IN COLLABORATION WITH DESIGNER VEGA HERTEL, THESE FOUR HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS INVITED PARTICIPANTS OF ALL AGES TO EXPLORE THE TEXTURES, COLOURS, AND ECOLOGICAL STORIES OF MARINE ALGAE. USING FASHION-FORMED 3D LOOMS DESIGNED BY HERTEL, ATTENDEES WOVE WITH A DIVERSE ARRAY OF SCOTTISH SEAWEEDS FROM ALBA MARI SEAWEED, UNCOVERING THEIR VITAL ROLE IN OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS AND THEIR POTENTIAL AS REGENERATIVE MATERIALS IN FASHION. AS THE LOOMS FILLED, THE SPACE TRANSFORMED INTO A LIVING INSTALLATION — A COLLECTIVE ACT OF REIMAGINING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE OCEAN AND THE MATERIALS WE WEAR.