Festival of Stuff: Materials Library Drawing Masterclass (Morning)

Join us for a Materials Library-inspired drawing session that invites you to sensorially investigate our extraordinary collection of wondrous materials.

Led by Institute of Making Director, Zoe Laughlin, this two-hour masterclass invites you to explore a characterful and careful selection of materials from our Materials Library shelves through mark-making, observation and sensory play. From quick-fire drawings to descriptive depictions and sketching by touch and feel alone, we’ll reflect on what happens when you shift your ways of looking, handling and interpreting materials.

No previous drawing experience is needed. All drawing materials will be provided but if you have a favourite pen/pencil, feel free to bring it. All welcome - come draw with us!

Important information about our ticket ballot for this event:

We are using a ballot ticket booking system for this event. The ballot is open for a limited time: from Tuesday 13th May until 23:59 on Sunday 18th May. Entering into the ballot means that you have entered into a draw for the opportunity to book a ticket. Unfortunately, the ballot may be oversubscribed—entering the ballot does not guarantee a masterclass slot. From Monday 19th May onwards, successful entrants will be sent a booking link, which must be completed within 24 hours in order to secure a ticket. Once all tickets are fully booked by the ballot winners, we will notify everyone who signed up to the ballot, and offer the opportunity to join the waiting list for last-minute dropouts.

This masterclass is suitable for 10+. All children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

This workshop is part of the Festival of Stuff.

Images courtesy of Zoe Laughlin.

No pre­vi­ous draw­ing exper­i­ence is needed. All draw­ing mater­i­als will be provided, though if you have a favour­ite pen or pen­cil, please feel free to bring it. All wel­come — come draw with us!

Please remem­ber to wear closed-toe shoes and clothes that you do not mind poten­tially get­ting dirty or dam­aged when using our workshops.

Every­one is wel­come in our spaces for our Fest­iv­al of Stuff day event and mas­ter­classes. We strive to make all of our pro­cesses access­ible, includ­ing attend­ing our events and work­shops, and using our web­site and book­ing sys­tems. Please mes­sage us if you have any ques­tions, or require­ments, or need assist­ance using our plat­forms. We’ll be happy to help.

We’re always inter­ested in feed­back to help us improve access to our activ­it­ies. Please con­tact us at events@​instituteofmaking.​org.​uk if you’d like to chat.