haerE mai! welcome!
Make It Nelson is your chance to step out of the everyday and into making. Learn a new skill, create something truly one-of-a-kind, and connect with others.
This June, Whakatu - ’s finest makers, artists and creators are leading a diverse programme of hands-on, boutique workshops designed for beginners and seasoned craft-lovers alike.
Pick one workshop, stack a few across a weekend, or keep the creativity rolling all month long. Make It Nelson is your moment to learn, make, and find your creative flow.
How to use this programme
What’s it all about?
Make It Nelson is a new initiative from Arts Council Nelson, long-time champions of artists and innovators across Te Tauihu Top of the South. The event is proudly supported by Nelson City Council.
For both locals and out-of-towners
Make It Nelson is a new way to experience Whakatu - as a winter weekend escape with creativity at the heart of the journey. Spend the morning in a workshop, enjoy lunch at a local café, then explore the city’s galleries, shops and waterfront. Make It Nelson is the perfect opportunity to create, explore and recharge.
With 53 separate workshops, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by choice! So we really recommend that you use the schedule (pages 4-7) as a way to delve into the programme – this is the best way to see the half-day and full-day workshops at a glance, and start planning your weekend.
All the workshops follow the same schedule, so you can book two halfday workshops with a long lunch break in between. This means that if you’re feeling ambitious, it’s possible to do four workshops across one weekend (yeah you can!).
Whether attending alone or with friends, everyone can expect a welcoming space to learn, experiment and create alongside others. Best of all, everyone takes home something truly unique.
All the workshops are suitable for beginners – no experience necessary.
Most venues are walkable within the city centre. Check the map at the back of this brochure.
The workshops provide all the materials you’ll need for each session. Most workshops involve creating something you can take with you.
Check the website for more information, including age restrictions, value of materials and anything extra you need to know.
A message from our Mayor
Welcome to the inaugural Make It Nelson event, featuring 83 workshops over four weekends in June. Nelson City Council is proud to support this event, which is consistent with our aspiration for Nelson to be recognised as a UNESCO Creative City of Craft.
This initiative from Arts Council Nelson brings together our city’s finest artists and creators to present a rich programme of workshops. Most are standalone, meaning participants can head home with their treasures completed. From crafting a coffee mug to creating a lantern, Make It Nelson can help ignite your creative spark.
For Nelsonians, Make It Nelson also gives you the chance to encourage your out-of-town friends to join you.
Hon Dr Nick Smith Mayor of Nelson
How to book
Tickets for all our events can be bought directly from our website
www.makeitnelson.co.nz
hello@makeitnelson.co.nz
We’ll be holding special events on the Saturday evenings – we’ll update the website asap. Sign up to the newsletter on the website to be in the know.
Ceramics & Clay
Beyond the Cocktail Glass
Lisa Penketh & Logan Ursell
A workshop in two parts starting with a drink (either alcoholic or non alcoholic), some chat and a few stories. Drink in hand, we’ll move to the studio space next door to decorate a blank raw ceramic tiki, tumbler or tea bowl.
Leave with: A collection date for your fired piece and some cocktail tips. Date: Sat 6th & 20th Jun , 14:00-17:00 Venue: Arden Bar and Kitchen Price: $85
Ceramics & Clay
Clay for Breakfast
Myriam Goos
In this relaxed and fun hand-building workshop, you will make your own ceramic breakfast set – a mug, bowl and spoon – using the pinch technique. You’ll be guided step-by-step through each form, learn techniques and get practical tips and individual support along the way.
Leave with: At a later date, your own ceramic mug, bowl and spoon. Date: Sun 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th Jun , 09:00-12:00 Venue: Claybound NZ Price: $120
Ceramics & Clay
Shape & Spin
Petra White & Lilly Swanson
A beginner workshop where you’ll explore both handbuilding and wheel throwing in a supportive studio setting. Create your own pieces, then return to refine and decorate them using various techniques, as the perfect hands-on introduction to working with clay.
Sat 6th & 20th June
Sun 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th June
Ceramics
& Clay
Ukutangi Workshop
Jessy Rauora
Me aro koe ki te hā o Hineahuone. Learn to handcraft a playable ukutangi. Connect with the whenua through clay and sound. Discover their role as tools of healing, learn clay moulding and playing techniques. Take home a taonga to play and use to mihi to the land and ancestors.
