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Showing posts with label oak studios. Show all posts

Jun 10, 2011

Z for Zebra Workshop Details:

Z is for Zebra. To Book a place on this workshop click here: Saturday 9th July






Date: Saturday 9th July
Time: 2.30am to 5.30pm (three hours)
Level: All Levels
Teachers: Emma Scullion and Sophie Walker
Price: £15
Maximum Class Size: 12 people



Learn how to make a fabulous African zebra (like Jessica, pictured) using basic stitches and following a simple pattern.
All materials and equipment are provided and included. You will also get a pattern and instructions that can be kept and used again and again (if you have ambitions for a whole herd!).
All of the fee is used to support the kids in Emma’s and Sophie’s  projects in Kampala – the price is based on the costs for taking one child out of the slums for a day out and one good meal/or the price of a pair of school shoes.

About the Emma and Sophie and their project:
Awamu means ‘together’ in Luganda, the main language spoken in Uganda. We chose it as it reflects the name and spirit of both the women’s groups that we are working with.

The big idea: you get lovely hand-made things to enjoy – women in our projects earn a living – children in their care are healthier, happier and can go to school.

Awamu is about showing you the lovely handmade goods that give the makers an income and raises money to help children born with or orphaned by hiv in two of the poorest areas of Kampala, Uganda.

100% of the money raised from the sale of our lovely handmade things is used to provide small education grants so our kids can complete their basic primary education and give their guardians a small fund help them start up a business so they can feed and care for their families.

We love making things and we love using and sharing our passion and skills to make a difference.

Emma: www.awamu.wordpress.com
Sophie: www.sewfarsogood.wordpress.com


May 28, 2011

Pom Pom Necklace Workshop Details:

A Alicia Pom Pom Necklace Workshop, using eco-ethical and vintage materials


To book a place on this workshop click here: Monday 4th July

Date: Monday 4th July
Time: 6.30pm to 8.30pm (two hours)
Level: All Levels
Teacher: Anna Johnson
Price: £23
Maximum Class Size: 12 people



Design and make your own gorgeous, on trend, pom pom necklace using eco-ethical and vintage materials. Your finished necklace will make a great addition to your wardrobe or a perfect gift.

You will learn:
-       how to design a necklace combining handmade pom poms with vintage beads
-       how to make pom poms using your choice of fairtrade organic cottons
-       how to assemble your finished necklace
-       an intro to eco-ethical and vintage materials, knowing what to buy and where

All materials and equipment provided. Materials will include fairtrade organic cotton wools, vintage and handmade beads and vintage ribbon.
Each person will take home their finished pom pom necklace.

About A Alicia handmade: Anna Alicia took a round-about route to accessory design, via a degree in Art History at the University of Kent and an MA in Fine Art at Central St Martins, London. Her background in Art History and her practice as an artist play a huge role in inspiring her collections, as do the travels of her childhood, and the buzz of living and working in London. Alongside these influences, Anna Alicia also explores a fascination with historical craft and particularly Japanese craft and design.
Ethical and environmental concerns are central to her collections – all A Alicia accessories are made by hand in Anna Alicia’s London studio, using fairtrade organic cotton and vintage elements wherever possible. Far from finding it restrictive, Anna Alicia feels that working with limited materials inspires her to make the most of their possibilities.

http://www.aalicia.bigcartel.com/
http://www.aaliciawedding.bigcartel.com/



May 25, 2011

An Introduction To Screen Printing Workshops Details:

An introduction to screen printing for textiles



To book a place on this workshop click here: Sunday 3rd July




Date: Sunday 3rd July
Time: 10.30pm to 4.30pm (six hours)
Level: All Levels
Teacher: Sam Wingate
Price: £55
Maximum Class Size: 6 people


An introduction to screen printing for textiles will provide you with a chance to develop your own design ideas into a textile print.
By using paper stencils, you will be taught how to turn your ideas into prints onto cotton during the session.  You will also be informed about photographic screen-printing techniques should you wish to carry on with the craft at a later date.
Each participant will be able to take away their prints from the day, which with a little handy work, you will be able to make an array of different items.
Samples will be on hand to illustrate the different effects screen-printing with stencils can produce.
Please bring an apron and wear something that can get dirty.
Plain cotton will be provided, but please bring any fabrics with you that you may wish to print onto.

About Sam: Mr Wingate was set up in 2006 as a printed T shirt Label by textile graduate Sam Wingate.
Initially selling from a market stall on Brick Lane, Mr Wingate soon built up a base of stockists and came to open a shop on Columbia Road in 2010.
The Shop has now gone but the Mr Wingate collection has expanded to include a range of homewares, all of which are still hand printed in Mr Wingate's East London studio.
Mr Wingate specializes in low-volume hand printing, which means each product that makes is way out of the studio is ever so slightly different from the next.
http://www.wingateprint.com/

May 24, 2011

Cup Cake Decorating Workshop Details:

Cup Cake Decorating:



To book a place on this workshop click here: Saturday 2nd July

Date: Saturday 2nd July
Time: 2.30pm to 4.00pm (one and a half hours)
Level: All Levels
Teacher: April Carter
Price: £36
Maximum Class Size: 6



Learn how to create beautifully decorated and delicious cupcakes with London baker and blogger April Carter.

April will cover piping buttercream and different types of decoration. Everyone will get to take home a box of at least 6 cupcakes as well as a recipe sheet.
About April:  See more of April’s delicious cupcakes and cake pops on her blog.
http://rhubarbandrose.blogspot.com/