21. – 27. September 2026
CRAFT WEEK
FALL EDITION
Dyeing, printing, embroidering, creating... During Craft Week, our project space transforms into a creative studio, inviting everyone to get hands-on. Designers share traditional textile techniques and reinterpret the craft in new ways. The wide range of workshops is open to children and adults alike—beginners and advanced participants, everyone is welcome!
At a glance:
EXPLORE THE PROGRAM︎︎︎
MONDAY 21.09.2026, 18—21:30
Learn how to work and experiment with punch needle and create your own textile pieces.
Using a punch needle tool, you will design patches to embellish clothing, bags, cushions, blankets, and other textiles. Punch needle is an embroidery technique in which loops are pushed into the fabric, creating a soft, textured surface. It is an accessible entry point into textile craft and requires no prior experience.
Barbara Muff holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design from FHNW Basel and a Master’s degree in Art Education from HSLU Lucerne. As part of an artist residency, she spent time in Mexico, where she further developed her artistic practice. She is a co founder and project lead of the Institute for Textile Research.
She also brings extensive teaching experience in textile education at primary and secondary levels. She has led numerous embroidery workshops, given short lectures, and realised a wide range of textile projects, both within the Institute for Textile Research and in the context of her work in Mexico.
18—21:30
145 / 165 / 185CHF
Max. 12 Participants
TICKETS
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Punch Needle – Soft, Textured Creativity in 3D
Learn how to work and experiment with punch needle and create your own textile pieces.
Using a punch needle tool, you will design patches to embellish clothing, bags, cushions, blankets, and other textiles. Punch needle is an embroidery technique in which loops are pushed into the fabric, creating a soft, textured surface. It is an accessible entry point into textile craft and requires no prior experience.
Barbara Muff holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design from FHNW Basel and a Master’s degree in Art Education from HSLU Lucerne. As part of an artist residency, she spent time in Mexico, where she further developed her artistic practice. She is a co founder and project lead of the Institute for Textile Research.
She also brings extensive teaching experience in textile education at primary and secondary levels. She has led numerous embroidery workshops, given short lectures, and realised a wide range of textile projects, both within the Institute for Textile Research and in the context of her work in Mexico.
18—21:30
145 / 165 / 185CHF
Max. 12 Participants
TICKETS
TUESDAY 22.09.2026, 18—22:00
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Create new accessories from what is already there and transform broken or unused jewellery into unique pieces through craft, reuse, and your own sense of value.
In this workshop, you explore how new value can emerge from existing materials. Starting with damaged, unused, or overproduced jewellery, you learn how to take pieces apart and reassemble them into personal accessories.
NCCFN works at the intersection of design, craft, and circular practice. Instead of introducing new materials, the process begins with what already exists. Elements such as beads, chains, pendants, and fragments are recombined into new, self contained compositions.
You gain a basic understanding of how accessories are constructed and how individual components can be reconnected. Using simple techniques such as assembling, knotting, and fastening, you create your own piece.
At the same time, the workshop opens up questions around value, authorship, and perception. Materials often considered cheap or flawed can be recontextualised through making and personal engagement.
No prior experience is required. The workshop is open to anyone interested in hands on work, reuse, and alternative design approaches. You are welcome to bring your own jewellery, and additional materials will be provided.
NCCFN (Nothing Can Come From Nothing) is a multi local network working at the intersection of design, craft, and culture. Starting from overproduced and unsold clothing and accessories, they develop collaborative interventions that recontextualise existing materials. They understand fashion as a relational infrastructure that connects people, materials, and systems, and use it to question and rethink modes of production, distribution, and use.
18—22:00
210 / 230 / 250CHF
Max. 10 Participants
TICKETS
WORKING WITH WHAT EXISTS — Accessories from Accessories
Create new accessories from what is already there and transform broken or unused jewellery into unique pieces through craft, reuse, and your own sense of value.
In this workshop, you explore how new value can emerge from existing materials. Starting with damaged, unused, or overproduced jewellery, you learn how to take pieces apart and reassemble them into personal accessories.
NCCFN works at the intersection of design, craft, and circular practice. Instead of introducing new materials, the process begins with what already exists. Elements such as beads, chains, pendants, and fragments are recombined into new, self contained compositions.
You gain a basic understanding of how accessories are constructed and how individual components can be reconnected. Using simple techniques such as assembling, knotting, and fastening, you create your own piece.
At the same time, the workshop opens up questions around value, authorship, and perception. Materials often considered cheap or flawed can be recontextualised through making and personal engagement.
No prior experience is required. The workshop is open to anyone interested in hands on work, reuse, and alternative design approaches. You are welcome to bring your own jewellery, and additional materials will be provided.
NCCFN (Nothing Can Come From Nothing) is a multi local network working at the intersection of design, craft, and culture. Starting from overproduced and unsold clothing and accessories, they develop collaborative interventions that recontextualise existing materials. They understand fashion as a relational infrastructure that connects people, materials, and systems, and use it to question and rethink modes of production, distribution, and use.
