Upcoming Events
Festival of Stuff: Morning - Experimental Ceramics Repair Masterclass
Thursday 16 June 2022 10:00am - 12:00pm
This masterclass, led by Bridget Harvey, will introduce you to a multitude of experimental repair interventions for broken ceramics.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Creating Colour Masterclass Series (3 days)
Thursday 16 June 2022 10:00am - 4:00pm
Lovers of pigment can sign up for our series of masterclasses: Creating Colour with Lauren MacDonald. Using food waste, foraged organic matter, and spices we will transform textiles and paper with handmade dyes and inks.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Afternoon - Experimental Ceramics Repair Masterclass
Thursday 16 June 2022 2:00pm - 4:00pm
This masterclass, led by Bridget Harvey, will introduce you to a multitude of experimental repair interventions for broken ceramics.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Session 1 - Blacksmithing Masterclass
Friday 17 June 2022 10:00am - 11:30am
Come and learn about what contemporary blacksmiths do: play with fire, hit things with hammers, and fettle some metal, with blacksmiths Richard Pace and Lizzie Hughes and their mobile forge.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: All Day - Steel Punch Making Masterclass
Friday 17 June 2022 10:00am - 4:00pm
Join artist, metal worker and tool nerd Linda Brothwell for an all-day punch making masterclass, through which you will learn a range of metal-working processes including how to saw, dremel, file, harden and temper steel.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Session 2 - Blacksmithing Masterclass
Friday 17 June 2022 11:30am - 1:00pm
Come and learn about what contemporary blacksmiths do: play with fire, hit things with hammers, and fettle some metal, with blacksmiths Richard Pace and Lizzie Hughes and their mobile forge.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Session 3 - Blacksmithing Masterclass
Friday 17 June 2022 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Come and learn about what contemporary blacksmiths do: play with fire, hit things with hammers, and fettle some metal, with blacksmiths Richard Pace and Lizzie Hughes and their mobile forge.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Session 4 - Blacksmithing Masterclass
Friday 17 June 2022 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Come and learn about what contemporary blacksmiths do: play with fire, hit things with hammers, and fettle some metal, with blacksmiths Richard Pace and Lizzie Hughes and their mobile forge.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Session 1 - Blacksmithing Masterclass
Saturday 18 June 2022 10:00am - 11:30am
Come and learn about what contemporary blacksmiths do: play with fire, hit things with hammers, and fettle some metal, with blacksmiths Richard Pace and Lizzie Hughes and their mobile forge.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Morning - Silver Ring Masterclass
Saturday 18 June 2022 10:00am - 12:00pm
In this workshop, Bine Roth will teach the simplest and most important shape within jewellery making: the ring. Participants will spend the session learning how to cut, shape and file silver and will end up forming their very own piece of jewellery.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Session 2 - Blacksmithing Masterclass
Saturday 18 June 2022 11:30am - 1:00pm
Come and learn about what contemporary blacksmiths do: play with fire, hit things with hammers, and fettle some metal, with blacksmiths Richard Pace and Lizzie Hughes and their mobile forge.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Session 3 - Blacksmithing Masterclass
Saturday 18 June 2022 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Come and learn about what contemporary blacksmiths do: play with fire, hit things with hammers, and fettle some metal, with blacksmiths Richard Pace and Lizzie Hughes and their mobile forge.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Afternoon - Silver Ring Masterclass
Saturday 18 June 2022 2:00pm - 4:00pm
In this workshop, Bine Roth will teach the simplest and most important shape within jewellery making: the ring. Participants will spend the session learning how to cut, shape and file silver and will end up forming their very own piece of jewellery.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Session 4 - Blacksmithing Masterclass
Saturday 18 June 2022 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Come and learn about what contemporary blacksmiths do: play with fire, hit things with hammers, and fettle some metal, with blacksmiths Richard Pace and Lizzie Hughes and their mobile forge.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Morning - Pigmented Clay Masterclass
Sunday 19 June 2022 10:00am - 12:00pm
This two-hour workshop will introduce the process of colouring and inlaying clay to create experimental ceramics with playful designs, as well as teaching the basic techniques of clay preparation, using drape moulds and preparing pieces for the kiln.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Morning - Fermentation Masterclass (Online)
Sunday 19 June 2022 10:30am - 12:00pm
In this online masterclass, join fermentation expert Jelena Belgrave for a foray into the world of metabolic food-processing, organic acids, bacteria and yeast. We will explore what drives people to ferment, how to do it safely at home, and look at different fermentation types before settling on lactic acid fermentation.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Afternoon - Pigmented Clay Masterclass
Sunday 19 June 2022 2:00pm - 4:00pm
This two-hour workshop will introduce the process of colouring and inlaying clay to create experimental ceramics with playful designs, as well as teaching the basic techniques of clay preparation, using drape moulds and preparing pieces for the kiln.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Afternoon - Fermentation Masterclass (Online)
Sunday 19 June 2022 2:30pm - 3:45pm
In this online masterclass, fermentation expert Jelena Belgrave for a foray into the world of metabolic food-processing, organic acids, bacteria and yeast. We will explore what drives people to ferment, how to do it safely at home, and look at different fermentation types before settling on lactic acid fermentation and natural yeast.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events
Festival of Stuff: Saturday Extravaganza
Saturday 25 June 2022 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Join us at the Institute of Making to celebrate the sheer joy of stuff as we host our greatest public extravaganza of the year on Saturday 25th June to mark the finale of our Festival of Stuff.
Part of Festival of Stuff, Public Events