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Textile experiments with cardboard

Mon 27 - Fri 31 July 2026

Cardboard is omnipresent - as packaging material, transport protection or disposable product. In this course, it becomes the starting point for textile experiments and is given a second life. We collect, cut, weave, braid and embroider with found cardboard and packaging remnants and explore its surprising malleability.
By taking a fresh look at what is supposedly worthless, we create structured surfaces, objects and textile hybrids between sculpture and fabric. The creative use of discarded material thus also becomes a practical reflection on recycling, resource awareness and sustainability.
Together we will experiment with different techniques, e.g. weaving with cardboard strips and layers of colour, weaving traditional and experimental ribbons, embroidering on cardboard as a surface or object carrier, etc. The workshop invites you to create freely - from the first playful attempts to more complex structures. The focus is on curiosity, manual experimentation and the joy of placing materials in a new context.

Group of participants: all experimental and creative minds
Requirements: none
Number of participants: max. 10 persons
Course language: German, if required also English and French
Course times: Mon - Thu 9:00-12:30 and 14:00-17:30, Fri 9:00-12:30 and 14:00-16:00
Course fee: 420 euros, for students 380 euros (excluding material costs)

Course instructor: DELPHINE LÉGER, France/Austria
Born in 1976, lives and works in Vienna, trained as a textile designer at the E.N.S.A.A.M.A Olivier de Serres in Paris. In France she worked as a theatre actress and stage designer. She has been working as a craftswoman and artist in Vienna since 2006. Mainly working with paper and cardboard, she has specialised in the art of paper flower design, among other things.
More info: www.lapetitegalerie.at