18—22:00
210 / 230 / 250CHF
Max. 10 Participants
TICKETS
WEDNESDAY 23.09.2026, 18—21:30
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Immerse yourself in the calming and mindful process of hand sewing and discover the joy of repair. In this workshop, you will create your own needle case while learning practical mending and textile repair techniques.
Using beautiful fabric remnants of linen, cotton and wool felt, combined with vibrant Sashiko threads, you will craft a unique case for your sewing and darning needles. The inside pages of the case will become a small stitch library, where you will practice a variety of simple mending and repair stitches. These stitched samples will serve as a practical reference for future projects and provide an accessible introduction to the world of visible mending.
Combining craftsmanship, creativity and sustainability, this workshop introduces fundamental hand-sewing techniques while encouraging a deeper appreciation for repair and garment care. You will create a personal object that can accompany and support your future sewing and mending projects. At the end of the workshop, you will take home not only a beautifully handcrafted needle case, but also the skills and confidence to repair, care for and extend the life of your clothing.
Suitable for beginners and experienced makers alike.
Textile designer Anne Schlüter (*1981) founded the repair business The Hole Story in 2019. Alongside her textile repair service, she shares her crafting expertise through workshops and develops products designed to make repairing easier and more enjoyable. With The Hole Story, she combines her passion for textile crafts, her commitment to resource-conscious material use and her love of making. Anne lives with her family in Meggen (Lucerne), where she also co-founded the concept store Oktober in 2026.
18—21:30
115 / 135 / 155 CHF
12 Participants
TICKETS
SEW YOUR OWN NEEDLE CASE & LEARN VISIBLE MENDING TECHNIQUES
Immerse yourself in the calming and mindful process of hand sewing and discover the joy of repair. In this workshop, you will create your own needle case while learning practical mending and textile repair techniques.
Using beautiful fabric remnants of linen, cotton and wool felt, combined with vibrant Sashiko threads, you will craft a unique case for your sewing and darning needles. The inside pages of the case will become a small stitch library, where you will practice a variety of simple mending and repair stitches. These stitched samples will serve as a practical reference for future projects and provide an accessible introduction to the world of visible mending.
Combining craftsmanship, creativity and sustainability, this workshop introduces fundamental hand-sewing techniques while encouraging a deeper appreciation for repair and garment care. You will create a personal object that can accompany and support your future sewing and mending projects. At the end of the workshop, you will take home not only a beautifully handcrafted needle case, but also the skills and confidence to repair, care for and extend the life of your clothing.
Suitable for beginners and experienced makers alike.
Textile designer Anne Schlüter (*1981) founded the repair business The Hole Story in 2019. Alongside her textile repair service, she shares her crafting expertise through workshops and develops products designed to make repairing easier and more enjoyable. With The Hole Story, she combines her passion for textile crafts, her commitment to resource-conscious material use and her love of making. Anne lives with her family in Meggen (Lucerne), where she also co-founded the concept store Oktober in 2026.
18—21:30
115 / 135 / 155 CHF
12 Participants
TICKETS
THURSDAY 24.09.2026, 18—22:00
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FSA BIOJEWELRY — Jewellery from Natural Latex
Design meets the rainforest: a biojewelry workshop with FSA, a sustainable latex material from the Amazon.
This workshop invites you to work with FSA (Folha Semi Artefato), an innovative biomaterial developed within the context of LATX Biomaterials. FSA is created by coagulating liquid natural rubber into thin, flexible sheets that are coloured with natural and synthetic pigments.
The material comes from the Jamaraqua community in the Brazilian Amazon (Pará, near the Rio Tapajós), where it is handcrafted by a women’s collective. The rubber is harvested wild from the forest, following a regenerative practice that does not rely on deforestation. Local sourcing and processing generate income, strengthen communities, and actively contribute to preserving the rainforest.
In the workshop, you work directly with this material to create your own jewellery pieces. Cutting, shaping, combining, and experimenting are at the core of the process, supported by a wide range of colours and material qualities.
At the same time, the workshop offers insight into the work of LATX Biomaterials, an intercultural research and design project that connects traditional craft techniques from Brazil and Mexico with contemporary material development. It focuses on creating circular, plant based alternatives to synthetic materials. The course links making with a broader understanding of material as part of an ecological, social, and cultural system. The aim is not only to create an object, but to develop a new relationship to material, origin, and process.
Alexander Amir Khan is a designer and material researcher who has been working with natural latex for over ten years. Through LATX Biomaterials, he develops circular, plant based materials in collaboration with communities in Mexico, Brazil, and Switzerland. His work connects craft, research, and design with a focus on sustainability and intercultural exchange.
FSA BIOJEWELRY — Jewellery from Natural Latex
Design meets the rainforest: a biojewelry workshop with FSA, a sustainable latex material from the Amazon.This workshop invites you to work with FSA (Folha Semi Artefato), an innovative biomaterial developed within the context of LATX Biomaterials. FSA is created by coagulating liquid natural rubber into thin, flexible sheets that are coloured with natural and synthetic pigments.
The material comes from the Jamaraqua community in the Brazilian Amazon (Pará, near the Rio Tapajós), where it is handcrafted by a women’s collective. The rubber is harvested wild from the forest, following a regenerative practice that does not rely on deforestation. Local sourcing and processing generate income, strengthen communities, and actively contribute to preserving the rainforest.
