Ellie runs workshops for young people, students and adults. Keep an eye on this page for upcoming workshops or get in touch if you'd like to host a workshop at your venue.
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Upcoming Workshops
Summer Camp
Hawarden Estate, North Wales CH5 3NY
Sunday 27th July 2024
Learn to make brushes with me whilst staying at the beautiful Hawarden Estate in North Wales. It’s your chance to escape from everyday life and learn a new skill to take back home.
Brushmaking
Argal Home Farm, Falmouth TR11 5PD
Saturday 4th October 2025
10 - 2pm
Join me at Argal Home Farm for a morning of brushmaking. Together we'll learn traditional craft skills, explore the farm and gather together around the workbench to experiment with natural, foraged and found materials.
Past Workshops
Splanner Youth Group
Loveland, Penryn, TR10 9LQ
Thursday 17th June 2025
5 - 7pm
Bug hotels, insect mansions, critter dwellings. Get creative using waste materials and add a splash of colour with homemade clay paints. For young people age 11 - 14, organised by Falmouth Art Gallery.
Spring Brushmaking
Argal Home Farm, Falmouth TR11 5PD
Saturday 8th March 2024
10 - 2pm
Learn the techniques of traditional brushmaking then create your own designs using a mixture of found and natural materials such as used fishing net, driftwood and plant fibres.
Glas Folk Brushmaking
Provision Store, Maltby St. London SE1 3PA
Saturday 23rd Nov 2024
3 - 5pm
Join me at Provision Store for a relaxed creative hands-on brushmaking workshop. Craft your own beautiful yet functional brush to keep for yourself or to pass on as a unique and special gift.
The Walled Garden Brushmaking
Hawarden Estate, North Wales CH5 3NY
Saturday 9th November 2024
10am - 4pm
Learn to make brushes and get creative with natural and found materials in this extra special location.
Playing with Clay
Civic Square, Ladywood, Birmingham
20th - 21st August 2024
Develop skills with natural materials to put into practice in your homes and streets.
Two days of creative clay-based activities for all ages; creating artworks using clay-based paints and natural pigments, and making clay models inspired by the biodiversity within our neighbourhood.
Social Groups
Art Centre Penryn, TR10 8EH
Tuesday 16th July 2024
2 hour brushmaking workshops for the social groups at the newly opened Art Centre Penryn.
We will learn about the history of brushmaking and each come away with a creative brush using traditional techniques.
Social Design workshop
Samong Haven, Bali
Friday 26th May 2024
‘Design is a social discipline. Once we acknowledge that the material and the social are entangled, any romantic illusion (or delusion) about design as mere form-giving is washed away." - Paula Antonelli
In this one day workshop we will explore the concepts of social design and discover new ways of approaching material matters.
CAST Family Workshops
An annual series of free creative family workshops organised by CAST Cornwall in picturesque locations such as the Penrose Walled Garden and Gweek village green.
CAST-Off sessions run from 10am to 12 noon and 2 to 4pm, with activities including pigment making, pinch pottery, wood construction, clay modelling, brushmaking, cyanotype photography and nature-based printmaking.
Clay, Leather, Bristles
Argal Home Farm, Falmouth TR11 5PD
Saturday 24th February 2024
10 - 4pm
Discover traditional craft skills, explore the farm and gather together around food and fire.
Join me for brushmaking besides EOT Ceramics and Francli Craftwear.
Brushmaking
Potager Gardens, Falmouth TR11 5RF
Saturday 2nd March 2024
10 - 1.30pm
Learn the techniques of traditional brushmaking and then create your own designs using a mixture of found and natural materials such as used fishing net, driftwood and plant fibres.
Argal Autumn Workshop
Argal Home Farm, Falmouth TR11 5PD
Saturday 4th November 2024
10 - 4pm
Join us at Argal Home Farm for a series of creative workshops inspired by the land.
Including foraging for natural materials, learning traditional brushmaking skills and experimenting with simple woodworking.
Prototyping in Cardboard
Falmouth Uni, Sustainable Product Design
Monday 30th Jan 2024
Learn to prototype with cardboard and take your idea from 2D to 3D.
Practice cardboard techniques to transform a free recycled material into a high level model.