DS4SI DESIGN GYM

Social Making Thursdays are where we make things together as a way of practicing a different way of being. We ask: How can crafting together change the vibe of how we show up? What can collaboration and cross-pollination teach us about ourselves and each other? Social Making Thursdays is not just about learning a new craft for yourself, but about rehearsing ways of being in relationship with materials we use and one another. 

Everyday Materials, Everyday Exchanges: Natural Hand-Dyeing & Binding Community: Materializing Amy Franceschini/Futurefarmers’ Shoelace Exchange

Join us for an afternoon of making, dyeing, and exchanging. Participants will learn how to create natural dyes using local plants and food scraps and use these colors to hand-dye shoelaces and cotton fabric. Each lace becomes part of a larger story—an experiment in exchange, community, and connection. Designed by Amy Franceschini of Futurefarmers, Shoelace Exchange explores ideas of cultural solidarity, resourcefulness, gift economies, and local ecology while grounding us in the everyday act of tying our shoes. Together, we’ll transform shoelaces and fabric into vessels of memory, conversation, and collectivism.

This intervention will be held on 10/2 from 3pm-6pm at Hibernian Hall in Nubian Square, 184 Dudley St #200, Boston, MA 02119.