Teken Or Leave It workshop: Tatreez Lab - A Stitch Without Thread - Nieuwe Vide
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23.09 Teken Or Leave It workshop: Tatreez Lab - A Stitch Without Thread by Mohammed Abushaban
Teken Or Leave It is a programme of Nieuwe Vide Artspace, hosting Open Draws & Workshops 2 times a month on a Wednesday evening at Nieuwe Vide.
When: 23.09.2026
Time: 19:00 - 22:00
Cost: 0-10 euros*
Extra cost for the scarf: 8 euro**
*or what you can afford
**or more if you can miss it
Location: Nieuwe Vide, Energieplein 69
Register via Eventbrite
(tickets between 0 and 10 euros, what you can afford)
20 spots available, more people then meetup attendees will be joining
About the workshop
Tatreez is the traditional Palestinian cross-stitch embroidery. For centuries, motifs have been passed from mother to daughter - patterns stitched into clothing, telling stories of region, family, and place. A cypress tree, a star, a bird, a flower: each carries meaning. It is identity, sewn into fabric.
By changing the surface, scale, and method of making, tatreez can become more than decoration; it can become a way to speak about identity, memory, displacement, care, and collective experience.
The workshop is intended as a collective space for making, learning, and experimentation.
Participants would be invited to work with Palestinian motifs and create their own tatreez-inspired compositions using alternative methods such as 3D-printed stamps, printed patterns, fabric experimentation, or other accessible tools. The goal is to makeTatreez easier to approach without making it less meaningful. There will be the option to make your designs on a scarf (for an extra cost).
Mohammed’s method begins from a respect for Palestinian Tatreez as a traditional practice, a cultural memory, and a visual language carried through generations.
About Mohammed Abushaban
Mohammed Abushaban is a Palestinian artist, architect, designer and researcher integrating technology and social inquiry into architectural work. Years across the Middle East,
Southeast Asia and Europe shape a practice attuned to diverse cultures and continuous learning.
Upcoming Teken Or Leave It events at Nieuwe Vide
09.09.2026 – 19:00 – Open draw
23.09.2026 – 19:00 – Workshop – Tatreez Lab – A Stitch Without Thread
07.10.2026 – 19:00 – Open draw
21.10.2026 – 19:00 – Workshop
04.11.2026 -19:00 – Open draw
18.11.2026 – 19:00 – Workshop Seasonal Celebration in Society – Rosalie Apituley (as part of the exhibition What we see is what we get)
02.12.2026 – 19:00 – Open draw
More info Teken Or Leave It
More info on Nieuwe Vide Artspace & Studios & Broedplaats
Our projectspace is wheelchair accessible, our entrance is accessible with a wheelchair ramp, our toilets have to be reaches by stairs, unfortunately. More info on accessiblity: https://nieuwevide.com/toegankelijkheid/?lang=en