Past Online Classes
Take a look back at the online classes we’ve run.
Past Online Classes
Make Your Own Silver Pendant with Qing
**Please note: This is a two-week class taking place at 6: 15pm on Thursdays 12th and 19th Sept. 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, shaping…
Signature Scents: Make Your Own Perfume with Lily
As seasons change, so do the unique scents around us. Which is partly why, across the globe, humans find smell a very evocative sense that triggers memories and nostalgia. In Lily's class you'll learn all about the composition of perfume: how to create blends of top, middle and base notes to combine into your very…
Make your own Organic Deodorant, Cleanser and Mask with Lily
Lily is a natural and DIY beauty coach who runs Mademoiselle Organic in Melbourne. She teaches people how to use organic ingredients, instead of harsh and polluting chemicals in a minimalist approach to natural skin care - no unnecessary ingredients! All of her classes are vegan, focus on zero-waste, and bring skincare back to its most…
Leaping Into Creative Writing with James (Online)
Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just starting out, this interactive class will help you explore your creativity, find your unique voice, and learn new approaches when putting pen to paper. With a series of writing exercises, you’ll be encouraged to tap into your creativity and unleash your ideas. What will we cover? In this…
Watercolour for Beginners: Colourful Cats 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 beautiful image of your cat, or your neighbour's or a fictional one from your imagination! What will we cover?…
Watercolour for Beginners: Springtime Fresh Flowers 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 piece of Spring floral watercolour art! What will we cover? This beginner’s painting class will: Focus on using watercolour and…
Introduction to Bush Foods & Native Plants with Kylie
Dive into the inspiring world of Australian Native Plants and Bushfoods. Indigenous Australians have been using these plants for thousands of years and incorporating them into their everyday diet and first aid kit. If you have ever wanted to learn about Bushfoods, including identifying and cooking with local native plants, then this is the class for…
Persian Geometric Drawing with Pouya
Drawing is one of the simplest way to create art, but many people feel uncomfortable to draw as they think they are "not good at drawing", "not artistic" or "not creative". Not True! Drawing is a pleasure for everyone to enjoy. In this beginner-friendly workshop you will explore Persian Nomadic Patterns & Iranian Tiling Geometry, and…
Needle Felting: Colourful Owls with Heather
What’s it all about? Needle felting is the process of turning loose wool into a solid felt using a barbed needle - it’s a very easy craft that doesn’t require extensive equipment. Using the dry needle felting technique you'll be taught how to create basic 2D and 3D shapes, to develop into cute and…
Feldenkrais: Free the Neck (floor version) with Ralph (Online)
Take a little time to focus on your own body and movement, and try a safe and easy fix for neck tension and stiffness using the ingenious Feldenkrais movement exercises. Feldenkrais is a clever exercise system using gentle movement and mindfulness. You learn to release tightness and unconscious restriction and create natural, graceful and…
Cute Closed Terrariums with Winter
Closed terrariums are miniature, self-sufficient indoor gardens. They're cute, fun to make, simple to care for, and easy to recreate again at home. If you manage to kill even the most un-killable of cacti but still yearn for some greenery at your office or home, then working with terrariums might be your best bet. A terrarium…
Wooden Spoon Carving with Alma
Come and dip your toe into the skill of wood carving. 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…
Carve Your Own Wooden Cheese Knife with Alma
Come and learn how to design and carve your own wooden cheese knife! Learn about different woods and grain, how to use wood carving tools, and put it all to the test to make a handcrafted knife to suit whatever cheese you please! At the end of the workshop you will have your own special…
Open Succulent Terrariums with Winter
Terrariums are easy to take care and very trendy! You can make closed ones, where you create your own ecosystem. Or open ones, which are more suited to succulents and cacti. In this class, we will learn how to make our own open terrarium from scratch. Think of it as “mini-landscaping”! Should I add…
Make Your Own Flower Press with Robyn
What’s it all about? Aren’t flowers fabulous! Adding their cheer, colour and fragrance, and elevating our mood so easily. It always seems such a shame to throw away cut flowers once they become droopy. If only there was some way to prolong their life… Welcome the simple flower press! Pressing flowers means you can keep…