Leave with: A handmade, playable ukutangi. Date: Sun 14th & 28th Jun , 09:00-12:00 Venue: NMIT Workshop G121 Price: $50
Leave with: Two pieces – one hand built and one wheel thrown Date: 19th/20th Jun (over 2 afternoons), 14:00-17:00
Venue: Kiln Studio Price: $120
Sun 14th & 28th June
Fri 19th/ Sat 20th June
Fibre & Textile Arts
Brooches, Beads & Body Adornment from NZ Fibre
Colleen Plank
Explore contemporary wearable design using New Zealand’s iconic wool fibre. In this hands-on workshop you’ll create brooches, beads and small adornments while experimenting with texture, form and colour. Open to all skill levels. All materials are provided.
Leave with: One brooch, some beads and cord, and a piece of body adornment. Date: Sun 7th & 21st Jun , 09:30-16:30
Venue: NMIT Workshop G121 Price: $110
Sun 7th & 21st June
Fibre & Textile Arts
Chuffed to Knits
Bettina Bley
Dive into the world of knitting. This beginner-friendly workshop will teach key basic knitting techniques to transform a humble ball of wool into a handmade masterpiece. By the end you will have your very own completed piece, newfound confidence and new craft skills! You’ll feel chuffed to knits!
Sun 14th & 21st June
Leave with: Your own knit project and a Wool Kit-Set with circular needles. Date: Sun 14th & 21st Jun , 14:00-16:30
Venue: The Suter Art Gallery-Mina Arndt Education Room Price: $155
Fibre & Textile Arts
Create a Leather Coin/Dice Pouch
Emrys – Gizwidgets Workshop
Begin your leather crafting journey by learning the practical skills to make a personalised basic coin/dice pouch. This is designed for beginners keen to explore the skills required for basic template design, cutting, punching, stitching, stamping and dyeing leather, along with the tools to do so.
Leave with: A personalised coin/dice pouch. Date: Sat 13th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Workshop G121 Price: $230
Fibre & Textile Arts
Eco-Designer, One-Day Fashion Lab Larisse
Hall
This fun workshop will encourage recycling and upcycling to create a newly updated and ‘one-off individualised item of fashion’, ready for everyday wear.
Leave with: An upcycled item of clothing or accessory.
Date: Sat 13th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G102 Price: $155
Fibre & Textile Arts
Indian Block Printing
Anjali Puri
This workshop combines shared knowledge with an exploration of different block-printed fabrics and products, giving you a chance to see the variety of patterns, how they are used, and to create your own design. No experience is needed, just a willingness to explore and create something by hand.
Fibre & Textile Arts
Learn to Crochet for Absolute Beginners
Heidi Lucas
A cozy, relaxed beginner’s crochet workshop. Create a warm neck cowl to take home while learning the essentials: slip knot, foundation chain, single crochet stitch and finishing techniques. Enjoy plenty of one-to-one guidance in a small group and discover a fun new skill.
Leave with: A cozy neck cowl (circular scarf). Date: Sat 6th & 20th Jun , 09:00-12:00 Venue: Refinery ArtSpace Price: $70
Fibre & Textile Arts
Leave with: Your created piece. Date: Sun 7th Jun , 14:0016:30 Venue: The Suter Art Gallery-Mina Arndt Education Room Price: $45
Natural Fibres as Contemporary Art
Lane Hawkins
A fun day exploring natural plant fibres and learning about woven contemporary art and sculpture. Open to everyone, this is an interactive, hands-on experience. You’ll take home your own woven sculptures, along with an enhanced understanding of new weaving techniques.
Leave with: Your own sculptural pieces. Date: Sun 14th & 28th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G102 Price: $120
Fibre & Textile Arts
Rug Making as Art
Larisse Hall
Surprise yourself with this unexpected environmentally friendly, fluffy ‘painting’ medium. A fun class that has you painting without ‘paint’, to create mini artworks that can be hung on a wall, worn as shaggy fashion or used as an arty rug when upscaled.
