DAGTEK SERVICEENHET offers services for people with intellectual disabilities or autistic spectrum disorders as a part of Western Uusimaa wellbeing services county (Västra Nylands välfärdsområde in Swedish). The activities Dagtek offers are divided into several sections in different areas.
Activities in Art & Crafts workshop includes different kinds of textile handicrafts as weaving, fabric printing, knitting, embroidery, sewing and felting. Many of the 20 participants in this workshop have education or courses in textile handicraft or art.
We want to take advantage of and develop the skills that our participants have through their education and work experience, and we want to profile our activities with professional textile craftsmanship and products with personal design in good quality.
Our participants have the opportunity to choose which products or craft technics they want to work with. Some of them have chosen to focus on a particular textile work or product, while others are happy to switch between different jobs and try new things. A big part of our textile products is made in collective processes where it is easy to find individually suitable tasks for everybody. We make for instance rag rugs, kitchen textiles and bags. Our products are sold in our own DAKOHA shop and we also collaborate on a small scale with local craftsman collectives.
We want to extend our networks in art & crafts, and we have arranged courses and workshops together with professional artists. In August this year we had a week-long workshop with art graphics. Now and then we go on excursions and visit exhibitions in our surroundings.
Bewerbungsfrist: 28.10.2024