Sustainable Brooch Making Workshop

Join leading contemporary jeweller, Vicki Mason, in this fun, beginner-friendly workshop and learn how to make jewellery using biodegradable materials.In this relaxing class, you will learn how to make a colourful textile brooch using simple knotting techniques. Working with beautifully coloured hemp cord, you will knot and stitch to create a unique brooch that you can wear straight away!Utilising waste materials, she reinterprets historical forms of jewellery and combines slow craft processes with industrial techniques in order to challenge traditional orthodoxies surrounding craft making.This mediative process of knotting the hemp cord makes you slow down and live in the present moment.The workshop will take part over two sessions, with a 30-minute break in between so you can get a bite to eat or keep practicing your knotting skills.At the end, you can take home your radiating brooch to wear or pin it on your bag - it's up to you!Please note: Photography is permitted in the workshop but if you post or publish images to social media you must credit Vicki Mason. By enrolling in the workshop you automatically give permission to be photographed. Photos may be used by Vicki Mason for promotional purposes. If you would prefer not to permit, then please inform Vicki at the beginning of the workshop.

Ideal for beginners.The work is detailed and fine, so good eyesight is crucial for a satisfying result. You can bring in reading or magnifying glasses if seeing clearly might be an issue.

• Five hours of expert tuition
• All materials and equipment provided
• Your beautiful brooch to take home
• Complimentary food, tea and coffee

If you wish to take notes or images, please bring a notebook, pen and a camera or phone.