Leave with: A mini fluffy art work. Date: Sat 6th Jun , 09:00-17:00
Venue: The Suter Art Gallery-Mina Arndt Education Room Price: $120
Fibre & Textile Arts
Te Ramaroa Workshop
Step into our creative sanctuary and let your imagination take the lead! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll be guided through the art of storytelling with light, learning how to transform a simple window into a captivating world. You’ll master professional composition techniques, playing with lighting and shadow.
Leave with: Your work featured at Te Ramaroa in July.
Date: Sun 14th & 28th Jun , 14:00-17:00 Venue: Rumi Tahi Price: Free tickets available online.
Fibre & Textile Arts
The Mindful Mark
Ronnie Martin
This hand-stitching class allows you to explore the potential of simple stitches as a means of interpreting personal thoughts, observations and ideas. Discover your own style of stitching, which can be used to decorate clothing, bags and other items.
Leave with: Stitched sample pieces. Date: Sat 6th & 20th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G122 Price: $120
Sun 14th & 28th June
glass & light
Sat 6th & 20th June
Glass & Light
Flame Glass Beads & Pendants
Anthony Genet
Make glass beads or pendants using flame-working techniques. Use a bench burner to melt glass into a bead or pendant, using glass rods or stringers to make lines, dots or drawings, and see the magic happen as your creation comes together.
MAke magic with stained glass
Evelyn
Bos
Create your own stained glass ornament in this relaxed, beginner-friendly workshop. Guided step-by-step through the Tiffany technique, you’ll cut, foil and solder your design to completion. Leave with a finished piece, new practical skills, and the satisfaction of crafting something beautiful by hand.
Leave with: A finished piece of stained glass. Date: Sat 6th Jun, 09:00-17:00. Venue: NMIT Workshop G121 Price: $250
Jewellery & Metalwork
Couples Create
Yvon
Smits
Sun 14th & 28th June
Leave with: 8-15 glass beads or pendants. Date: Sun 14th & 28th Jun , 14:00-18:00 Venue: FlameDaisy Price: $300
Handcraft your own wedding rings in this unique couples jewellery workshop to celebrate your love with a truly meaningful experience. Guided by a professional jeweller, you’ll handcraft your rings in a hands-on private session, adding a personal touch to you wedding day or wedding anniversary.
Leave with: Your very own special wedding rings. Date: Sat 20th Jun , 09:00-14:00 Venue: Jewel Beetle Price: $600+materials (see website for details).
Jewellery & Metalwork
One Day Ring Making
Kay van Dyk
Sat 20th June
Begin by making a copper ring while you explore tools and equipment, then move on to design and make a ring in sterling silver. Metals such as copper and brass can also be used in your final ring. Learn jewellery techniques such as sawing, texturing, shaping, soldering and finishing.
Sun 13th & 27th June Sat 6th June
Leave with: A bespoke silver ring. Date: Sat 13th & 27th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: The Bench Price: $265
Jewellery & Metalwork
Playing with Metal
Mike Ward
It’s 60 years since Mike made his first piece of jewellery. While he knows there are no shortcuts to becoming as good as one can be, sometimes Mike finds himself wishing he had known some of the things when he began that it has taken him a lifetime to discover.
Leave with: Something for yourself or someone you care about. Date: Sun 14th & 28th Jun , 14:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Workshop G121 Price: $25 - $75 (up to you)
Natural Crafts & Wellness
Cold Process Soap Making
Jewellery & Metalwork
Ring Fling – Jewellery Wax Carving
Allison Judge
Design and carve your very own unique ring. Learn the wax-carving process and some tips and tricks to help bring your ideas to life. No previous experience is needed.
NOTE: Metals used to cast your wax carving are extra and priced according to the weight of your finished ring.
Leave with: New skills and a finished ring to follow.
Date: Sat 6th Jun , 09:00-12:00 Venue: Jewel Beetle Price: $139
Jewellery & Metalwork
Three-hour Earring Making
Kay van Dyk
Make your own pair of silver earrings. You’ll learn how to design, texture, saw, shape and finish the metal, and how to make hooks or hoops to hang your earrings on. Non-precious metals such as copper and brass are included, and you’ll receive six grams of silver. No experience needed.
7th &
27th June Sun 14th & 28th June
Stacey Hickey
Join our beginner’s soap making workshop where you will learn cold process techniques using pre-prepared lye solution and oil mixture. Create basic designs, add colourants and essential oils, and take home your artisan soaps after a sixweek curing period.
