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October Workshops

Botanical Drawing + Collage Workshop
with Meg Bonser
3rd Oct / 11:00am - 1:00pm / £20pp

Spend a Saturday afternoon getting creative with an autumnal botanical art workshop led by local artist and tutor Meg Bonser.

Split into two parts, you will firstly go back to basics creating colourful, observational drawings of plants and flowers using wax crayons and coloured pencils, experimenting with drawing exercises and following Meg's tips and tricks along the way.

Then you will explore these botanical shapes further to create bright, layered paper collages of floral cutouts in your own unique colour palette.

All abilities welcome including beginners

Autumnal Dried Wreath Making
with Jen Jones Flowers
10th October / £40pp + booking fee

Make your own everlasting dried flower wreath in your own style - small and dainty or big and dramatic - it's up to you!

All materials will be provided and the small group atmosphere means you can have lots of help, tuition and guidance to make something really special

Beginners Hand Lettering & Sign Writing
with Wild Calligraphy GB
11th Oct / 10:00am - 12:00pm / £55pp

Wild Calligraphy has teamed up with Handmade Nottingham, based in Nottingham City Centre to bring this workshop to you. The morning is set to be relaxing and fun all at once.

As a teacher by formation, Faye loves sharing her skills with others and enabling you to make optimum progress thanks to detailed guidance and 1:1 support!

Included in your ticket price, you'll receive an individual starter kit and snack, a masterclass on beginners Pen Calligraphy and a Starter kit to use and take away with helpful hints and tips to aid you as you continue your practice (Including invaluable advice on where to buy materials). You will receive my favourite, tried and tested calligraphy materials for sign writing as well as advice on how to use your tools.

Intermediate Nib & Ink Calligraphy
with Wild Calligraphy GB
11th Oct / 1pm-3pm / £60pp

This workshop is all about getting to know you and your technique. Faye will help you to review your form and technique, before giving you lots of personalised advice to help you.

Intensive wild workshop guests will recieve a questionnaire ahead of the workshop, asking what specific areas you would like help with. These will inform the format of the workshop, ensuring you're coming away with the input you need to take your calligraphy to the next level.

Intensive workshop guests will also benefit from an extra small group environment, and extended kit, which will include premium supplies such as your own personalised essentials kit (with your own nib holder and nib), layout paper, and recycled textured paper.

Macrame Plant Hanger Workshop
with The Scout's Den
17th Oct/ 10.30pm - 1.30pm / £35pp

In this 3 hour workshop, you'll learn the basic knots needed to get started with Macramé and make your own plant hanger! No previous experience is necessary as we’ll be going through step by step. 

The workshop includes all the materials you'll need: cotton cord, wooden ring and plant pot, and a Beginner's Knot Guide to take away with you to remind you how each knot is created.
Come and have a good natter while learning a new skill and leave with the knowledge you need to move on to bigger personal projects! 

Beginners Hand Lettering & Sign Writing
with Wild Calligraphy GB
18th Oct/ 12.30pm - 2.30pm / £55pp

Wild Calligraphy has teamed up with Handmade Nottingham, based in Nottingham City Centre to bring this workshop to you.

As a teacher by formation, Faye loves sharing her skills with others and enabling you to make optimum progress thanks to detailed guidance and 1:1 support!

Included in your ticket price, you'll receive an individual starter kit and snack, a masterclass on beginners Pen Calligraphy and a Starter kit to use and take away with helpful hints and tips to aid you as you continue your practice (Including invaluable advice on where to buy materials). You will receive my favourite, tried and tested calligraphy materials for sign writing as well as advice on how to use your tools.

Beginners Nib + Ink
with Wild Calligraphy GB
18th Oct / 3pm - 5pm / £55pp

Wild Calligraphy has teamed up with Handmade Nottingham, based in Nottingham City Centre to bring this workshop to you.

