Fix and Make at Hotel Hotel continues in 2016 with a series of workshops and talks that explore practical, experimental and philosophical aspects of our relationship with objects.

Throughout the extensive range of events on offer during 2016, ANU School of Art is one of the key collaborators.

Here are some highlights to help kick off 2016 with some creative thinking:

Making as Meditation

Start the year with some meditative making in a workshop with Canberra based furniture, lighting and product designer Tom Skeehan – all you need is your hands and a zen attitude.

Saturday 16 January, 9am-1pm, book here.

The Love of Things

ANU School of Art alumni and Craft ACT Craft + Design Centre Artistic Director Avi Amesbury, psychologist Professor Mike Kyrios, product designers Sasha Titchkosky and Russel Koskela of Koskela and environmentalist Tim Silverwood join Genevieve Jacobs of the ABC to discuss the dynamics of why we buy and are attracted to certain objects.

Wednesday 10 February, 6pm, book here.

Something from Nothing

Indian scientist, day-dreamer, inventor and toymaker, Arvind Gupta, visits Australia for a series of events on how to improvise toys and objects from simple found materials.

The Art of Kintsugi

Learn the Japanese technique of repairing broken pottery - a process where the damage becomes part of the object’s life rather than covered up – in this workshop with ceramicist Namoi Taplin.

Saturday 9 April, 9am - 12pm, book here.

Repair. Remake. Swap.

Head of ANU School of Art Textiles Workshop Valerie Kirk leads a workshop on how to prevent clothing waste – bring a pre-loved piece of clothing to repair by hand, re-create, or swap.

Ghost Net Weaving

Facilitated by Lynnette Griffiths, the Artistic Director of Erub Arts and Melanie Katsalidis from Pieces of Eight, participants in this workshop will learn traditional weaving techniques from artists from the Torres Strait, and work together to create a large-scale woven artwork from discarded fishing nets. The work will be shown at ANU School of Art in an exhibition opening May 5.

Sunday 1 May, 10am - 4:30pm, book here.

Factory

Visitors can join the ANU School of Art Textiles Workshop in a fully operational factory production line set up in Hotel Hotel, to demonstrate the process of mass production – pattern making, cutting, sewing, labeling, quality control, pressing and packaging – and compare it to the individual designer’s practice.

Saturday 21 May, 10am-4pm, free.