Leave with: Safety guide and instructions, and a little later, six soaps. Date: Sun 7th June, 09:00-12:00 & Sat 27th Jun , 14:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G102/G122 Price: $70
Natural Crafts & Wellness
Sun 7th & 21st June Sat 6th June
Harakeke Weaving
Prashanti Lovegrove
Leave with: A pair of bespoke earrings. Date: Sun 7th & 21st Jun , 14:00-17:00 Venue: The Bench Price: $185
20th June
Spend the morning diving into the world of raranga harakeke, gaining a deeper appreciation of this amazing natural fibre while learning some basket weaving techniques. We will discuss and follow Tikanga Māori (traditional protocols) covering harakeke harvest, preparation and traditional weaving techniques.
Leave with: A bracelet and a two-corner pouch basket.
Date: Sat 6th & Sat 20th Jun , 09:00-12:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G102 Price: $60
Painting & Drawing
Drawing the Figure
Caroline Jones
An opportunity to develop your life-drawing skills with guidance from an experienced tutor and working with a live model. You will be exploring various approaches with both wet and dry media.
Leave with: A raft of drawings. Date: Sun 14th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G301 Price: $150
Painting & Drawing
Drawing with Line & Colour
Larisse Hall
Join this fun drawing class using line and colour. Create with and understand how to easily use composition, perspective, form, tone and colour. With time frames ranging from quick 3-second sketches to detailed 30-minute drawings, you’ll learn how to use time as an additional drawing tool.
Leave with: Line drawings and sketches using different techniques and materials. Date: Sun 28th Jun , 09:00-12:00 Venue: The Suter Art Gallery-Mina Arndt Education Room Price: $95
Painting & Drawing
Indian Folk Painting
Anjali Puri
Discover the beauty of a traditional tribal art from India. Learn about its meaning and cultural roots, and then create your own two-tone canvas using simple shapes and storytelling elements. No experience needed, just come ready to paint and explore.
Leave with: Painted canvas. Date: Sun 21st Jun , 09:00-12:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G102 Price: $45
Painting & Drawing
Life Drawing
Jeanie Robertson
A nonjudgmental, calm and serene environment to explore your creative freedom and to meet other likeminded individuals. People will learn to tap into their own creativity through drawing the human figure. All levels of abilities welcome. Drawing materials supplied.
Painting & Drawing
Light & Ink: Lantern Making and Calligraphy
Jingjing Jackson
Craft a lantern with natural materials, then let the ink flow in both Chinese brush and European calligraphy traditions. Write a blessing, a wish or a quiet thought, and carry home a glowing reminder of creativity, connection and shared light.
Leave with: A handmade lantern. Date: Sat 6th & 13th Jun 14:00-17:00 Venue: Cultural Conversations Price: $40
Painting & Drawing
Leave with: Your own drawings. Date: Sun 7th & 21st Jun , 14:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G102 Price: $75
Paint Like a Pro! (The Wham Bam of Painting)
Larisse
Hall
Learn painting fundamentals in this fun ‘wham bam’ painting class! Using colour theory, tone, perspective and negative space, you’ll be encouraged to paint a painting that ‘pops’ from the canvas. Arrive having never painted before and leave with your very own artwork.
Leave with: A finished painted still life. Date: Sun 7th Jun , 09:00-12:00 Venue: The Suter Art Gallery-Mina Arndt Education Room Price: $95
Painting & Drawing
Painting with Colour Simplified
Larisse Hall
Colour mixing and paint application techniques are simplified in this hands-on workshop. An easy-to-follow breakdown of colour theory where you’ll actively mix colours in class, learning how a different brush and/or colour mixing technique changes the resulting colour.
Leave with: Colour mixing records for future painting. Date: Sat 27th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: The Suter Art GalleryMina Arndt Education Room Price: $120
Painting & Drawing
The Visual Diary – Drawing the Everyday
Melissa Davidson
Use your passions, quirks and idiosyncrasies to draw on in visual diary art and exploration. Create a unique work of art that reflects who you are, what you love (or don’t), and all the beauty and challenges of life around you, using contemporary art techniques.
