Make your own bag from festival banners

In this hands-on workshop, you design and make your own bag using reclaimed festival banners. Together with Studio Fiep, you work with bold, weathered materials that once filled public spaces and turn them into something personal and practical.

Workshop description

This workshop starts with a material that has already lived a full life outdoors. Festival banners that once carried messages, colours, and traces of events become the raw material for your own bag.

At Studio Fiep, you choose from a selection of reclaimed banners, each with its own marks, textures, and surprises. You design a bag that fits your style and needs, guided step by step through the making process. No rush, no perfection. The focus is on working with what the material gives you.

Waste transformation is present in every choice you make. You are not just reusing a material, you are responding to it. Cuts, seams, and shapes are influenced by what is already there. The result is a bag that could not have existed without its previous life.

You leave with a finished bag, new making skills, and a very tangible example of how waste can shift from backdrop to centre stage.

What you’ll do

Choose from reclaimed festival banners
Design the shape and details of your bag
Learn basic making and assembly techniques
Work hands-on with guidance from Studio Fiep
Take your finished bag home

Who it’s for

Curious adults, no experience needed
People interested in materials, making, and waste transformation
Individuals or small groups
Anyone who enjoys learning by doing

Practical information

Date: Saturday 28th of February
Time: 13:30 to 16:30
Location: Studio Fiep Atelier, Ouderkerkerlaan 24, Diemen
Materials: All materials included
Group size: Small groups for personal guidance (max 10 participants)
Price: 45€

Good to know

Every banner is different, which makes every bag unique
You do not need sewing experience
The process is as important as the end result

Feel like joining?

Visit Studio Fiep’s website and sign up for a make your own bag from festival banners workshop.

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