufacturing waste, waste diversion, material activism, craft applications, DIY card making, reuse education, community engagement

Custom 5 day Masterclass - Sustainable Design and Future Forecasting, Central Saint Martins, Hong Kong Design Institute, London, UK. Material Research: zero waste design, mending, repair, re-design and re-making, material activism, circular reuse strategies

2019 Artist in Residence, a(MEND), City of Vancouver, Yaletown/Roundhouse, Vancouver, Canada. Community Engagement - 6 Workshop Series exploring re-making, repair and co-creation through waste. Material Research: waste textiles, zero waste, mending applications, craft as social practice, community outreach, co-creative/collaborative production, reuse education, material activism, sustainability 

2018 AIR Solid Waste and Recycling Art Residency, Solid Waste and Recycling Residency, City of New Westminster Art Services and Engineering Department. Community Engagement 2 Workshop Series - Detritus Printing: Zero Waste Printing with Waste for adults and children. Material Research: post-consumer waste, waste diversion, waste printing, DIY materials, reuse education, material activism, circular economy 

2016 Artist In Residence, Scrap Exchange: Centre for Creative Use and Reuse, Durham, NC, USA. Zero Waste Dyeing Masterclass - 2 days. Material Research: pre consumer waste, zero waste dyeing, waste diversion, material activism, craft applications, resource preservation, reuse education, community engagement 

TILT Artist in Residence, HCMA Architecture + Design, Vancouver, Canada. 3D Knitting Workshop for Architects. Material Research: pre consumer waste hosiery, obsolete technology, craft applications, knitting, circular knitting, remanufacturing, material development, reuse design thinking

Mend + Transform + Renew Masterclass Edith Cowen University, Perth Australia, 2016

Fashion Praxis// Investigating Creative Process// Transforming Textile Waste

This 2-day intensive workshop that looks at Visible Mending as form of Fashion Praxis. It is way to research, create, inspire, design and problem solve. We will be investigating creative process and transforming textile waste through applications informed by acts of mending and repair -- resulting in outcomes that are guaranteed to inspire new design ideas and applications. This thought provoking workshop is designed to create opportunities to address failure in the creative design process, explore materials and transform design decisions. Visible Mending is more that just a visual act of mending and repair is can applied to create sustainable practices in fashion and textile design research.

Waste Interview Tracing Method and Re-enforcement Design Development