Leave with: A visual diary full of experimental work.
Date: Sun 28th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: Balance Price: $130
Painting & Drawing
Walk Talk Draw
Claire Colvin
Walk the Queens Gardens with some structured and engaging exercises on paper to explore ways of seeing what’s around you. You’ll finish in the Suter Art Gallery studio, with some fun exercises to create a collaborative drawing.
Leave with: Pocket sketchbook, sketches and a photo of the collaborative drawing. Date: Sun 14th & 21st Jun , 09:00-12:00 Venue: The Suter Art Gallery-Mina Arndt Education Room Price: $70 (Conc $50)
14th & 21st June
Print & Paper
Carving Essentials: Introduction to Linocut
Renee Hadlow
Learn the essentials of linocut carving in this hands-on introductory workshop. Explore carving tools, mark-making and inking techniques, and print your own bold designs using a rare 1860 Albion Press. Perfect for beginners or anyone curious about traditional printmaking.
Leave with: A selection of handmade works of art.
Print & Paper
Cut & Create: Collage for Everyone
Rowan Taigel
This hands-on workshop welcomes participants to explore collage as a playful and accessible art form. Using found imagery, text and texture, you’ll create a one-of-a-kind A3 artwork that tells a story, captures a mood, or simply looks exactly how it wants to look.
Leave with: An A3 sized original piece of collage art.
Date: Sat 27th Jun , 09:00-12:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G102
Price: $55
Print & Paper
Date: Sat 13th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: The Armarie Room
Price: $172.50
Cut, Fold, Make: Beginner’s Zine-Making
Rowan Taigel
In this hands-on guerrilla-style workshop, you’ll learn how to transform a single sheet of A3 paper into your own DIY zine. A zine is a tiny magazine about anything: poems, lists, drawings, observations, secret thoughts, or a one-page manifesto. This is about ideas over perfection and voice over polish.
Leave with: A hand-folded mini magazine. Date: Sat 13th Jun , 09:00-12:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G122 Price: $50
Print & Paper
Etching Essentials
Renee Hadlow
Learn the fundamentals of drypoint etching in this hands-on workshop. Draw directly onto a plate, explore expressive markmaking, and learn traditional inking and wiping techniques. Print your work using a professional etching press and discover the rich textures that make drypoint unique.
Leave with: A selection of printed, handmade works of art.
Date: Sat 6th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: The Armarie Room
Price: $172.50
Print & Paper
Handmade Paper Fun
Sue Heydon
Participants will be initiated into the joys of papermaking using only recovered recycled materials that don’t cost anything, adding just water, and using papermaking equipment to create beautiful paper.
Leave with: Your own stock of handmade paper.
Date: Sat 13th & 27th Jun , 14:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G122/G102 Price: $75
Print & Paper
Simple Books & Bindings
Ronnie Martin
Learn to make several small books with easy techniques including folded styles and some simple binding. You will be shown how to make covers to add to the possibilities.
Leave with: Several small books in various styles.
Date: Sun 7th & 21st Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G122 Price: $120
Sat 13th & 27th June
Sculpture & Mixed Media
Form
Print & Paper
Vintage Posters
Renee Hadlow
Create your own vintage-style posters using original wood type and traditional letterpress techniques. Learn typography, composition and inking, and print your designs on a rare 1860 Albion Press. Perfect for beginners and creatives interested in hands-on historic printmaking.
Leave with: A selection of printed, handmade works.
Date: Sat 20th Jun , 09:00-12:00 & 14:00-17:00
Venue: The Armarie Room Price: $103.50
with Line, Colour & Space
Larisse Hall
This workshop will focus on the use of ‘line’ and ‘colour’ to create the feel of solid form, celebrating and using negative space as an essential element within each finished object. Reverse sculpting techniques and space are embraced and used to form ‘form’. Artistically stretch your creative self!
Leave with: Sculptured line objects and forms.
Date: Sun 28th Jun 14:00-17:00 Venue: The Suter Art GalleryMina Arndt Education Room Price: $95
Sun 7th & 21st June Sat 20th June
Something Completely Different Forage Your Way to
Cynthia van de Loo
Well-being
There’s an abundance of free nutritious food everywhere. Come and learn about wild edible plants and herbs, and an indigenous way of being with the plants, nutrition, connecting and grounding. Learn how to identify them out in nature and about nutritional and healing qualities.
