DOHA: Fourteen Qatari and expatriate artisans are collaborating to create unique products in a first-of-its-kind initiative today at Katara Building No. 15.
‘Two by Two’ brings together Qatari productive families and artisans representing expatriate communities in a three-hour workshop. Held by the Department of Productive Families at the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, the workshop will see exchange of experiences, techniques and creativity between a Qatari artisan from productive families and a Doha resident artisan.
The artisans will work on Sadu and crochet, jewellery, decoupage and small furniture, aquarelle and paintings, perfumes and creams, clothes and patchwork, dolls, cushions and kids’ items. After the workshop, the artisans will display and sell their products in stalls in an original and eclectic artisan market open to the public from 6pm to 9pm.The Peninsula
