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Photo: Hand carved and jointed ‘Gigi’ wooden cats; Maker: David Cousley; Photo credit: Craft NI

Textile Art Workshop with Anushiya Sundaralingam

R-Space Gallery 32 Castle Street, Lisburn, United Kingdom

Create textile art inspired by your journeys with artist Anushiya Sundaralingam. Bring photos of your favourite places, and use your creativity and felt fabrics to transform your memories into a colourful textile picture you can take home. Materials will be supplied.   Suitable for adults of all abilities.

£10

Hand Stitched Wall Hanging

Join Heather from Bluebell Stitches in one of her fun-filled creative classes: you will spend the afternoon making a beautiful textile hand-stitched ‘Home’ Wall Hanging using hand-quilting running, blanket and back stitches where Heather will guide you through these simple stitching techniques. Heather’s pieces are inspired by nature and this is illustrated in the fabrics … Continue reading Hand Stitched Wall Hanging

£35

‘Paper Magic’ exhibition

Millenium Court 2 William Street, Portadown, Co Armagh, United Kingdom

The Belfast Paper Art Society's exhibition 'Paper Magic' opens at Millennium Court  on Saturday, September 14th, 2 - 4pm. This exciting event will showcase the vibrant and diverse world of paper art, featuring an array of Papier Mache sculptures, intricate collages, and large-scale mixed media pieces, that are sure to captivate visitors of all ages! … Continue reading ‘Paper Magic’ exhibition

Free

Craft Corporate Showcase at the Festival of Business

St. George's Market 12 - 20 East Bridge Street, Belfast, Antrim

Craft NI are delighted to take part in the upcoming Festival of Business on September 18th, run by the NI Chamber of Commerce & Industry! Stop by our stand and find out how craft can enhance wellbeing and staff engagement in the workplace!  A craft workshop is the perfect team building exercise, helping your staff reconnect … Continue reading Craft Corporate Showcase at the Festival of Business

Free

Whiterocks wet felting workshop

The Designerie 88 Main Street, Antrim, Bushmills, United Kingdom

Participants will learn the basics of wet felting with merino wool and silk fibres to create a ‘painting with wool’. Tutor Linda Lewis  loves to share her enthusiasm for the craft - the inspiration for this popular workshop is ‘Whiterocks Beach’ . No experience necessary and suitable for all levels of ability. This workshop will … Continue reading Whiterocks wet felting workshop

£55

Bookmaking

The Workshop 4a Church Street, Ballynahinch, United Kingdom

Join Anita, the owner of PAPERCROWN NI,  for some 'mindful making' where she will teach you how to make your very own hardback notebook, covered in stunning bookcloth, complete with a grosgrain ribbon page marker.   Anita will talk you through the entire bookbinding process, from binding your pages using waxed linen thread, attaching the … Continue reading Bookmaking

£65

Materials, Messages, Meaning #13

R-Space Gallery 32 Castle Street, Lisburn, United Kingdom

The annual group exhibition Materials, Messages, Meaning - MMM#13, now in its 13th year, will open at R-Space Gallery on September 28th and run until October 25th.  This year's exhibition is themed SUSPENSION—an exploration of how artists and makers engage with a diverse range of materials to reflect on the concept of suspension in its many forms. MMM#13 … Continue reading Materials, Messages, Meaning #13

Free

Pate de verre workshop

Island Arts Centre The Island, Lisburn, United Kingdom

Join glass artist Alison Lowry for an opportunity to learn about the ancient technique of pâte de verre. This glass-paste casting method allows for the creation of unique sculptural forms. Over this two days wworkshop you will make a bowl and a flat work. You will learn how to make your own moulds, pack them … Continue reading Pate de verre workshop

£90

Fine and Dandy Market

Elmwood Hall Elmwood Mews, Belfast, United Kingdom

The Fine and Dandy Market is coming back to Elmwood Hall, Belfast  - stop by to see the work of local craftsmen alongside other artists and local food producers.Visitors will be able to admire and buy locally handmade  jewellery, ceramics, crafts and yarns!

Free

Pottery workshop with Adam Frew

Adam Frew Studio 21 Cullycapple Park, Aghadowey, United Kingdom

Join Adam Frew for a 2 day workshop in October at his studio in Aghadowey! The emphasis of the class will be on using the potter’s wheel to make a variety of thrown porcelain vessels. Students will be guided through the basics of throwing and also turning (finishing) pots. Adam will demonstrate his various decoration … Continue reading Pottery workshop with Adam Frew

£265

Moving Menagerie Kids Paper Craft Workshop

Millenium Court 2 William Street, Portadown, Co Armagh, United Kingdom

Join tutors Jayne Cherry, Simon Hall and Aimee Magee for this moving menagerie kids paper craft workshop! Participants will make jointed paper animals which explore how Anne Acheson understood the mechanics of movement to be able to isolate fractures and allow them to heal. This workshop will run in the afternoon and is  suitable for … Continue reading Moving Menagerie Kids Paper Craft Workshop

£5

Slow stitch series | Folk art applique

Flowerfield Arts Centre 185 Coleraine Road, Portstewart, United Kingdom

For sewers or complete beginners, this 2 day workshop will provide the opportunity to explore the many different appliqué techniques: hand-tucked, raw-edged, reverse and decoupage style, hand-stitched, machined and fused. With its colourful, stylised motifs of flowers, birds, animals and trees, folk art gives plenty of opportunity to create unique and personal textile collages, that … Continue reading Slow stitch series | Folk art applique

£35

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