This week we're embarking on a creative adventure to discover how clothes are made, understand their creation processes, and explore all the things we can create out of them. We'll experiment with different techniques to extend the life of our garments (loom weaving, embroidery, natural dyes, repairs) and play with materials to reuse and make the most of textile waste. All the activities have a creative and practical component; we'll work with old clothes and learn through fun, sensory exercises. We'll also visit gardens and the Ateneu de la Fábrica de Sol to learn about digital tools, such as the digital embroidery machine and laser cutter, and we'll make personalized patches. To close the week, we'll hold a small exhibition of all the creations, celebrating the process and the talent of each participant.

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LUNES: How are our clothes made? We'll make yarn from cotton and create fabric on a DIY loom
MARTES: Visit to the garden - “Jardin de las Mariposas”. We'll draw plants and embroider our creations.
MIERCOLES: Fabric dyeing (with botanical printing or shibori) and paper making from post-consumer denim
JUEVES: Visit to the Ateneu de la Fàbrica de Sol. Creating patches with laser cutting and digital embroidery. Walk to the beach
VIERNES: How do we repair our clothes? Creative mending. Exhibition.

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**The children will need to bring old clothes and garments to experiment with.

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Instructoras:

Maga Kwasniewska-Infante is a visual artist, researcher, and creator working at the intersection of textile art, ceramics and experimentation. She completed her Bachelor’s in Traditional Animation at the Polish-Japanese University of Technical Sciences, followed by nearly a year at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vietnam, a Master's degree in Digital and Interaction Design from the Elisava School of Design, and a Professional Degree in Textile Art from the Escola Massana in Barcelona, where she currently lives. She has maintained her connection with cultural organizations through participation in artistic collectives (with exhibitions at DHUB, Casa Golferichs, Sala Marsà, Galería Mitte), and has developed a professional career as an art director. Currently, much of her energy is focused on developing educational projects around textile waste and sustainable fashion, driven by a clear desire to imagine alternatives to mass consumption.
Penny Papachristodoulou is a textile designer, artist, and educator. Her practice extends from design to sewing. She has launched her own textile brand focused on research into sustainability and the circular economy and has worked in diverse vocational and cultural contexts. Through mediation processes, she uses textiles to foster critical thinking and environmental awareness, highlighting the need to reclaim artisanal processes for a more sustainable world. She gives workshops in schools, community centers, cultural centers and social and solidarity entities. She has collaborated with institutions such as the Santa Mònica Art Center, FAD Barcelona, and the CCCB, and currently leads the educational projects of Back to Eco.

Let’s spend the week diving into the exciting world of jewelry and metalsmithing! From sawing and hammering to melting and casting metal, students will learn a variety of hands-on techniques used by real makers and artists. Using different metals and alternative materials, they will design and create their own unique pieces—such as pendants, keychains, necklaces, and rings.

Each project will take students through the full creative process, from imagining and sketching their design to shaping, finishing, and polishing their final piece. Depending on the project, they’ll have one or two days to bring their ideas to life.

We’ll also step outside the studio to explore the creative neighborhood of Poblenou, visiting inspiring spaces where artists and designers are making jewelry and other amazing things. It’s a chance to see creativity in action and discover how ideas turn into beautiful objects. By the end of the week, students will not only have learned new skills but will also take home a collection of handmade pieces they designed themselves!

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LUNES:  Tools and the Basics: How metal moves and what can we do to it! Ring and Bracelet Making. Afternoon park time

MARTES: Morning Metal Casting (Experiments with organic and sand casting techniques). Afternoon park time
MIERCOLES: Creative Trip (TBD) (Morning). Picnic and Park time

JUEVES: Alternative materials / Upcycling / Resin Jewelry. After Lunch Half the group creates with Stephanie and the other half creates Wooden Jewelry Boxes with Tommy!

VIERNES: SWAP Half the Group creates with Stephanie and the other half welding creates wooden jewelry boxes with Tommy! Afternoon: Prepare our exhibition and finish up any projects.

