Learn how to decorate and personalise your own items of clothing in our Punkify Your Clothes with Posca Pens sustainable art workshop!

Drawing inspiration from the bold, punk-influenced practice of British artist Sue Webster, we’ll explore how everyday clothing can be transformed into wearable artworks through expressive imagery, pattern and text.

This workshop will encourage experimentation with line, colour and composition while considering sustainability and reuse in contemporary art practice.

Whether it’s a leather jacket, tote bag, T-shirt, or jeans, you’ll discover techniques to add colour, pattern, and personality that reflect your unique style.

In this eco-friendly session, you’ll not only breathe new life into your wardrobe through upcycling but also make a creative statement that champions individuality and sustainability. No experience needed

Basic materials provided but you will need to bring your own clothes.

Food and drink is also available for purchase throughout the session from our cafes. This workshop is suitable for ages 11+.

What is clothing customisation and upcycling?

Clothing customisation and upcycling is an artistic practice that involves altering existing garments to create new aesthetic, cultural or personal meaning.

Often linked to street culture, punk and DIY art, it combines illustration, graphic design and fashion with sustainable approaches to making.

By reworking what already exists, artists and designers challenge ideas of consumption while using clothing as a canvas for self expression.

About your tutor

Ella Johnston is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, drawing, printmaking, and 3D forms, exploring mark-making, gesture, and the calligraphic line.

Influenced by her working-class background growing up in London and a former career in journalism and marketing, her work interrogates language, memory, truth, and miscommunication through asemic text and layered, palimpsestic surfaces.

She is co-founder and Creative Director of Dunlin Press, a member of The Other MA (2024/25 cohort), and an experienced workshop leader for institutions including Cass Art, London Graphic Centre, and MK Gallery.

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