Hat workshop at KK

Tickets

Free drop-in session, no need to book £0

Location

Kresen Kernow, Redruth

Dates

Sat 21st October, 2023
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11:00 am |
Free drop-in activity 11am - 1pm

About this event

Hat workshop with Make A Mends, Redruth for October half term at Kresen Kernow!

Join us on International Repair Day (Saturday 21 October – 11am–1pm) with the owners of Make A Mends, Redruth, to decorate a hat with your own mission or passion to wear with pride!

Along with local historian, Janet Axten, the team at Make A Mends have been researching repair activities in Redruth’s town centre over the last 200 years. They came across a ledger here at Kresen Kernow, from the Vivian sisters, who were local milliners in the early 1900s, with customers from across Cornwall, England and the world. Much of their work involved renovating hats, as people looked after what they had and repurposed clothing and accessories.

They also heard about Etta Lemon, one of the founders of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and her mission against ‘murderous millinery’. Many wild birds were endangered as a result of the fashion to wear feathers, wings, plumes and whole birds on hats. Etta was a tireless activist her whole life and her story has only recently been told.

Come along to our free, fun, creative workshop and be inspired by these women who renovated hats, ran successful businesses and were activists.

Hats and materials to decorate your hats will be supplied, or bring your own if you prefer.

This workshop is free, drop-in and for all ages.

Contact

01209 614 430 | https://kresenkernow.org/event/hat-workshop-with-make-a-mends/

Accessibility

Details

Kresen Kernow is fully wheelchair and pushchair accessible, with lifts to all levels and automatic main entrance doors. Accessible toilets are available on both floors, with a fully-equipped Changing Places toilet also available on the ground floor. Separate baby changing facilities are also available on the ground floor. If you are arriving by vehicle, there are six accessible parking spaces at the Tesco side of the building and a level entrance into the building. If you are arriving on foot or wheels, from Redruth town centre, the closest entrance is at the end of the public path which runs through the old brewery site, from Chapel Street to Kresen Kernow.