Ghanaian Textiles Workshop with Naa Densua Tordzro
Ghanaian Textiles Workshop with Naa Densua Tordzro
Date: Saturday 26 October 2024
Time: 12:00 - 14:00
Venue: Kelvin Hall Activity Space
Category: Hunterian
Speaker: Naa Densua Tordzro
Website: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ghanaian-textiles-workshop-with-naa-densua-tordzro-tickets-1024902449817?aff=oddtdtcreator
Free family textiles workshop with fashion designer and dressmaker Naa Densua Tordzro! Drop in or book to secure your space.
12.00pm - 12.30pm
12.30pm - 1.00pm
1.00pm - 1.30pm
1.30pm - 2.00pm
Naa Densua Tordzro is a Ghanaian fashion designer and textile artist who specialises in working with African textiles, in particular Ghanaian cloth and wax prints. Her research focuses on the uses, significance and meaning of designs and patterns in most of the Ghanaian indigenous textiles such as Kente, Adinkra, Tie and Dye, wax and roller prints made in Ghana. Join Naa Densua at Kelvin Hall for this series of textile-printing workshops.
Naa Densua Tordzro is a James MCune Smith Scholar undertaking a PhD at University of Glasgow. Her focus is on decolonising textiles and fashion education in the context of the global south. She was awarded her MPhil from the School of Education, University of Glasgow in 2021 and holds a BA in Fashion Technology from the Heriot Watt University in Galashiels, Scotland. Her gown entitled 'Obaa Sima' Virtuous Woman is currently on display at Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery.