Past Online Classes
Take a look back at the online classes we’ve run.
Past Online Classes
SOLD OUT – Queer Social Thornbury: Intro to Pottery with Maddy
Queer Social is popping up at the lovely Heart of Thornbury Pride Makers Market! Pride, Coffee, Good Times and now. . . pottery! Come around 10: 30am and explore the hands-on fun of pottery and clay modelling! Maddy will guide you through an introduction to pottery basics, supporting you to make your own piece of pottery…
Wooden Spoon Carving with Alma
Come and learn how to design and carve your own wooden spoon! At the end of the workshop you will have your own special spoon that you can take home and use with pride! What will we cover? In this hands-on and informative class, we will: Begin with a discussion on types of wood, a guide for…
SOLD OUT – Wooden Spoon Carving with Alma
Come and learn how to design and carve your own wooden spoon! At the end of the workshop you will have your own special spoon that you can take home and use with pride! What will we cover? In this hands-on and informative class, we will: Begin with a discussion on types of wood, a guide for…
Watercolour for Beginners: Picturesque Portraits with Emilie (online)
Come and enjoy the wonderful world of watercolour paintings! This beginners class will teach you skills and techniques to create your own piece of watercolour art. You will experiment with colour and shapes to create a pretty portrait! Emilie's classes are accessible and fun. No one is left behind and absolutely no prior experience is…
Handmade Vegetarian Dumplings with Qing
We all love dumplings, but how many of us can create this yumminess in our own kitchen? In this class we will explore the history of Chinese dumplings before learning how to make your own vegetarian dumplings to cook at home! What we will cover? In this lesson you will learn how to: Make your…
The Pleasure of Drawing with Emilie (Online)
As a kid, drawing is a fun activity that almost all of us enjoyed, at school or at home. Growing up most of us drop the habit of drawing and we often become inhibited with pen and paper. In this workshop you will learn a series of drawing exercises to get back in…
Queer Social Brunswick: Collage for the Soul with Yianni
Collage isn't new, it been around for thousands of years. But collage can allow us to be kids again. Think outside of the square and construct imaginary worlds, scenarios and even poetry. Discover how collage can help us loosen up, relax and even discover things about ourselves. Lets have fun and have some interesting conversations…
Perfume Making: Make your own Signature Scent with Lily
Have you been looking for an eco-friendly, vegan or a natural perfume? Maybe you've always wanted to design your own signature scent! Come and join Lily for this much anticipated Laneway Learning workshop and make your own natural perfume! Please note: this workshop is NOT suitable for people who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or children. What…
DIY Interior Design: Hero Piece Driven Design with Belinda (Online)
Want to decorate, renovate or reinvent your home space but have no idea where to start? Don't know what your 'style' is? Have you saved a whole heap of seemingly random images in Pinterest? Interior Designer, Belinda, will show you how easy interior design can be with her 'hero piece driven design' process. This process…
Transfer Paper Clay Plates with Maria
Learn how to use transfer papers to customise your own little trinket plate and pot! There are dozens of fun designs to choose from as well as some traditional-style ceramic decorative motifs. We'll also add some gold accents and learn how to seal them. We'll make our own clay plates to transfer on wet…
Perfume Making: Make your own Signature Scent with Lily
Have you been looking for an eco-friendly, vegan or a natural perfume? Maybe you've always wanted to design your own signature scent! Come and join Lily for this much anticipated Laneway Learning workshop and make your own natural perfume! Please note: this workshop is NOT suitable for people who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or children. What…
Journaling and the Power of Affirmations with Ingrid (Online)
Your thoughts matter. The way you think about yourself and others has an impact on the way you feel. Just because you have a loud negative voice inside your mind (we all have one of those), doesn’t mean that it’s the voice you should be listening to. Journal writing is an incredible way to gently question your…
Shibari: Creating Deeper Intimacy and Connection with Harley
Shibari is the erotic practice of traditionally informed Japanese rope bondage. Join us for a guided journey into this exciting world. This class will cover the basics of Shibari knot tying, but with a specific focus on the art form's potential for facilitating profound intimacy, connection and trust building with partners. In all of our…
How to Design a Fulfilling Career and Love your Mondays with John (Online)
Do you love Monday mornings or dread them? Let’s face it, we all desire a career that gives us a sense fulfilment, purpose and satisfaction. We want to be recognised for our expertise and value as well as being financially rewarded at the level we truly deserve. Unfortunately, many people get stuck in jobs far…
Shibari 101: Rope Bondage with Harley
Shibari is the erotic practice of traditionally informed Japanese rope bondage. Join us for a guided journey into this exciting world! We will learn the important foundations of safety and rope-craft before learning some basic yet effective techniques for empowering your inner rope-top. The lesson structure is designed so that no previous experience is required. What we…
