Discover the art of upcycling and decoration as you create a unique eyecatcher step by step. Learn various painting techniques and materials, and leave with your own artwork and new skills to continue experimenting!
Learn how to breathe new life into old glass bottles by removing labels, adding a pour spout, and transforming them into beautiful eyecatchers with a painted olive design. Guided step by step by Luna Schröer from Atelier La Salamandre, you’ll explore the design process using techniques like glass paint and relief paint. You’ll also receive handy tips to rescue other glassware from the recycling bin and further develop your artistic skills. At the end of the workshop, you’ll take home your own unique olive oil bottle and the knowledge to continue painting at home, transforming old glassware into beautiful functional artworks.
Luna Schröer says, “I strongly believe in the positive impact of a creative outlet. In a world where the emphasis often lies on academic achievements and business success, many people unfortunately lose sight of their creative side. Through Atelier La Salamandre, I aim to help people relax more and show them how enjoyable it is to work with your hands.”
IMPORTANT INFO: Don’t forget to bring your own empty bottles. For this workshop, please bring two empty dark glass bottles (green or brown). These can be wine bottles or any other bottles you find appealing for your kitchen as a new olive oil bottle! Ensure the glass is dark, has a smooth surface for painting, and can accommodate a cork. Please remove any label beforehand.
Step into the shoes of a true artist and create your own graphic artwork! In this workshop, you’ll experiment with color, shape, and lines. You’ll use carving tools and ink, and make the printing press work overtime to produce a beautiful linocut.
The artists of the Amsterdam School were true polymaths. In addition to stunning architecture, furniture, and everyday objects, many were also involved in typography and graphic design. They frequently used printmaking techniques to create posters or book covers. And now, you can do the same!
Whether young or old, everyone is welcome in this workshop. Special materials are available for children under eight to ensure their safety.
This workshop is hosted by Museum Het Schip, the museum dedicated to the Amsterdam School in architecture, decorative arts, and public housing.
The workshop runs continuously, and you can purchase a ticket to join whenever a spot is available.
Learn Traditional Hand Engraving with Master Engraver Jacqueline Jimmink! In this workshop, you’ll discover the art of traditional hand engraving on copper. Engraving is essentially drawing on metal. Using a burin (engraving tool), you’ll engrave decorations or letters on a pre-formed copper plate of your choice. You’ll work with authentic hand engraving tools, just like the masters did in the past. This program is challenging for everyone and is tailored to each participant’s level.
The workshop will explain how to use burins to manually engrave lines and shadings. The tremble technique, which creates contrast in the engraving, will also be covered. Each participant will leave with a self-engraved piece, such as a nameplate, keychain, and/or piece of jewelry. This is an experience for anyone interested in learning about this endangered craft.
The Dutch Center for Hand Engraving will offer all-day demonstrations of hand engraving alongside the workshops during the Ambacht in Beeld festival.
As of June 14, 2024, Hand Engraving has been included in the Network of Intangible Cultural Heritage. This initiative was taken by the Dutch Center for Hand Engraving, founded by Jacqueline Jimmink. Intangible cultural heritage can only be nominated by practitioners or direct stakeholders, recognizing this cultural expression as intangible heritage. The Dutch Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage has confirmed that Hand Engraving meets the criteria for intangible cultural heritage as outlined in the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Learn to make your own record player with sound artist Jacob Plooij!
In a short time, create your own phonograph with a pencil, a record, and a piece of paper.
Materials will also be available for you to collaborate on building one or two larger machines that will remain throughout the weekend.
Jacob will also bring a real wind-up gramophone with a large horn!
Under the guidance of a real carpenter and his team, you can help build a tiny, tiny house. For both younger and older children: sawing wood, planing, drilling holes, driving screws, and hammering nails. It’s super fun, even if you’ve never done it before, we’ll help you get started!
Ruud Dubel is a furniture maker and fine woodworker in Amsterdam. He loves fun, quirky, challenging, simple, and unexpected ideas and will be guiding the creative building process during the festival.
