Adult Saturdays
Spend some creative ‘me time’ and learn something new in a day!
All adult Saturdays are £40 per day (including most materials) unless stated otherwise. Workshops run 10am-3pm. 10 places only so booking is essential.
Saturday 13 March
Keum Bo Earrings
with Sarah Macrae
Keum Bo is an ancient Korean technique by which pure gold is fused to the surface of the silver, creating a permanent bond. Combined with surface texture & roller printing unique pieces are created. Have a go at designing and making some pairs of earrings.
Saturday 13 March
Silk Painted Scarves
with Ami Lowman
Create your own beautiful scarf to take home or give as a gift. After coming up with some initial drawings you will use gutta to ‘draw’ your design onto a length of silk. Once the gutta is dry you can either dip dye your scarf or ‘colour in’ your design using silk paints. This ancient Japanese technique creates a beautifully soft and professional finish.
Saturday 27 March
Printed/Textured Pendant & Brooches
with Sarah Macrae
A great jewellery course for beginners, learn all the techniques needed to shape and texture a piece of silver to make a pair of earrings and a pendant.
Saturday 27 March
Tibetan Style Wish Flags
with Mary Vormawah
Get involved in making Tibetan style wish flags to decorate a tree or room – using all sorts of fabrics/paints /threads and other embellishments, decorate and write positive wishes on various sized rectangular strips of fabric! During the day you should be able to complete enough to form a chain of them.
Saturday 3 April
Working With Acrylic For Jewellery
with Sarah Macrae
A great workshop for anyone wanting to try something different or jewellers wanting to try new techniques. Acrylic jewellery opens a world of possibilities. Add lightness & a thoroughly modern edge to your work with this fantastic material.
Saturday 3 April
Natural Dyed Silk Bunting
with Mary Vormawah
Get ahead for your summer BBQ and make natural dyed silk bunting to wow your guests with. Pattern and dye triangles of silk using natural dyes and attach them to cord to form a line of bunting.
Saturday 24 April
Metal Sculptured Brooches
with Liz Hodgson
Using flowers and natural forms as inspiration you will get the chance to design and make a beautiful 3-Dimentional brooch from copper mesh wire.
Saturday 24 April
Batik Scarves
with Ami Lowman
Have a go at something different… Using Tjantings – Traditional batik tools used to draw precise lines of hot wax onto the material, you can transfer your own designs before adding colour or dyeing the fabric to create a beautiful scarf.
Saturday 8 May
Machine Embroidered Lace
with Wendy Dolan
Machine stitch on soluble material to create exciting lace fabrics. Combine machine embroidery with applied fabrics and threads to make beautiful lace fabric.
Saturday 8 May
Glass Jewellery
with Kate O’Connell
Try your hand at this fun and unique technique of making jewellery. Covering all the basics of cutting glass & the the process works, you will then get a chance to design and assemble your own pieces. Great for beginners or those wanting to further their skills, and have another go!
Saturday 12 June
Polymer Clay for Jewellery
with Sharon Justice
Using Fimo, a brand of polymer clay, spend a day learning how to make your own beads and trinkets to incorporate into your own designs.
Saturday 26 June
Electro Etching
with Sarah Macrae
A great workshop for people with some experience of jewellery making. Enhance your skills and learn this fascinating method, which allows you to etch precise patterns onto silver using a laser printer and a battery charger.
Saturday 10 July
Working with Leather
with Mary Vormawah
Spend a day discovering some of Havant’s rich heritage relating to working with leather! This workshop is designed for complete beginners and perfect for textile lovers. Come along and design and make a small leather piece (a coin or jewellery purse) There will be some samples inspired by work held in the local museum for participants to look at on the day.
Saturday 10 July
Decorative Fused Glass
with Kate O’Connell
The perfect day for people who have done previous glass courses at making Space. Work on your own projects assisted by Kate, jewellery, coasters, small titles… what will you make!?
Saturday 24 July
Silver Brooches & Pins
with Sharon Justice
Working with studio tenant Sharon, spend an afternoon making a beautiful brooch or pin from silver of your own design. The perfect workshop for any jewellery lover. Beginners welcome.
Saturday 24 July
Exploring Felt
with Hilary Charlesworth
A great workshop for textile lovers and anyone wanting to learn something new! First learn the art of making felt material from scratch, before making a beautiful seamless purse. The day will also cover needle felt decorations to add to your purse.
Saturday 7 August
Reclaimed Jewellery
with Ami Lowman
Do you collect old pieces of jewellery or have boxes of old buttons, broken jewellery and trinkets? if so, then this workshop is a must for you! Learn how to incorporate all your old treasures into something new and exciting. Participant must bring along a collection of things to reinvent.
Saturday 21 August
Bangles
with Sharon Justice
Come away from this workshop with at least one bangle made in silver! You will be taken through the process of how to make your bangle and encouraged to come up with your own design. Most materials supplied, but please bring along any metal you wish to incorporate into your design, more materials will be available to buy if needed!
Saturday 21 August
Small Scale Ceramics
with Tessa Wolfe-Murray
Small is beautiful!! Forget large pots; learn to make a range of ceramic jewellery, buttons, and gift/greeting cards all from a lump of clay!