Sustainability

Swap 'Til You Drop! came about in 2014 by Jessica Teal after attending a swap at Attic Studios. It was a great concept and I wanted to continue the idea on a regular basis. It started to gain momentum the more and more swaps that happened and has now flourished into it's own little life... Swap 'Til You Drop! collaborates with The HOME BKK and Soledad Designs LLC to provide a fun space with food and drink to swap as well as a REVAMP service to repair, restyle, recycle and reignite your old and newfound wardrobe. The swap has also had it’s time in Yangon and will also be running throughout the year of 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Let this page be a place where we can coordinate future swaps, arrange for swap meetings for public and private events, or if you want to share some signature items to swap. Let's aim to be better to the environment by reusing and revamping our clothes rather than buy more and more (although sometimes we can't help but shop, I know!) 

Colors & Silhouettes is a follow up to our Recycled Paper Making session. This time we will be painting on our tortilla-round convinces reusing household items to color into fascinating backgrounds. Learn color blending techniques and brush strokes to paint your own silhouette vision.

 

Practical Skills is another of The HOME's mini platforms created to share valuable knowledge that can be applied in daily life and empower individuals as responsible co-habitants. Inspired by collaborative projects already rising awareness on topics such as sustainability, deforestation, zero waste, disposable fashion and more; these skills can be applied individually and in community.
These workshop if for people interested in exploring self expression using hand work techniques.
This is an opportunity to learn, witness and partake on the paper making process. We will convert recycled paper into beautiful texture paper to be used for many future projects. We have an open call to friends and community to pass by and contribute to The HOME's paper supply by donating your recycled paper goods. We encourage you to collect tags, envelopes, boxes.. bring them along and watch them converts into something useful again.

Learn , grow and expand....workshop Stitching will be lead by Carla Soledad, co-founder of The HOME in Bangkok and a fashion designer for over 15 years. These workshop is for people interested in exploring self expression using hand work techniques. Carla will have lots of examples of ways to use stitching to embellish runners, quilts, bags, clothing etc. Participants should come with a sense of adventure and be willing to experiment with various threads and techniques. Join the world of slow sewing and find the joys in thread work. Children and Adults are welcome. Come join us for a 3 hour class filled with all the basics you need to make your very own hand stitch." Let recycle and reuse! 

We will be making different sized bags and pouches with several colors of plastic bags mostly provided by The HOME BKK in Bangkok, but feel free to bring your own bags in all shades and patterns to contribute to your recycled art.
The philosophy is use what you already have to make new things!!!  

What can be done to improve our favorite city? Can we cool down Bangkok and clear some pollution? Can we create a new forest in our urban environment?  Join us to find the answer, and better yet, let's plant a forest together, one tree at a time! The plan is to plant an entire, vertical forest during this raining season (June to November), together, in Bangkok!  In this first Workshop, we'll see how to find and prepare the trees we need to make Bangkok a better place to live in! We'll also take a look at different spots where we can do that: Bangkok's unfinished buildings!