Will you come and join us in building?
Young children must be supervised by parents/guardians. Parents/guardians are responsible for their children at all times. The festival does not accept liability.
During the festival, children can create their own mosaics using various items, from waste materials to toys and trinkets that everyone typically has lying around.
There will be materials available for children to choose from to create their own mosaic. They can decide whether to fill in a drawn silhouette or sort colors to create a more realistic image.
Ultimately, the panels created by the children will form one colorful wall.
Ismaël studied installation art at KASK in Ghent and started making mosaics years ago using all sorts of discarded materials. He began with simple silhouettes filled with colorful materials, first on boards and then on the wall of his room. Because he enjoyed it so much, he eventually decorated the entire garden wall of his house.
To inspire a love for making things in children, the Crafts Bus offers fun workshops for kids aged 8 and up every Sunday, enthusiastically led by Bram Korte.
Craftsmanship is becoming less visible in society. By making something yourself, you’ll soon realize that it’s not that easy. And you also learn how fun it is to create something.
That’s the goal of the Crafts Bus: to instill a love for making things and to elevate the appreciation of craftsmanship back onto the agenda.
In collaboration with Ambachtelijk Vakmanschap Nederland.
Create your own sheet of paper from pure cotton! Cotton is the most sustainable paper due to its high cellulose content, making it a favorite among artists.
In this workshop, you’ll go home with a hand-scooped sheet of paper, optionally decorated with flower petals. Although the sheet will still be wet, it will be provided in a folder for you to take home.
Papermaking by hand was common until around 1720, after which a rotating sieve was used. All the steps—pulp making, scooping, couching, pressing, drying, and burnishing—are essential in a large papermaking machine. Understanding and mastering these steps are crucial for producing quality paper.
With over 23 years of experience, the Papierschepperij in Bruges offers demonstrations and workshops for both adults and children, either at their facility or on location.
Piet Moerman, born and trained in graphics, discovered his passion for papermaking during a visit to the book town of Redu, where he saw a papermaker at work. This experience stayed with him, leading him to order his first professional scooping frames from the “museum für papier und druck” in Basel. In 1999, he established a dedicated papermaking workshop in the center of Bruges. Today, the Papierschepperij boasts an exclusive collection of hand-scooped greeting cards, printed with designs by renowned Bruges calligraphers.
Anne van Velthoven en Marmijn van de Vate are teaching the workshop ‘Learn to throw on a pottery wheel’.
In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of throwing on a pottery wheel in a half-hour one-on-one session. You can bring your creations home of course.
Anne and Marmijn know each other through creative workspace Broedplaats Bogotá in Halfweg, where they both have their ceramics workshop. They teach there and sell their objects. You are always welcome for a course or a visit.
During the free drop-in workshop, you’ll discover the traditional ‘Staphorster Stipwerk’ and create your own stamped card.
‘Staphorster Stipwerk’ is a special, unique technique used to print and decorate fabrics and other materials. Initially, this technique was applied to fabrics used for the traditional clothing of Staphorst.
This printing process uses stamps made from items like wooden bobbins or corks, with nails, pins, and other bits of metal affixed to them. These stamps are dipped in paint and then applied to the material. Stamps with various motifs are combined to create patterns. Each ‘stipper’ (the name for someone who practices Staphorster Stipwerk) develops their own patterns. Some patterns and motifs are commonly repeated among ‘stippers,’ such as leaf and flower designs or folk art examples like the sun wheel, beehive, and six-pointed star.
Not only the motifs, but also the colors of the dots, carry specific meanings. Traditions around mourning heavily influence color choices, where blue, white, and green are mourning colors, and red is not used during mourning periods.
Staphorster Stipwerk is included on the national list of intangible cultural heritage.
The workshop instructors are all craftswomen who have completed the official vocational training in Staphorster Stipwerk.
Festival address:
NDSM Loods
NDSM-Plein 85
1033 WC Amsterdam
Postal address:
Stichting Ambacht in Beeld
Kalf 158
1509AH Zaandam
The Netherlands
