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Upcycle a collection of single-use waste plastic bags into bespoke PLASTIQUE jewellery pieces
- Best for teens and adults, but can be adjusted for younger ages (recommended 7+).
Upcycle a collection of single-use waste plastic bags into unique contemporary abstract mounted artwork in a5, a4, or a3 ready for you to put into a frame.
- Best for adults, but can be adjusted for younger ages (recommended 7+).
Upcycle a collection of single-use waste plastics to create your very own card wallet, zip purse or small pencil case.
This workshop can be altered to use fabric offcuts rather than plastic waste if preferred.
*THIS WORKSHOP REQUIRES SEWING MACHINES ON SITE. SEWING MACHINES ARE NOT PROVIDED BY US.
- Recommended for teens and adults 11+.
Upcycle a collection of single-use waste plastic bottles and containers into beautiful sculptural flower ornaments.
- Best for adults, but can be adjusted for younger ages (recommended 11+).
Upcycle a collection of single-use waste plastic bottles, containers and bags into beautiful keychain ornaments or clip accessory charms for your bags.
- Suitable for all ages, 6+.
Upcycle a collection of waste papers and cards into stunning new pieces of collaged artwork to hang on display in your home or work space.
This workshop can also be altered to fit your needs, many people choose this workshop to create vision boards for future goals, or for poster creating. Some book this workshop for private 1:2:1 sessions to build up their coursework sketchbook.
- This can also be adapted into a mixed media workshop through layering techniques such as inks, paint, pastels.
- Workshop is adjusted for all ages 4+.
- Can work as a drop in session
Upcycle a collection of waste papers and materials into giftable greetings cards with personalised collaged artwork designs on the front, ready to send to your loved ones.
- This workshop is adjusted for all ages 3+.
- Can work as a drop in session
Upcycle a collection of 'junk mail' paper waste into a collaborative collaged artwork to hang on display in your School, College, Community Centre or Library.
Attendees will use unwanted leaflets, flyers, posters and paper packaging collected through the post to build a collage in the theme of your choice. Many who book this workshop have themes of their local area/visions for change in future, their schools ect.
- Workshop is recommended for children to teens, adjusted for ages 5+.
- Works well as a drop in workshop.
Upcycle an assortment of cardboard, craft papers and patterned wall papers into cardboard headwear pieces.
These work great for events with themes.
- Best suited for children ages 7+.
Use a selection of fabric dyes and paints to hand paint and decorate different shaped white cotton fabric flower petals.
You will layer a number of individual petals to build texture and form, then hand sew, or fabric glue them onto a headband or wrist band.
- Perfect for a festival or event.
- Recommended for children aged 6+.
Using an assortment of fabric samples and offcuts, you will sample a series of textiles fabric manipulation techniques.
The choice of processes can be decided between you with the guidance of Siân as this will be dependent on time, and amount of attendees expected for the session/s.
These work great for longer bookings and bookings over an extended project or theme.
- Best suited for children ages 7+.
Learn how to transform your ideas into stencils that can be used on any textile item.
Using two methods:
- One traditional, by hand drawing and cutting with scissors.
- Two, by using digital processes and a Cricut machine to electronically cut your designs.
- suitable for all ages, 7+
Use a combination of fabric manipulation techniques to create a collaborative banner for your next event.
You will layer a number of individual samples onto one collective banner to build texture and pattern, then hand sew, or fabric glue them into place.
- Perfect for a festival or event.
- Recommended for adults. Can be adapted for children aged 11+ or acompanied by an adult
Why not try a relaxed hand painting heat transfer class with Siân, founder of PLASTIQUE.
You will use a scientific technique where you paint onto paper using a special fabric ink that reacts with heat and pulls the pigment from the paint and into your fabric, leaving you with a bight hand printed design.
- Suitable for both children and adults (7+ recommended)
This is a relaxed kids craft activity session. Putting out a series of materials out and they decide how to use it and what they want to create.
Things like:
- Painting
- Drawing
- Crayons
- Sponges
- Mixed materials box (the 'box of fun')
- Recycled materials (like egg boxes ect)
- Perfect for really young little ones who are just getting used to using their hands. Or for an all day community event or party.
Enjoy this traditional creative textiles fabric painting technique.
Batik is a wax-resist dying technique that originated in Java, Indonesia. You will use a Tjanting tool to draw with hot wax onto your fabric, then use fabric dye to paint in the areas without wax.
- For adults and older children.
- Not suitable for under 8 years old.
Are your children creative? Ages 6-10? Based in Tottenham and looking for activities that your child could attend during the School half-term holidays?
Our Art and Film Camp runs every holiday from the Goan Community Centre, right beside Downhills Park, off West Green Road.
Run by three Artist Educators who specialise in different backgrounds. Sian Dorman, Founder of PLASTIQUE and specialist in Textiles Design and upcycling. Bee Clarke, Founder of Witty Ditty Designs, specialist in graphic design and technology. Ayesha Alibhai, founder of Shot by Alibhai, specialist in film photography.
Each camp we run a new project with a completely different theme from the last.
Join the mailing list to hear more about these.
- Ages 6-10 years old.