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​*Additional material cost per student 20 Euro for sterling silver

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Stephanie Voegele is an American-born jeweler and educator currently living in Barcelona, Spain. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Metalsmithing from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 2006 and received her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Georgia in 2010.

Before moving to Spain in 2017 with her husband and cats, Stephanie worked for five years as a professor at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, teaching in both the Jewelry and Metalsmithing Area and the First Year Program. Prior to that position, she taught jewelry and metalsmithing at universities in California, Georgia, and Virginia.

Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Stephanie’s current studio is located at Transfolab in the Poblenou neighborhood of Barcelona, where she teaches jewelry workshops for all ages, creates custom pieces, and offers jewelry repairs.

A week to play, explore, and build while pretending to be architects in action! If you love to imagine, design, and build, this summer we invite you to a unique week in Barcelona. For five days, we'll explore the world of architecture together through activities involving building with paper, cardboard, and recycled materials, sand constructions, and by visiting and exploring Barcelona's architecture.

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MONDAY: Neighborhood Explorers - After an exploration and drawing safari in the neighborhood, we'll build our first pop-up paper model with ideas for improving the neighborhood and the city. 

TUESDAY: We'll visit the incredible Agbar Tower and learn and play at building our own skyscrapers. 

WEDNESDAY: We'll go to the beach to play and build: sandcastles, water circuits, and structures by the sea. 

THURSDAY: We visited the Barcelona Pavilion and completed a series of challenges inspired by Mies van der Rohe's architecture. 

FRIDAY: We celebrated our week with a grand finale activity and diplomas / Exhibition of everything we did, open to families.

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Tamara Ianowski  is Architect (University of Buenos Aires) and Art Mediator (University of Barcelona). She has worked as an independent professional for 20 years and is the creator and director of Arquininos: a socio-educational project that, since 2014, has offered architecture workshops for children as a tool for social transformation. Since discovering the connection between architecture and childhood, and all its possibilities for play and spatial exploration with young children, she has dedicated herself to training and specializing in this field. 

She has lived in Barcelona since 2019, where she teaches workshops in various venues throughout the year and promotes the Arquininos and La ciutat que volem programs (within the framework of Barcelona World Capital of Architecture 2026). @arquininos

This summer at TransfoLAB BCN, we are offering a hands-on carpentry camp, full of creative DIY activities and practical learning. Students will begin by learning how to safely use an electric drill, perform basic woodworking tasks, and understand key construction techniques used in real making.

We’ll start with a toy robot project, where students will learn how to use glue and dowels, as well as the fundamentals of sanding and finishing wood. From there, students will move on to building a chair or stool, using screw-based construction inspired by the designs of Enzo Mari, Ishinomaki Lab and Barcelona designer Marc Morro.

As the week progresses, students will also design and build their own individual project, applying the skills they’ve learned in a more open and creative way. Throughout the week, we will also build a variety of smaller projects such as wooden catapults, toy cars, and simple games for the beach.

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Designs inspired by Enzo Mari and Ishinomaki Lab

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MONDAY: Glue and joints – Robot building, use of the drill, and basic joinery

TUESDAY: Screws and assembly – Building a chair/stool

WEDNESDAY: Creative constructions + design – Games + start of individual project

THURSDAY: Beach day – Testing and enjoying the created objects

FRIDAY: Individual project – Final construction and presentation

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**  Students who have attended before—or who join multiple weeks—will always have new projects to build each day. While the same construction techniques are used (glue & dowels, screws, etc.), the designs and builds will change, ensuring a fresh and engaging experience every time.

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Instructor:

Thomas Barria-Norton is a British educator and woodworker based in Barcelona. He studied Classics at University College London and has been teaching English since 2016, working in schools, academies, and privately. His passion for woodworking began during the COVID lockdown while building a sauna, which led him to explore furniture making inspired by the designs of Enzo Mari and Ishinomaki Lab. Over time, he merged his love for teaching and craftsmanship, developing hands-on woodworking workshops for kids and teens that integrate English learning. He currently runs his workshops in Barcelona, helping young learners build both language skills and practical knowledge through creative, hands-on projects.

