QUEERSOCIAL

Queer Social: Leathercraft Basics – Leather Accessories with Gosia

Discover the art of Leathercraft and make some fun, handmade accessories! From earrings and brooches to cuffs and key rings. In this workshop, you’ll learn basic leatherworking techniques for 2D and 3D designs while creating your own unique and sustainable leather jewellery and accessories. There are lots of colours and finishes to choose from. You’ll …

  • 18th Jun, 2025
  • 6:30pm - 8:00pm (AEST)
  • 79/81 Fitzroy St, St Kilda VIC 3182, Australia

Queer Social: Colourful Rug Making for Beginners with Maria

Come and learn how to make a lovely rug using the Amish knot or toothbrush rugmaking technique! What’s most impressive about this method is that it uses fabric strips cut off from old linen or fabrics, saving them from landfill and giving them a new life. It’s quite addictive so soon you might be trawling …

  • 24th Jul, 2025
  • 7:00pm - 8:30pm (AEST)
  • Level 3 Rooms 14, 15/37 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Queer Social: An Intro to Hand Built Pottery with Maddy

Come and explore the world of pottery and clay modelling! Maddy will guide you through an introduction to pottery, supporting you to make your own piece of pottery art from air-dry clay. You might like to make an engraved plate, a little pinch pot or both!  At the end of the workshop you will walk away …

  • 25th Jun, 2025
  • 6:30pm - 8:00pm (AEST)
  • 79/81 Fitzroy St, St Kilda VIC 3182, Australia
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Queer Social: Pride Kokedama Moss Balls with Maria

Kokedama is an ancient Japanese botanical art like bonsai or ikebana art. The word ‘Kokedama’ means ‘moss ball’ in Japanese as they are plants living in freestanding balls of moss-covered soil instead of pots. Kokedama are a beautiful way to bring greenery into your home and are ideal for apartments or flats with minimal space. …

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Queer Social: Kawaii Pride Magnets, Keyrings and Accessories with Maria

Kawaii is the Japanese culture of cuteness, and in this class Maria will show you how to make the cutest polymer clay accessories ever! Polymer Clay is a a fun and easy-to-use modelling medium with all the colours to choose from. Together we will learn how to mould different items, how to mix colours and …

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Queer Social: Kokedama Moss Balls with Maddy

This event will be half social chats with a bunch of like minded queer people and half fun, educational and interactive workshop. Kokedama is an ancient Japanese botanical art like bonsai or ikebana art. The word ‘Kokedama’ means ‘moss ball’ in Japanese as they are plants living in freestanding balls of moss-covered soil instead of …

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Queer social: Renew Your Clothing with Pride with Maddy

What’s it all about?  Join us for a fun class where you will learn how to customise, embolden or mend your clothing with the simple technique of needle felting. Needle felting is the process of turning loose wool into a solid felt using a barbed needle – it’s a very easy and mindful! With needle felting …

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Queer Social: An Introduction to Silver Clay with Maria

This event will be half social chats with a bunch of like minded queer people and half fun, educational and interactive workshop.Silver Clay is an interesting material for silver jewellery making. It’s a pliable clay with powdered silver through it, meaning the clay can be sculpted into unique shapes and designs. The silver clay is …

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SOLD OUT – Queer Social Footscray: Ex Libris Stamp Making with Emilie

Have you ever enthusiastically loaned a favourite book to a friend, housemate, family member and it never came back? You need an ex-libris! Ex-libris are stamps that are used to mark books from a collection, usually used by libraries. In this class, Emilie will teach you how to design and make your very own custom ex-libris …

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Queer Social Footscray: Kokedama Moss Balls with Winter

Kokedama is an ancient Japanese botanical art like bonsai or ikebana art. The word ‘Kokedama’ means ‘moss ball’ in Japanese as they are plants living in freestanding balls of moss-covered soil instead of pots. Kokedama are a beautiful way to bring greenery into your home and are ideal for apartments or flats with minimal space. …