Japanese Cooking: Vegetable and Chickpea with Naoko (online)
How delicious is fresh Japanese! Such attention to detail of flavour, texture, colour, and aroma. While requiring an attention to details, Japanese cooking doesn't need to be too complicated to be both incredibly tasty and healthy. In this class you'll be able to cook along with Naoko in Kanazawa, Japan, as she demonstrates how to…
Learn to Make Spring Seed Bombs with Robyn
Spring is in the air! There's a warm tinge to the mornings and blossoms are not far off! It's time to start thinking about our gardens, so let's get ready with seed bombs! "Seed bombs" are simple to make, and allow seeds to enter their environment with a warm and safe encasing around them. They're…
An Introduction to Linocut Printmaking with Tish
Have you ever tried lino carving to make prints of art? It's a really interesting process of developing a design, carving away at lino, and creating a surface to ink, print and reveal your artwork! It's a type of printmaking process call relief printing - after cutting away at your lino, the ink attaches to…
Sculpting the Human Body with Maddy
Come and explore clay sculpting! In this class we'll learn the basics of creating a small torso of the human figure. The human figure is all about curves! Whether you're sculpting a human shape that is full figured or slight, the key to sculpting the body is in its curves. At the end of the…
An Introduction to Linocut Printmaking with Tish
Have you ever tried lino carving to make prints of art? It's a really interesting process of developing a design, carving away at lino, and creating a surface to ink, print and reveal your artwork! It's a type of printmaking process call relief printing - after cutting away at your lino, the ink attaches to…
Beginner Journalling: Turning Problems into Puzzles with Ingrid (Online)
Puzzles are fun. Problems, on the other hand, don't seem to bring quite the same amount of curiosity and intrigue! This class will have you journaling as you turn the problems and challenges you're facing into something more like puzzles. As you learn a unique step-by-step journal writing framework, you’ll also be inspired to…
Colourful Kantha: Indian Embroidery and Quilting for Beginners with Manjari
What’s it all about? Kantha sewing originated from the West Bengal region of India and is now popular all over the world. Kantha is the simplest of sewing techniques which provides a lot of scope for exploration, imagination and expression. This form of quilting comes from rural India, where resources were few, but imagination and…
Polymer Slab Jewellery with Maddy
Polymer 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 your colourful polymer visions! In this class we will focus…
Queer Social Footscray: Learn to Code 101 with May
This event will be half social fun times with a bunch of like minded queer people and half super cute workshop times! When you think of coding, do you think difficult and boring? ! Well we'd like to change your mind on that! Just like pottery, crochet, or painting, coding is about creating something of…
Leathercraft Basics: Accessories and Key Rings with Gosia
Discover the art of Leathercraft! In this workshop, you’ll learn some fundamentals of leatherworking while creating your own unique and sustainable leather jewellery, keyrings and accessories. Using 100% repurposed leather, you'll be guided through all aspects of this project, from creating patterns, to stitching, studwork and embellishing, attaching jewellery fixings - to create your own…
Making and Drawing Illustrated Lists with Emilie (online)
Lists are easy to make, they help you stay organised, and they make for a great addition in any art journal. Not only can lists be a creative tool, but they can help you clear your mind, focus, and stimulate creativity when approached through art! If you love checking items of your to-do list, or…
She, StoryTeller: Radical Fairytale Re-imagining + Macrame Woman Planter
This class is part of She, Storyteller a series for all women (and women-identifying) who want to unpack the stories that have been told to us, the stories that we’ve believed and the stories that we wish to write for ourselves moving forward. Over three classes, three fairytale-orientated, narrative processes are paired with grounding,…
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…
An Intro to 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…
Learn to use Jesmonite: Colourful Trinket Trays with Maddy
Jesmonite is a water-based and eco-friendly resin, which is non-toxic and has no dangerous fumes. It's a versatile casting material, and we'll run through the different colours, textures and finishes you can achieve. Come and learn how to use Jesmonite, and design and create your own colourful trinket tray. It also makes a fun handmade gift (if you…
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