The first session focuses on the foundations. You will explore the relationship between paper, needles, threads, thread tension, and the sewing machine itself. Rather than simply learning how each component functions, you will discover how every material affects the others and how technical decisions gradually become creative decisions. Through a series of guided experiments, you will develop a deep understanding of Handwrite, Traces, Self-Topography, Perspective, Machine Piercing, Hand Embroidery, and Material Behavior.

The second session expands these foundations into new territories. The sewing machine becomes a tool for printing, cutting, joining, building new paper surfaces, and working with water-soluble materials. Existing printed matter, photographs, and found documents become starting points for new interventions, while references to contemporary artists introduce different ways of thinking about thread, paper, and material-based artistic practice.

The third session is dedicated to advanced applications. Here, we move from individual techniques toward complete artistic projects, exploring layered paper structures, dimensional works, and spatial installations where paper, thread, and space become part of a single composition.

Throughout the workshop, technical demonstrations are combined with artistic references, practical exercises, and continuous experimentation. Every chapter encourages observation, documentation, and comparison. You will gradually build a personal reference library while developing your own working methods rather than reproducing someone else's.

The workshop is available Live Online or At Your Own Pace, allowing you to revisit every session and continue developing your practice over time.

The Sewing Machine Lab does not teach a style.

It teaches a way of observing.

A way of experimenting.

A way of making decisions.

The objective is not to teach you how to work like The Paper Lab.

The objective is to help you discover how you work.

Every puncture.

Every stitch.

Every material choice.

Every experiment.

These gradually become part of your personal visual language.

That language already exists. The workshop simply provides the tools to recognize it.

Your participation includes access to the complete workshop together with its supporting resources:

• 3 Live Online Sessions (120 minutes each).

• Two Ways to Participate: Live Online or At Your Own Pace.

• Dedicated Learning Resources: A dedicated ebook accompanies each session.

• Workshop Recordings: Every session is recorded and made available after the workshop.

• Download & Keep: Presentations, ebooks, demonstrations, articles, and supporting materials remain available for your personal reference.

• Ongoing Support: Access to Paper Talk Pro and Paper Lab Berlin support sessions following the workshop.

• Flexible Participation: You may attend the same workshop once more within six months, subject to available places.

• Global Access: Separate Atlantic and Pacific groups are available whenever required to accommodate different time zones.

The Sewing Machine Lab welcomes participants with or without previous experience using a sewing machine. No specialized equipment is required before the workshop begins.

A domestic or industrial sewing machine, a small collection of papers, several machine needles, and basic sewing threads are sufficient to start working. Throughout the workshop, we will guide you step by step, introducing additional materials only when they become relevant to the exercises.

Rather than purchasing tools in advance, we encourage you to begin working with what you already have. As the workshop progresses, you will naturally discover which materials, papers, or accessories best support your own practice.

The workshop is taught in English.

For participants who would like additional language support, our Zoom platform offers live subtitles and translation options.

If you would like to use these features, please let us know before registering so that we can help you prepare for the workshop experience.

The Sewing Machine Lab Workshop Fee: €150

The workshop consists of:

• 3 Live Online Sessions

• 120 minutes each

• or the possibility to participate At Your Own Pace through the recorded version.

I encourage you to take your time reviewing the attached materials.

Receiving this information package does not obligate you to register.

My goal is simply to provide all the information necessary for you to make an informed decision before committing to the workshop.