As a teacher by formation, Faye loves sharing her skills with others and enabling you to make optimum progress thanks to detailed guidance and 1:1 support!

Included in your ticket price, you'll receive an individually wrapped snack, a masterclass on beginners Nib & Ink Calligraphy and a Starter kit to use and take away with helpful hints and tips to aid you as you continue your practice (Including invaluable advice on where to buy materials). You will receive Faye's favourite, tried and tested calligraphy materials for sign writing as well as advice on how to use your tools.

Pumpkin Flower Arranging
with Jen Jones Flowers
30th October / £35pp + booking fee

Get creative with a halloween twist! We will use fresh autumnal flowers to make an arrangement inside a pumpkin!

Halloween isn't cancelled! We will make a gorgeous autumnal arrangement using British flowers inside a pumpkin that you can display with pride!

November Workshops


Living Succulent Wreath Making
with Jen Jones Flowers
6th November / £40pp + booking fee

Come and spend some relaxing crafting time playing with succulents, moss and making your very own living succulent wreath!

This hour and a half session will be spent making your own living succulent wreaths that can be hung outside or in, or create a lovely table arrangement.

All materials will be provided - come and have a gorgeous time and take away something lovely that you've made yourself!

Make your own Beeswax wraps
with Abigail Wastie
7th Nov / 10.30am - 12.30pm / £35pp

Come for a relaxed workshop getting creative making your own set of beeswax wraps!

During this 2hour workshop Abigail will guide you through the step by step process of how to make your own set of organic beeswax wraps.

Beeswax wraps are a fantastic alternate to clingfilm…since I started making mine a few years ago my family of four haven’t touched a piece of cling film!

All materials are provided and no experience is necessary- just bring yourselves and good humor!

Beginner's tapestry workshop
with Abigail Wastie
7th Nov / 2pm-5pm / £70pp

Learn the skills to make your own beautiful tapestry. Enjoy the pleasures of this ancient meditative craft in a small relaxed group environment.

During the workshop you will receive an introduction to tapestry tools, frames and the warping processes. Different tapestry weaving techniques will be demonstrated including rya knotting, free weaving and soumak weaving.

You will be able to choose your own colours and textures from a selection of high quality British woollen yarns to start your own tapestry design.

Abigail will guide you through the process of translating your design onto the pre-warped frame.

You will receive a tapestry kit to take home with you. The kit includes; a wooden tapestry frame, wooden bobbin, shed stick, yarn needle, wooden dowelling and Abigails illustrates tapestry guide.

December Workshops

Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
with Jen Jones
2nd December  / £40pp + booking fee

Ho ho ho... it's CHRISTMAS!!
Come and make a gorgeous Christmas wreath to hang on your front door.
There will be Christmas tunes and lots of gorgeous ingredients for you to make your own wreath!
I will do a quick demo before you get stuck in. We will be doing it 'proper' using moss and reel wire.
Oranges, pine cones, ribbons, cinnamon sticks, you name it, we'll have it!!

Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
with Jen Jones
3rd December  / £40pp + booking fee

Ho ho ho... it's CHRISTMAS!!
Come and make a gorgeous Christmas wreath to hang on your front door.
There will be Christmas tunes and lots of gorgeous ingredients for you to make your own wreath!
I will do a quick demo before you get stuck in. We will be doing it 'proper' using moss and reel wire.
Oranges, pine cones, ribbons, cinnamon sticks, you name it, we'll have it!!

Christmas Wreath Making Workshop
with Jen Jones
5th December  / £40pp + booking fee

Ho ho ho... it's CHRISTMAS!!
Come and make a gorgeous Christmas wreath to hang on your front door.
There will be Christmas tunes and lots of gorgeous ingredients for you to make your own wreath!
I will do a quick demo before you get stuck in. We will be doing it 'proper' using moss and reel wire.
Oranges, pine cones, ribbons, cinnamon sticks, you name it, we'll have it!!

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