In the workshop, you work directly with this material to create your own jewellery pieces. Cutting, shaping, combining, and experimenting are at the core of the process, supported by a wide range of colours and material qualities.
At the same time, the workshop offers insight into the work of LATX Biomaterials, an intercultural research and design project that connects traditional craft techniques from Brazil and Mexico with contemporary material development. It focuses on creating circular, plant based alternatives to synthetic materials. The course links making with a broader understanding of material as part of an ecological, social, and cultural system. The aim is not only to create an object, but to develop a new relationship to material, origin, and process.
Alexander Amir Khan is a designer and material researcher who has been working with natural latex for over ten years. Through LATX Biomaterials, he develops circular, plant based materials in collaboration with communities in Mexico, Brazil, and Switzerland. His work connects craft, research, and design with a focus on sustainability and intercultural exchange.
SATURDAY 26.09.2026, 10—13:30
DESIGN YOUR KORHOGO BLANKET — Reweaving Tradition
Design your own Korhogo blanket: inspired by traditional weaving, you create a pattern that will be handwoven by a cooperative in Côte d’Ivoire.
This West African weaving tradition is based on narrow cotton strips produced on wooden looms. By varying colours and rhythms within these strips and combining them when sewn together, an almost endless range of geometric patterns can emerge.
In this workshop, you learn about the creative possibilities and constraints of this technique and develop your own design accordingly. Colours and patterns are composed within the strips and brought together into a unique overall composition.
The result is more than a design: each blanket is realised by skilled weavers in Korhogo, becoming a personal textile that connects contemporary design with a living craft tradition.
POPLIN PROJECT is a socially engaged label based in Zurich that connects traditional textile crafts from West Africa with contemporary design. Working with local cooperatives, they create sustainable products that preserve cultural knowledge and support fair working conditions. The project understands fashion as an intercultural dialogue and as an alternative to fast paced mass production.
10—13:30
290 CHF small blanket (200 x 150cm)
390 CHF big blanket (250 x 200cm)
Max. 12 Participants
TICKETS
SATURDAY 26.09.2026, 14:30—17:30
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Deepen your embroidery skills and create textured textile ornaments using natural and repurposed materials.
In this advanced workshop, participants are invited to further explore embroidery as a regenerative practice: a way of transforming materials and traditional techniques through the use of unexpected elements.
Building on the foundations of the introductory workshop, we focus on developing textures and surfaces by incorporating new hand embroidery stitches as well as techniques from goldwork. Threads, metal elements, and found materials such as seeds, plant fragments, broken jewellery, or watch parts are combined into complex, richly textured surfaces.
Participants can either continue developing a project they have already started or begin a new one, such as a sculptural textile ornament for the shoulder composed of multiple embroidered, origami-inspired forms.
Those who wish can also further deepen their skills with the Lunéville hook.
The workshop continues to approach embroidery as a language of transformation: a way to repair, embellish, and rethink what already exists. Each participant develops a more refined and personal piece that can be worn or further evolved.
Emmanuelle Rapin is a French embroidery artist and visual artist based in Berlin. After studying at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, she specialised in haute couture embroidery using the Lunéville hook. She has worked with Lou de Bétoly, RIANNA + NINA, Tata Christiane, and on the television series Babylon Berlin with costume designer Pierre Yves Gayraud. Since 2019, she has been teaching contemporary embroidery in fashion and art contexts.
14:30—17:30
120 / 140 / 160 CHF
Max. 12 Participants
TICKETS
ADVANCED WORKSHOP IN REGENERATIVE EMBROIDERY: Creating Precious Ornaments from Natural and Reused Materials
Deepen your embroidery skills and create textured textile ornaments using natural and repurposed materials.
In this advanced workshop, participants are invited to further explore embroidery as a regenerative practice: a way of transforming materials and traditional techniques through the use of unexpected elements.
Building on the foundations of the introductory workshop, we focus on developing textures and surfaces by incorporating new hand embroidery stitches as well as techniques from goldwork. Threads, metal elements, and found materials such as seeds, plant fragments, broken jewellery, or watch parts are combined into complex, richly textured surfaces.
Participants can either continue developing a project they have already started or begin a new one, such as a sculptural textile ornament for the shoulder composed of multiple embroidered, origami-inspired forms.
Those who wish can also further deepen their skills with the Lunéville hook.
The workshop continues to approach embroidery as a language of transformation: a way to repair, embellish, and rethink what already exists. Each participant develops a more refined and personal piece that can be worn or further evolved.
Emmanuelle Rapin is a French embroidery artist and visual artist based in Berlin. After studying at the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, she specialised in haute couture embroidery using the Lunéville hook. She has worked with Lou de Bétoly, RIANNA + NINA, Tata Christiane, and on the television series Babylon Berlin with costume designer Pierre Yves Gayraud. Since 2019, she has been teaching contemporary embroidery in fashion and art contexts.
14:30—17:30
120 / 140 / 160 CHF
Max. 12 Participants
TICKETS