On the fifth week, we will explore the creative possibilities of recovered materials in a fun and hands-on way. Each day, children will work with a different type of material, discovering its textures, properties, and how it can be transformed. We will place special emphasis on creative recycling and upcycling, helping them understand that “waste” can become something useful, beautiful, and unique.

Throughout the week, participants will be guided step by step through a simple and engaging creative process—from imagining ideas and sketching designs to building and decorating their own objects. They will experiment with a variety of techniques adapted to their age, working with wood scraps, metals, textiles, plastics, and natural materials in a safe and playful environment. On Tuesday and Thursday, we will go on exciting outings to the Ateneu de Fabricació de Gràcia and the Ateneu Fàbrica del Sol, where children will discover new tools, see how things are made, and get inspired by sustainable and creative technologies.

By the end of the week, each child will have created five finished objects to take home, feeling proud of their creations and inspired to keep inventing and caring for the planet.

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​MONDAY: Trash safari. Freestyle creation afternoon
TUESDAY: Visit to Ateneu Fàbrica del Sol (introduction to digital technologies related to textile embroidery and plastic molding), followed by a picnic at the beach. Afternoon paper-making from old jeans
WEDNESDAY: Artistic creations with plastic waste. Use of a thermo-molding press and creation of accessories (earrings, bracelets, and keychains)
THURSDAY: Visit to Ateneu de Fabricació de Gràcia. We create frames from reclaimed wood for our plastic artworks. Introduction to biomaterials
FRIDAY: Melting metal waste and mold-making. Water games. Exhibition

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Nada Tozija is one of the founders of TransfoLAB BCN. An architect by vocation, Nada has a Master's degree in Business and International Trade from the University of Orleans, France, and a Master's in the Independent Studies Program from MACBA and UAB. Her international experience ranges from short stays in Tunisia, Brazil and Wales, urban development projects in the United States, villa design in Mallorca and building and interior design projects in Macedonia. Having had experience in contemporary design and production practices, she showed an interest in sustainable and ecological design, the circular economy and the transformation/reuse of objects and materials, and in turn, manufacturing. 

Up to date, Nada has collaborated with various universities and schools, primary and secondary, giving classes and workshops on creative recycling and manufacturing. The last of these were in the La Llacuna del Poblenou and La Mar Bella primary schools. Furthermore, as part of TransfoLAB BCN, she just completed a joint project with partners from Portugal and Turkey, on electronic waste in primary and secondary schools.​

This summer at TransfoLAB BCN, we are offering a hands-on carpentry camp, full of creative DIY activities and practical learning. Students will begin by learning how to safely use an electric drill, perform basic woodworking tasks, and understand key construction techniques used in real making.

We’ll start with a toy robot project, where students will learn how to use glue and dowels, as well as the fundamentals of sanding and finishing wood. From there, students will move on to building a chair or stool, using screw-based construction inspired by the designs of Enzo Mari, Ishinomaki Lab and Barcelona designer Marc Morro.

As the week progresses, students will also design and build their own individual project, applying the skills they’ve learned in a more open and creative way. Throughout the week, we will also build a variety of smaller projects such as wooden catapults, toy cars, and simple games for the beach.

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Designs inspired by Enzo Mari and Ishinomaki Lab

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MONDAY: Glue and joints – Robot building, use of the drill, and basic joinery

TUESDAY: Screws and assembly – Building a chair/stool

WEDNESDAY: Creative constructions + design – Games + start of individual project

THURSDAY: Beach day – Testing and enjoying the created objects

FRIDAY: Individual project – Final construction and presentation

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**  Students who have attended before—or who join multiple weeks—will always have new projects to build each day. While the same construction techniques are used (glue & dowels, screws, etc.), the designs and builds will change, ensuring a fresh and engaging experience every time.

