Workshops at Handmade Nottingham
Workshops at Handmade Nottingham
Get creative at Handmade Nottingham with our range of workshops.
Sap Plants
Terrarium Workshop
Saturday 3rd may / 1pm - 2.30pm / £50pp
In this workshop you will be provided with everything you need to make your own bottled garden:
- Glass bottle & Cork.
- A selection of terrarium friendly plants.
- An illustrated care card.
The workshop will begin with a step by step demonstration from Chan, who will explain each step thoroughly.
After the demonstration you will then build your own terrarium at your own pace, Chan will be available for assistance and advice throughout.
Please note that due to participants working at different speeds, some people may finish before others.
Get Lit Books
Get Lit Book Club - The Lamb
Sunday 4th May / 1pm- 3pm / £12pp
This month Get lit will be discussing Lucy Rose's The Lamb.
About the book:
'Margot and Mama have lived by the forest since Margot can remember. When Margot isn't at school, they spend quiet days together in their cottage, waiting for strangers to knock on their door. Strays, Mama calls them. Mama loves the strays. She feeds them wine, keeps them warm. Then she satisfies her burning appetite by picking apart their bodies.
But Mama's want is stronger than her hunger sometimes, and when a white-toothed stray named Eden turns up in the heart of a snowstorm, little Margot must confront the shifting dynamics of her family, untangle her own desires and make a bid for freedom.
With this tender coming-of-age tale, debut novelist Lucy Rose explores how women swallow their anger, desire and animal instincts - and wrings the relationship between mother and daughter until blood…
Kay Jay Clay
Polymer Clay Earrings Workshop
Sunday 25th May 2025 / 1pm - 3pm / £30pp
Create 2 pairs of polymer clay earrings using the slab building technique.
After the workshop your pieces will be taken away to be baked & assembled. They will then post them to you!
Contact Kay Jay Clay via instagram to book
Karen Miele
Beginners Lino Print Workshop
Saturday 31st May 2025 / 10:30 - 13:30 / £38pp plus booking fee
Spend the morning getting inky! and learn how to design, carve and print your own designs using the lino cut technique.
In this 3 hour workshop, you will learn:
How to create a design perfect for lino print
How to transfer your drawing onto lino
How to carve a lino block, and use different techniques to create interesting patterns
How to mix inks to create your own colours
How to print your designs
How to sign and edition your prints
Suitable for beginners
Price £38 (plus booking fee) - includes tea and biscuits!
Amber Cooper-Green
Signet Ring Workshop - Wax Carving
Sunday 8th June / 10.30pm - 1pm / £85pp
Get ready for a 2.5-hour wax carving workshop where you'll create your own unique, simple wax-carved rings. Amber will guide you through the process, and yes – we’ll have cake and hot drinks to keep you fuelled and happy. Join us for a fun-filled session where every creation tells a story!
What's included:
- A fully tutored session by a skilled professional
- All tools and materials provided: files, wax reamers, specialist carving tools, jewellers’ wax, and some design inspo sheets (feel free to browse Pinterest beforehand!)
- One brass cast of your ring included in the workshop cost
- Cake and hot drinks (because snacks matter)
Optional Additional Costs:
SILVER:Casting your ring in silver is approx £10–£35, depending on weight.
GOLD PLATING:Add gold plating for £10–£25, depending on size. You can plate brass or silver.
ADDITIONAL RINGS:Any extras you make will cost £10 casting fee each, plus material costs.
Lee Mattocks
Leather Box Satchel
Saturday 14th June / £65pp
This leather making workshop will teach you how to make your own leather bucket bag with award winning textile artist and leather bag designer Lee Mattocks.
Colour available are burgundy, dark green, yellow, red, grey. All bags can be made with silver or brass hardware.
Get Lit Books
Get Lit Book Club - The Lost Garden
Sunday 27th July / 1pm- 3pm / £12pp
This month Get Lit will be discussing Adam S Leslie's Lost in the Garden.
About the book:
'Like an old wives' tale, like a piece of wisdom passed down through generations which no one questioned or even thought about too hard. Like folklore. It was just something everyone knew, a rule to be followed. Don't go to Almanby.'
Heather, Rachel and Antonia are going to Almanby. Heather needs to find her boyfriend who, like so many, went and never came back. Rachel has a mysterious package to deliver, and her life depends on it. And Antonia - poor, lovestruck Antonia just wants the chance to spend the day with Heather.
So off they set through the idyllic yet perilous English countryside, in which nature thrives in abundance and summer lasts forever. And as they travel through ever-shifting geography and encounter strange voices in the fizz of shortwave…