In this workshop, participants explore the idea behind The Red Thread of Belonging: a community arts project that uses embroidery as a way to make personal stories visible and tangible. What does “home” really mean? Is it a place, a person, a memory, a language – or something that is constantly shifting?
Guided by Haags Verhaal (Story from The Hague) and developed in collaboration with the project’s initiator, Swiss artist Kathrin Stalder, participants are invited to reflect on their own sense of home and translate it into a simple yet meaningful action: stitching with bright red thread onto a small white cloth. Each stitch represents an experience, a longing, a loss, or a moment of connection.
The workshop makes tangible how an individual gesture can become part of something larger. Together, the embroidered pieces form a growing installation – a collective artwork in which many voices come together. The session invites reflection and exchange and shows how shared stories can evolve into a collective narrative: a tactile expression of what ‘home’ can be, in all its diversity and complexity.
Haags Verhaal | Workshop | The Netherlands