Craft events
Craft venuesAll classes are project-based (screen-print a bag; make a sock monkey; sew your own dress) and start at £55 for a full day, with an emphasis on using recycled materials wherever possible. Upcoming workshops for autumn include beginners’ knitting, silversmithing and photography (‘get your camera off auto’).
Since launching in May 2009 it’s had a strong response to its workshops, with screen-printing and knitting proving the most popular. According to Hall, screen-printing owes its success to the immediacy of the results: ‘Once you have learnt the skill you can set yourself up with a small screen at home – and then there’s no stopping you!’
Her insider’s tip for upcoming workshops, however, is the ‘make a ring day’. ‘The class is lead by an amazing jeweller and she teaches you all the basics of silversmithing. You come away at the end of the day with a beautiful, unique silver ring – it’s such a special feeling to have made a ring yourself, you’ll never want to buy one again!’
The Papered Parlour, 7 Prescott Place, SW4 6BS (7627 8703/www.thepaperedparlour.co.uk). Clapham Common tube. Contact venue for class times.
Create Boutique
The most recent addition to London’s craft scene, Create Boutique offers a select range of fashion and trend-led workshops from their studio in Kentish Town. Here you can learn how to make your own feminine accessories and beauty products, as well as some saucy burlesque nipple tassels.
Launched in June 2009 by Jackie Woosnam-Savage, Create Boutique uses a network of industry specialists to lead the workshops, such as Ruka Johnson, who works with luxury lingerie brand Myla, and milliner Katherine Elizabeth, who has designed hats for Dita Von Teese among others.
The studio is already proving popular with hen parties, who seem to like the idea of combining craft with Champagne. Private workshops can also be organised for parties at home (or any other London location), which can be handy if you want to sort out your own catering and enjoy a more personal setting.
Taking its cue from the current trend for bows is the upcoming workshop Bow-tilicious, where you can learn to make all manner of bow-adorned clutches, purses and jewellery. It’s led by stylist Davy Limliman Vallecer, whose own BOW! accessories collection is stocked at Poste Mistress. Classes start at £35, with all materials provided.
Create Boutique, 8 Fortess Grove, NW5 2HE (07859 028118/www.create-boutique.co.uk). Kentish Town tube. Contact venue for class times.
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