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Instructor:

Thomas Barria-Norton is a British educator and woodworker based in Barcelona. He studied Classics at University College London and has been teaching English since 2016, working in schools, academies, and privately. His passion for woodworking began during the COVID lockdown while building a sauna, which led him to explore furniture making inspired by the designs of Enzo Mari and Ishinomaki Lab. Over time, he merged his love for teaching and craftsmanship, developing hands-on woodworking workshops for kids and teens that integrate English learning. He currently runs his workshops in Barcelona, helping young learners build both language skills and practical knowledge through creative, hands-on projects.

This summer at TransfoLAB BCN, we are offering a hands-on carpentry camp, full of creative DIY activities and practical learning. Students will begin by learning how to safely use an electric drill, perform basic woodworking tasks, and understand key construction techniques used in real making.

We’ll start with a toy robot project, where students will learn how to use glue and dowels, as well as the fundamentals of sanding and finishing wood. From there, students will move on to building a chair or stool, using screw-based construction inspired by the designs of Enzo Mari, Ishinomaki Lab and Barcelona designer Marc Morro.

As the week progresses, students will also design and build their own individual project, applying the skills they’ve learned in a more open and creative way. Throughout the week, we will also build a variety of smaller projects such as wooden catapults, toy cars, and simple games for the beach.

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Designs inspired by Enzo Mari and Ishinomaki Lab

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MONDAY: Glue and joints – Robot building, use of the drill, and basic joinery

TUESDAY: Screws and assembly – Building a chair/stool

WEDNESDAY: Creative constructions + design – Games + start of individual project

THURSDAY: Beach day – Testing and enjoying the created objects

FRIDAY: Individual project – Final construction and presentation

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**  Students who have attended before—or who join multiple weeks—will always have new projects to build each day. While the same construction techniques are used (glue & dowels, screws, etc.), the designs and builds will change, ensuring a fresh and engaging experience every time.

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Instructor:

Thomas Barria-Norton is a British educator and woodworker based in Barcelona. He studied Classics at University College London and has been teaching English since 2016, working in schools, academies, and privately. His passion for woodworking began during the COVID lockdown while building a sauna, which led him to explore furniture making inspired by the designs of Enzo Mari and Ishinomaki Lab. Over time, he merged his love for teaching and craftsmanship, developing hands-on woodworking workshops for kids and teens that integrate English learning. He currently runs his workshops in Barcelona, helping young learners build both language skills and practical knowledge through creative, hands-on projects.

For five days we will become urban explorers. We will walk through the city observing shapes, textures, colours and buildings that often go unnoticed. We will use these inspirations to create prints, collages and artworks using different printing techniques.

Each day we will collect new ideas to build our own artistic map of the city.

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MONDAY: Seeing the city like artists. How do artists observe the city? We go out to explore the neighbourhood with observation notebooks, looking for patterns, textures and interesting details in doors, walls and pavements.

TUESDAY: Colours and symbols of the city. We explore urban icons, signs and symbols. We design our own rubber or foam stamps inspired by what we find and create repeating patterns.

WEDNESDAY: Postcards from the city & visit to DHUB design museum and Glories park. We visit the DHUB design museum to draw and observe. We create artistic postcards inspired by the city.

THURSDAY: Urban typography. We discover letters on posters, shop signs and street signs. We create an urban alphabet using printing techniques and collage.

FRIDAY: Our artistic map. We use all the prints from the week to create a large collaborative map of the city. Final exhibition with creative explorer diplomas.

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Instructora:

Kim Ly is an illustrator from London. She studied Theatre Design for Performance at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, followed by a Master’s degree in Fine Arts (Painting) in Barcelona. Her training informs her creative and expressive approach to teaching. She works as a freelance illustrator, creating both private commissioned work and digital illustrations which she sells through her Etsy shop and website: www.thisiskimly.com. She also teaches art in English through her program “Create & Speak”, working in public schools and running regular creative art workshops for children in Barcelona. 

Kim is a native speaker of English and Vietnamese, and speaks Spanish at an advanced level, Italian at an intermediate level, and basic Catalan. In addition to her professional experience, she is the mother of two wonderfully creative children, who inspire her every day to encourage imagination, self-expression and joyful learning in young people. Her passion is supporting children in their artistic discoveries while they naturally and enjoyably develop their English skills.