Leave with: An understanding of edible plants. Date: Sun 7th & 21st Jun , 14:00-17:00 Venue: A Whakatū Foraging Patch (exact location TBC) Price: $70
Something Completely Different
Make a Puppet and Bring It to Life!
Bridget
Sanders
A delightful opportunity to build your own ‘practice puppet’ and explore some simple techniques to bring it to life. Perfect for anyone curious about puppetry, practitioners wanting to expand their toolbox, and lovers of handmade craft.
Leave with: Your own practice puppet. Date: Sat 20th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Workshop G121 Price: $130 (Conc $100)
Something Completely Different
Pastie Pandemonium
Jasmine Tease
Have you ever wanted to make your own pair of pasties? What the hell are pasties? Not a delicious pastry, in this case, but nipple covers that burlesque performers wear when on stage. They’re usually the punchline of a story or joke told on stage. Always sparkly and often silly.
Leave with: A pair of pasties. Date: Sat 13th & 27th Jun , 14:00-17:00 Venue: Comida Cafe and Restaurant Price: $25
Sat 13th & 27th June
Wood & Basketry
Coiled Harakeke Basketry
Emily Osborne
Wood & Basketry
Foraged Fibre Workshop
Tanya Doty
Make a small hanging basket using foraged fibres. Learn basic weaving techniques that can be transferred to other projects. Discuss and explore gathering, storage and preparation of materials. Perfect for beginners or those with some experience.
Leave with: A small hanging basket. Date: Sun 14th & 28th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G122 Price: $155
Sun 14th & 28th June
Wood & Basketry
Together we will each make a small coiled harakeke basket. You will be shown how to prepare the harakeke and be guided through the whole process. Once you have learned this technique you can easily use different materials or upscale it. Natural and dyed harakeke will be provided.
Leave with: Your own coiled and stitched harakeke basket.
Date: Sat 6th & 20th Jun , 14:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Classroom G102 Price: $60
Sat 6th & 20th June
Wood & Basketry
Experimental Contemporary Basketry
Maggy J
A contemporary, fast-paced, hands-on workshop. This session invites you to explore how weaving, master weaving, crochet, knitting, wrapping and binding techniques can transform unexpected materials into new sculptural creations.
Leave with: A sculptural textile artwork. Date: Fri 12th & 19th Jun , 14:00-17:00 Venue: The Suter Art Gallery-Mina Arndt Education Room Price: $95
Fri 12th & 19th June
Make a Shaker Box
Karissa Walker Méndez
Sat 27th & Sun 28th June
Unleash your inner craftsman at this internationally renown woodworking school. You’ll create your own set of Shaker boxes in a dynamic, hands-on weekend course.
Leave with: A set of Shaker boxes. Date: 27th & 28th June
(2-day workshop), 09:00-17:00 Venue: The Centre for Fine Woodworking Price: $495
Wood & Basketry
Making & Using Wooden Planes
John Shaw
Sat 20th & Sun 21st June
Join us at Kanuka Rise Woodshop as we guide you through the making of a beautiful and functional handplane. We will construct the body of the plane, sharpen and fit a purpose-made blade and fine tune the plane to make beautifully curly shavings and silky smooth surfaces.
Leave with: A functional woodworking tool. Date: 20th&21st Jun (2 day workshop) , 09:00-17:00 Venue: Kanuka Rise Woodshop Price: $325
Wood & Basketry
Liz Wylder
Delve into the craft of spoon carving. You’ll learn what to look for in a section of wood, how to use a carving axe and hook (crook) knife, as well as finishing techniques, surface design and how to protect the wood with food-safe finishing oils.
Leave with: Your very own spoon. Date: Sat 27th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: NMIT Workshop G121 Price: $125 Wood & Basketry
This full day practical workshop will introduce you to the world of Māori arts by going on a journey to make your very own kōauau or Māori flute. You will discover the tikanga and traditional stories that offer lessons from the past.
Leave with: Matai or tōtara kōauau on a neck cord.
Date: Sat 20th & 27th Jun , 09:00-17:00 Venue: Tātou Workshops Price: $150 (Conc $100)
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