Yahoo News 8 of the best design workshops to take at London Craft Week 2018
If your New Year’s resolution of taking up a hobby or two has fallen through, the upcoming London Craft Week could be the perfect excuse to pick it back up.
From creating your own artisan fragrance, to a crafting a pair of spectacles out of buffalo horn or stitching your own zippered cushion - the options are plentiful.
London Craft Week runs from May 9 to 13 and below are eight of the best workshops you can sign up for.
1. Painting Porcelain with Meissen at Thomas Goode
Love pretty things? Take this prime opportunity to paint your own piece of Meissen porcelain at Thomas Goode and take it home at the end of the night once fired.
Date and time: May 9, 6pm - 9pm
Price: £50
2. Blend Your Own Artisan Fragrance with Sarah McCartney
Sick of your Chanel No. 5? Make your own bespoke fragrance with award-winning artisan perfumer Sarah McCartney and get ready to brag when people ask what you’re wearing.
Date and time: May 10 & 12, 3pm - 5pm and 6pm - 8pm
Price: £50
3. Globe-Making Workshop with Loraine Rutt at Peckham Studio
This truly unique workshop will leave you with a fine porcelain globe. You will learn how to ‘fettle’, ‘scribe’ and paint using ceramic oxides
Date and time: May 10, 10am - 5pm
Price: £275
4. Leather Braiding with Genevieve Bennett at Home House
Join award-winning leather designer Genevieve Bennett for a night of leather braiding and interlacing techniques with a palette of vibrant leathers to choose from to create stunning accessories and straps.
Date and time: May 9, 7pm - 9pm
Price: £30
5. Make a Turkish İznik Tile at the Yunus Emre Institute
Learn stories behind classical patterns of Turkish tiles with İznik tiles master Ayşe Özkan. Techniques you will learn include drawing, transmitting, needling and colouring - and for just £7 this is a real bargain.
Date and time: May 9, 5pm - 7pm; May 11, 11am - 1pm; May 12 & 13, 2pm - 4pm
Price: £7
6. Make Horn Spectacles at Cubitts
Learn how to cut a front, file and polish sustainably sourced buffalo horn into a pair of spectacles to make a unique pair of glasses.
Date and time: May 11, 6pm - 8pm; May 12, 10am - 12pm
Price: £50
7. Stencilling with Nature: A Natural Dyeing Workshop with La Serra MK Textile Atelier at Petersham Nurseries
Head to the picturesque Petersham Nurseries to create your own apron combining flower printing, painting by hand and stencil printing, using plants and flowers from the nursery on natural fibres
Date and time: May 12, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Price: £70
8. The Rehabilitative Power of Stitch with Fine Cell Work
Fine Cell Work are a charity that train prisoners in creative, high-quality needlework as a means of rehabilitation. During London Craft Week you can take their beginners workshop where you will learn the therapeutic power of stitch and how to make a zippered cushion.
Date and time: May 12, 10am - 4pm
Price: £80