Unleash Your Poetic Voice with Amy
Poetry is the language of the soul. It cuts through small talk and gets straight to the heart of human experience. It allows us to articulate the seemingly ineffable and express our vast and complex inner worlds. And the incredible thing is that when we share our poetic voice - our fabulous, fractured and fierce selves…
Homestyle Indian Cooking: Mangalore Prawn Curry with Shalome (Online)
Craving home-style Indian cooking during Melbourne's pandemic led Shalome to roll up her sleeves and get her hands dirty in the kitchen, learning and perfecting new dishes on the regular via video calls with her mum in India (the best cook Shalome knows! ). These are tried and tested recipes with Indian cooking know-how, handed down through the generations from grandparents to mother…
SOLD OUT – Queer Social: Intro to Pottery with Maddy
Come and explore the hands-on fun of pottery and clay modelling! Maddy will guide you through an introduction to pottery basics, supporting you to make your own piece of pottery art from air-dry clay. You might like to make an engraved dish, a little pinch pot, a serpentine candle holder, personalised wall art. . . if you…
Watercolour Cactus for Beginners with Emilie (Online)
In this beginner watercolour class, Emilie will teach you how to get started with watercolour, by creating some cute cactus illustrations! After learning how to mix and apply watercolour, we’ll create a step-by-step cactus illustration, learning to layer watercolour and create beautiful textures. We will then work from observation and paint a cute cactus still…
Make your own Silver Ring with Qing
**This is a two-week class with the class taking place on Wednesday March 15th and Wednesday March 29th (fee covers both classes)** Come and make your own silver ring! Making something yourself if always so meaningful, and to make a ring - something significant that we likely wear everyday - has even extra charm. This class will…
Colour Theory for Watercolour with Emilie (Online)
Watercolour is a wonderful medium to start learning about the basics of colour theory. Get your watercolour set and join this class to learn all about composing a colour palette and mixing your watercolours! We’ll work on a couple of illustrations exploring the full spectrum of colour and learn to control the tonal value…
Make Your Own Silver Pendant with Qing
Please note: This is a two-week class taking place at 6: 15pm on Tuesday 15th March (part 1) and Wednesday 29th March (part 2). Fee covers both classes. What’s it all about? Come and make your own silver pendant over two classes. In the first week you will learn the technique of “Lost wax casting”. This involves using wax to make a cast,…
Needle Felting for Garment Mending with Andrea
What’s it all about? Holes in your jumper? Ripped a cardigan? All’s well that mends well! Join us for a class where you will learn how to mend your woollens with needle felting. Needle felting is the process of turning loose wool into a solid felt using a barbed needle - it’s a very…
An Introverts Guide to Elevator Pitches with John (Online)
What’s it all about? Do you struggle to answer the question, ‘So, tell me about yourself’? Does talking about yourself make you feel awkward? Do you get tongue tied when trying to sell yourself in an interview or when pitching for new business? If you’re an introvert and dislike or struggle to talk about yourself,…
Intro to Acrylic Pour Art with Maria
Who hasn't seen a video of paint pouring? It's soothing, it's colourful and it's definitely fun! Join us and learn how to make your own pour art which is a little more involved than you may have thought but the results are pretty spectacular. Then, we'll get started designing our own and we'll all go home…
Harmonise Your Flow: Menstrual Tracking to Reduce Overwhelm with Christie (Online)
Many people who menstruate, or who used to, experience strong dips in energy levels based on phases of their cycle. Energy and symptoms can vary month-to-month but by tracking our cycles and growing our menstrual awareness, we can start to see longer-term patterns in our experiences of energy and depletion. So what if we used cycle tracking and…
Polymer Clay Earrings with Maddy
THIS CLASS IS PART OF MELBOURNE FASHION FESTIVAL'S FASHION CULTURE PROGRAMPolymer clay is an accessible, colourful and versatile material - a lot of fun to use, but even better with some introductory tips to get you going. There are different types of clays and bake times, and different techniques to create shapes, blend colours, emboss, and express…
Pottery 101: Floral Bowl with Qing
Come and explore the world of pottery and clay modelling with air dry clay. Qing will guide you through an introduction to pottery and clay building techniques, and will support you to make your own bowl. Learn how to hand create your bowl and then how to decorate it! At the end of the workshop you…
Collage Portraits with Yianni
THIS CLASS IS PART OF MELBOURNE FASHION FESTIVAL'S FASHION CULTURE PROGRAMCollage isn't new, it's been around for thousands of years. But collage can allow us to be kids again - thinking outside the square, constructing imaginary worlds, scenarios and even poetry. We might adorn ourselves through fashion, clothing and costume, but what happens when…
Paper and Glass Jewellery with Qing
Who would have thought glass and paper could be made into wonderful pieces of jewellery? ! So simple to create, yet stunning to wear! With the limitless bounds of print media (think books, old maps, sheet music, photographs, origami paper) you can take almost anything flat and make it into your very own piece of…
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