The Black Gold Kai Club is hosting a "day with a designer" in the South Otago township.
Designer Rohana Weaver, of Dunedin-based company Highly Flammable, will run the workshop from 10am to 5pm.
Ms Weaver designs costumes for the company. Her best-known creation, The Mirrorman, developed by herself and Paulo Wellman, consists of several thousand carefully designed reflective mini-mirrors in patterns. The outfit took more than 200 hours to design and make.
Organiser Michelle Ramsay said while the workshop was about developing ideas and skills for entries in a coming recyclable art competition, anyone was welcome to take part.
"It's an amazing opportunity.
It's for people who want to explore the awesome things you can do with recyclables."
Throughout the day, participants will learn about basic design techniques and practical construction skills to help them create 3-D works of art.
In order to keep art and art creation accessible, the workshop focuses on the use and reuse of "found objects", rather than specialist art materials.
The workshop is open to adults and children aged 10 and up.
Participants should wear old clothes and bring any recyclable materials they might want to work with, from newspapers to fabrics to old household items, Miss Ramsay said.
Black Gold Kai Club was granted $1150 from Clutha District Creative Communities to assist with the cost of the day.
The group was also granted $2500 from the Ministry of Youth Development's youth fund to support the Black Gold Kai Club Matariki Recyclable Arts Competition, which will be held in the Kaitangata War Memorial Hall on June 23.
The competition will be open for people aged 5 and up, and has five categories based around age groups, for masks, kites, and wearable art.
The competition will also have a section open to all preschools in Otago. The theme is Matariki, and 90% of the artwork for each entry must be done by the children.
The best work of art will be judged by the public on the night.
