Using a cardboard box, a slatted board, horsehair, strings and tuning knobs, you will build your own playable stringed instrument!
What will it be: a violin, a guitar or something that doesn’t exist yet?
Sound artist Jacob Plooij will bring everything you need to make a musical instrument that you can actually play!
Offered continuously on Saturday between 11.30 and 14.30 hrs and between 15.00 and 18.00 hrs
Picture: Maarten Laupman
Language: English
This is really special: we have invited three Venetian glass blowers to teach workshops and share their knowledge.
Chiara Lee Taiarol, Mariana Oliboni and Andrew Dougherty work in this female run studio El Cocal in Murano, home of the original Ventian glass work. Traditionally, the craft has been male dominated and the trade was passed on from father to son, which makes this studio really stand out.
During this workshop you can learn how to make an ornament or paper weight. There will be a maximum of four participants for a one hour workshop.
Disclaimer: glass is fragile, it may break during cooling down. NB it has to cool down for 24 hours, so you can pick up your work the next day.
“Why did I choose glass? Actually, it chose me. I have tried many materials but glass has a strength, when you work with it you have to be present. You have to respect it, it’s alive. In a certain sense it has led me to live life to the full”
Chiara Lee Taiarol
This installation allows every visitor to contribute to a giant circular loom.
Just roll up your sleeves, smile, and create something substantial connecting with all those who have gone before or are following you.
Take a seat (together with your child) at an embroidery table and embroider without compromise, without prescribed rules or patterns.
Our tables were specially designed for small children to embroider on in a simple way. We find the ‘doing’ and the pleasure in doing it more important than the result.
You will cut and file a simple rhythm instrument made of bamboo.
The workshop instructors are members of the Nederlandse Pijpersgilde, a bamboo flute association. The association operates under the traditional guild system, where you undergo internal training as an apprentice to advance to the journeyman level. The examination encompasses four components: AMV, construction, playing, and conducting/teaching.
Join us for an immersive woodcarving experience. You’ll receive a raw, basic shape of a spoon, spatula, or butter knife, and it’s time to let your creativity flow. Discover various wood types, master the use of essential carving tools, learn corresponding techniques, and achieve a beautiful finish for your carved creations.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll proudly take home your very own hand-carved spoon, spatula, or butter knife.
Hausgemacht is a dynamic mobile haven for handicrafts, crafts, and creative exploration in Belgium. Our mission is to guide people from all walks of life to shift from overthinking to hands-on crafting. In a world where reconnection with ourselves, natural elements, and one another is vital, we’re here to inspire you.
We prioritize utilizing residual materials as much as possible, respecting the Earth’s capacity. We believe that crafting unique and sustainable items with our hands can foster a happier world and a healthier planet.
For adults, our workshops offer a diverse array of craft techniques, including woodcarving, glasswork, textiles, and printing. Meanwhile, children have access to a plethora of basic play materials crafted from natural and recycled sources. This encourages imaginative play, where creativity knows no bounds. Our creative workshops introduce kids to upcycling and the use of natural materials while they play, all rooted in the principles of crafts and handicraft techniques.
With the help of a pocket knife, we’ll transform a raw branch into a splendid walking stick. If you have a knack for using a knife, you might even add intricate carvings and designs to your creation.
Once you’re content with your masterpiece, we’ll drill a hole and attach a vibrant, colourful rope to your walking stick for that finishing touch.
Hausgemacht is a dynamic mobile haven for handicrafts, crafts, and creative exploration in Belgium. Our mission is to guide people from all walks of life to shift from overthinking to hands-on crafting. In a world where reconnection with ourselves, natural elements, and one another is vital, we’re here to inspire you.
We prioritize utilizing residual materials as much as possible, respecting the Earth’s capacity. We believe that crafting unique and sustainable items with our hands can foster a happier world and a healthier planet.
For adults, our workshops offer a diverse array of craft techniques, including woodcarving, glasswork, textiles, and printing. Meanwhile, children have access to a plethora of basic play materials crafted from natural and recycled sources. This encourages imaginative play, where creativity knows no bounds. Our creative workshops introduce kids to upcycling and the use of natural materials while they play, all rooted in the principles of crafts and handicraft techniques.
