Explore our past workshops and see which one you would like for your project or organisation.
Zine skills for reflecting on film curation and boundaries
Film Hub South West (2020)
This 2-part, online workshop, developed and delivered in collaboration with creative producers Will Taylor and Roseanna Dias, was commissioned for the Film Hub South West Beyond Boundaries cohort. The workshop ran as a series of activities to reflect upon boundaries and provide a distanced bonding experience for the cohort in a time of social distancing.
Zine skills for reflecting on Digital Placemaking
Bristol+Bath Creative R+D (2020)
This 2-hour, online workshop was commissioned for the Bath+Bristol Creative R+D Digital Placemaking fellows. The workshop ran as a series of activities to reflect upon digital placemaking and create content for a zine.
“The zine workshop gave us a rare chance to do something physical and creative together, while still being connected online. It was a really joyful couple of hours, and a totally different way of reflecting on the time this cohort had spent together. Lily was great at talking us through options and ideas beforehand, and thoughtfully planning and delivering the workshop. Thanks so much!”
Alice Quigley, Knowledge Exchange Editor, Bristol+Bath Creative R+D
Guest Lecture
University of the West of England (2020)
This workshop was for students starting their Final Year Project module within UWE’s Department of Film and Journalism. It combined a talk about No Bindings’ practices and productions, and a more workshop-style session of zine making and project imagining.
Riso print your zine
Zine Club x 16 Tonne (2019)
A zine making and riso printing Zine Club special in collaboration with 16 Tonne Press. This sold out, ticketed event provided each attendee with all the materials to create and print a small run of an 8-sided origami zine.
Positive Spin - amplified zines for creative reflection
University of Bristol (2019)
A workshop for life long and returnee cyclists aged 55 and over to capture and record their cycling stories in the form of writing, interviews, and artwork. Using conductive ink, participants were able to hear their recordings when they touched the pages of their work. This interactive display was then toured by the Positive Spin team in discussions with policy makers and other stakeholders.
“Working with No Bindings opened up a new way of talking about cycling, one that didn't just focus on discussions around infrastructure and safety. Using conductive ink meant our cyclists could literally connect their stories to a much broader range of issues, ideas and, most importantly for us, feelings about cycling through creative storytelling and art. It made a valuable contribution to our attempts to get local authorities to try to understand cycling and cyclists through a different set of narratives and experiences.”
Prof Martin Hurcombe, Professor of French Studies, University of Bristol
Amplified zines
Radiobook Rwanda (2018)
Aligned to the themes of relationships, modern myths and resistance in the short story series Radiobook Rwanda (2018), these playful workshops mixed the classic and new zine-making tools of collage and conductive ink to create zines that triggered sound through touch.
“It was fun, creative and I loved the conversation we had while making the zine; but most of all, the final result of seeing the zine linked with the audio was a wonderful surprise!”
Rediat Abayneh, animator and artist
