11 April
2026
Atelier
European Artistic Craft Days - Workshop with Ellen Hodakova Larsson
"Practicing common sense : converting the discarded"
In this workshop, Ellen Hodakova Larsson will invite participants to work directly with discarded garments and objects that they themselves have left behind or seen passed. The workshop will be guided by the notion of “common sense” as something intuitive and embodied — a way of thinking through making.
The participants will begin by observing what is already there before finding ways of transformation into thought and imagination. Next, Larsson will demonstrate methods of deconstruction and participants will experiment with the possibilities of the object. They will be cutting, rearranging, and reassembling materials into new forms. The focus will be on responding to the material rather than controlling it. By the end of the workshop, each participant will have the possibility to share the developed thoughts around their project.
Please bring personal items such as clothing (worn, unusable, or out of style), heirlooms, unused household linens, etc
De 16h00 à 17h30
Translated from English to French by a live translator
Free with reservation, reservations starting April 1st
Adultes • Individuels
Ellen Hodakova Larsson is a Swedish designer whose work is guided by her curiosity and intuition. She is the founder and Creative Director of the Swedish fashion brand Hodakova, through which she approaches fashion as a tool to change people mindsets, eventually the way they live by drawing on inherited ways of making and the narratives embedded in everyday objects. Her practice centers on craftsmanship, where discarded garments are carefully reworked into new forms that carry narratives of their past lives.
In an increasingly industrial world, Larsson’s practice emphasizes presence, intention, and purpose, mentally and practically. She works exclusively with what already exists (up-cycling), reworking discarded garments into new forms and matters that carry traces of their past lives. Through this process, Larsson reflects on what holds real value, questioning systems of consumption and proposing alternatives rooted in care, craftsmanship, and small-scale production.
Her approach draws on time and traditions where knowledge is passed down, and where durability, construction, and material integrity define the design. By scaling back to primary needs focusing only on essential qualities, her work raises ongoing questions: What defines a simpler life? What makes a richer one? These questions are not answered directly, but explored through her collections, where each season becomes part of a continuous investigation into living in the present.
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