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Let's Craft Sip and Paint
Sip and Paint brings people together for relaxed, social art sessions where creativity flows as easily as conversation. This oneu2011off creative experience is designed for complete beginners as well as more confident artists, offering a friendly space to unwind and explore your artistic side. Held at The Aldgate Centre, the session blends artistic expression with the simple pleasure of enjoying a refreshing drink. Participants will be guided stepu2011byu2011step through creating their own artwork in a fun, welcoming environment that encourages experimentation and selfu2011expression. All materials are provided simply arrive, relax, and let your imagination take the lead.
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Beginners Gardening
From our beautiful rooftop garden, learn new skills such as herbs for window sills, organic gardening techniques and making new plants from old.
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Therapeutic Art Making
Therapeutic Art Making offers a welcoming space to explore creativity, process and play. Each session begins with a guided exploration of a particular approach - painting, working with pastels, shaping clay, or creating collages. nWe pay attention to how the body is involved in making, and how movement and awareness influence the creative process. The sessions foster a relaxed atmosphere of experimentation alongside one another. You can be inspired by the creativity of others, exchange ideas and interests, and offer or receive gentle feedback if you wish.
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Open Ceramics
An opportunity to develop your practice in hand built ceramics. You'll be free to slab roll, coil and pinch. Using various moulds and items that can be used to support your creations, weu2019ll be decorating with patterned materials and using stamps and cutters, followed by underglaze and glaze methods to decorate before a final firing.
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Recipes of Life Celebration
The Recipes of Life Celebration invites you to honour the recently completed edition of Shoreditch Trust recipes of life initiative a therapeutic storytelling and cooking experience rooted in narrative therapy and story sharing around food. Throughout the programme, participants explored cultural recipes, reflected on personal histories, and built resilience and community through the powerful combination of storytelling and handsu2011on cooking. This celebration offers the chance to taste the dishes created during the programme, hear the stories behind them, and experience the warmth and connection that define Recipes of Life. Whether youu2019re curious about joining the next edition or simply want to share in the flavours, stories, and sense of community that emerged from this cycle, youu2019re warmly invited to come along and discover what the group is all about.
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Ceramics: Specimens
Join us on this 6 week ceramics course where you'll be encouraged to create sculptural objects inspired by artifacts and curious objects that wouldn't look out of place in a museum! the aim would be to stimulate curiosity in the viewer.nYouu2019ll be using various hand-building techniques such as slab rolling, coiling and pinching, as well as how to use moulds to create forms. Weu2019ll be decorating with materials, carving & stamps to create pattern, followed by underglaze and glaze methods to decorate.
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Zine World ! Fold, Print, Create
Learn how to create a simple zine from a single sheet of paper, transforming it into an 8u201316 page booklet that can also unfold into a poster. Youu2019ll explore ways to develop content using printmaking, drawing, collage, found materials, writing, and stamps. There is also the option to add a cover to the 16-page version. nnThis course is open to all levels. No prior experience is needed u2014 just curiosity and a willingness to experiment. Whether youu2019re new to zine-making or looking to expand your creative practice, the sessions offer a supportive space to explore ideas, materials, and processes at your own pace. All materials are provided.
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✨ Let’s Craft – Saatchi Gallery Series
Participants will take part in handsu2011on creative workshops designed and delivered by a Saatchi Gallery facilitator. Each session introduces a different crafting method, giving attendees the chance to experiment with new materials, learn contemporary artu2011inspired techniques, and build confidence through guided, stepu2011byu2011step making. During the first workshop at the Saatchi Gallery, participants will also have the opportunity to enjoy a free tour of the gallery, offering inspiration and insight into the artworks and themes that shape the creative activities. These sessions are not open access please refer clients in your network who would love to explore new ways of crafting and creative expression.
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