WUNDERS WINTER WORKSHOPS –

WHAT IS A CHAIR? – with Francesco Nassimbeni
WHEN: Thursday 02 July
Time: 10h00 – 12h00
Cost: R550.00
Age: 7 – 13 years old
Where: Mmakesspace, Wunders Showroom, 32 Napier st, Greenpoint

Inspired by Enzo Mari’s Autoprogettazione and his radical DIY philosophy, this playful, hands-on workshop invites children to think like designers and makers. Can a chair become a sculpture? Can cardboard solve a problem? Through building, experimenting, and reimagining everyday objects, children explore form, function, and creativity using simple materials and big ideas.

IMPOSSIBLE BOOKS – with Francesco Nassimbeni
WHEN: Tuesday 07 July
Time: 10h00 – 12h00
Cost: R550.00
Age: 7 – 13 years old
Where: Mmakesspace, Wunders Showroom

Can a book be furry? Can it be round? Can it bounce or twist, can it walk around? Inspired by Bruno Munari’s “Illegible Books”, this fun, tactile workshop explores the boundaries of what books are. Upside-down, inside-out: the imagination is the limit!

Waste to Wonder! – with Francesco Nassimbeni
WHEN: Thursday 09 July
Time: 10h00 – 12h00
Cost: R550.00
Age: 7 – 13 years old
Where: Mmakesspace, Wunders Showroom, 32 Napier st, Greenpoint

Can a plastic bottle become a hat? Can a spoon become a fidget spinner? Inspired by the Wunders Mmakspace philosophy of conscious upcycling and reinvention, this playful workshop turns waste into wonder. Using discarded materials, children will invent sculptures, curious creations, and unexpected objects — proving that imagination can give anything a second life.

SCRAP SELFIES! With LEZA
WHEN: Tuesday 14 July
Time: 10h00 – 12h00
Cost: R550.00
Age: 7 – 13 years old
Where: Mmakesspace, Wunders Showroom, 32 Napier st, Greenpoint

Make a “selfie” from scrap fabric and trims. Every portrait is unique which speaks to the little artist in them. They start by drawing a simple face on cardboard and then they explore colours, patterns and textures from our waste stash that represent aspects of themselves, cut simple shapes and layer them onto the cardboard with glue. Their portraits can be embellished with buttons and trims. Lots of play and imagination!

MAKE A MONSTER – with LEZA
WHEN: Thursday 16 July
Time: 10h00 – 12h00
Cost: R550.00
Age: 7 – 13 years old
Where: Mmakespace, Wunders Showroom, 32 Napier st, Greenpoint

Make your own monster from textile waste using a running stitch. We provide pre-cut fabric shapes, numbers, and letters for the kids to assemble themselves using a running stitch which they can stuff and decorate however they feel inspired to!

About the facilitators
Jodi Leza Thurtell
LEZA, a sustainable fashion brand founded by Jodi Leza Thurtell, embodies a deep-rooted commitment to ethical and eco-conscious practices. Inspired by her family’s legacy of innovation and recycling, Jodi has transformed her passion for sewing into a sustainable business. By repurposing textile waste into unique and timeless pieces, LEZA challenges the fast-fashion industry’s destructive impact on the environment. With a focus on slow fashion and mindful consumption, LEZA offers customers the opportunity to own truly original and sustainable garments.

Francesco Nassimbeni
Francesco Nassimbeni is an award winning artist, theatre and film-director, author, educator and poet. He believes that art is for everybody, and is inspired by the Italian Futurist Bruno Munari’s notion of ‘Everybody Art’ – a socially progressive art practice predicated on inclusion, diversity of view point, participation, imagination and play.