Karakuri
Saturday, May 17th 2-4pm
In this workshop participants will study a simple cam and follower mechanism by building a karakuri puppet. The cultural context component reviews the work of Tanaka Hisashige who designed many karakuri (mechanical puppets) and founded a company that eventually became Toshiba.
The Hapeville Depot Museum offers a free, regular workshop for adults which combines art and history. Our goal is to have visitors explore history in a new way. Past workshops include: thinking about memory through collaging personal family photos, considering the impact of passed down traditions by learning to embroider warming tortilla cloths and learning the history and art of calligraphy. Through creating these experiences, we are able to make an impact and have visitors consider how history affects people today. The workshops are also a fun, stress free way for visitors to be creative and meet new people.
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Past Workshops:
April 2025 “16 Tons”
The history and creation of limberjack folk art puppets with Dr. Paulette Richards.
March 2025 “Women Speak Truth to Power”
Puppetry, breathwork, and crafting narratives for performance with Dr. Paulette Richards.
February 2025 “African American Innovators in STEAM”
African American history and puppetry workshop with Dr. Paulette Richards.
August 2024 “ Traffic Cams: Create Your Future”
Collaborative textile workshop with Emma Chammah and Eddie Farr
July 2024 “Land and the History of Photography”
Chemigram workshop with Horacio Arias
June 2024 “Memory with Shadow Boxes”
Shadow Box workshop with Re:Merge Art Collective
May 2024 “The History and Artform of Henna”
Henna workshop and history of this ancient art with Leigh Ann Culver
January 2024 “The History of Craft and Batik”
Batik in the Nigerian tradition with Camisha Butler
December 2023 “Early Writing”
Calligraphy and the history of writing with Wilson Allen
October 2023 “Passing Down Traditions”
Embroidered Tortilla Warming Cloths with Yari J. Mena
September 2023 “Edit- Remix- Rethink”
Re-thinking memory and collage making with Yari J. Mena