Language: English.
Kids: make your own bamboo animal! You will learn how to make two to three bamboo animals during the workshop.
Join a master bamboo weaver from Luang Prabang, Laos, and learn about the many uses of bamboo in Laos. During this interactive workshop, you will learn the bamboo weaving craft using no tools other than your hands and creativity.
They consume it (such as in bamboo soup), craft musical instruments, fashion weapons for hunting and traps for capturing animals, and even utilize it for paper production. They incorporate it into constructing houses, walls, roofs, and even bridges. They skillfully split bamboo in various techniques to intricately weave it into baskets, hats, traps, ceremonial items, woven walls, and mats.
Many bamboo creations are dark brown in colour because they have been hung over the house fire in the smoke to harden the bamboo and kill off any insects living in the bamboo. In the villages, cloth weaving is done mainly by women, but men usually do bamboo weaving. It is an important skill, and some people say a man cannot get married unless he can weave bamboo.
There are over 1000 varieties of bamboo worldwide; four main ones are used in Laos. These varieties have multiple uses, which depend on the width of the bamboo stems and the age of the plant. In the countryside, people from the region venture into the forest to cut bamboo, selecting stems that possess the appropriate length between joints. Subsequently, the bamboo is meticulously split and peeled. It is then subjected to scraping, rendering it smooth and flat. Following this, it undergoes a soaking process, often in the river, which can last for several days. This soaking serves to soften and enhance the flexibility of the bamboo, as well as to eliminate any insects that may be present within the bamboo.
At Ock Pop Tok Living Crafts Centre, the value of traditional crafts and their teachings to visitors is significant. This is done not only to keep these crafts alive and thriving but also to encourage visitors to gain a deeper appreciation of the various crafts of Laos, including bamboo weaving.
Originally from Ngoi District, Ae moved to Luang Prabang in 2006 to become a monk. Like many young Lao boys, he was taught the art of bamboo weaving from a young age by his father. While bamboo has many uses in Laos, it’s hard to make a living out of it in Laos. Ae thus decided to take a new direction in 2010. With the hopes of increasing his chances of working in tourism – Luang Prabang is a UNESCO heritage town, and its hospitality scene offered many opportunities – Ae decided to study English. He joined Ock Pop Tok in 2012 and then left in 2017 to gain more experience. Throughout, he never let go of his love for bamboo weaving and would always find some time to practice.
Working at Ock Pop Tok made this easier for him as Ock Pop Tok promotes the traditional crafts of Laos through workshops. Ae rejoined the Ock Pop Tok family at the end of 2022 as Assistant Hospitality Manager, jumping in to teach bamboo weaving classes to tourists visiting Luang Prabang and thus sharing his love for the art of bamboo weaving. He loves that his job allows him to learn new things every day while meeting people worldwide. In his spare time, you will find Ae fishing on the banks of the Mekong, often using bamboo traps and baskets he fashioned himself.
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Join us to learn the art of crafting a bamboo flute with two holes from a bamboo tube. Discover how to create a mouthpiece, construct a sill, fit a matching cork, and more.
This workshop is designed to accommodate individuals with or without prior flute experience, making it accessible to everyone.
The workshop instructors are members of the Nederlandse Pijpersgilde, a bamboo flute association. The association operates under the traditional guild system, where you undergo internal training as an apprentice to advance to the journeyman level. The examination encompasses four components: AMV, construction, playing, and conducting/teaching.
Make a sustainable party garland.
Would you like to hang up your homemade garlands every (party) day to celebrate life? Garlands that tell your story or honour the memory of specific people or events. By making a garland with this precious textile, those persons or events will always remain a little bit with you.
During this workshop, you will delve into the art of crafting flags using diverse fabrics. Explore various quilting techniques, master the art of storytelling through textiles, delve into pattern work, practice hand sewing, achieve seamless finishes, and more.
At the end of the workshop, you will go home with the beginnings of your flag line and enough materials and inspiration to continue!
Do you have textiles at home that you want to make flags from? Then bring it along so Rianne can get you started! There will be plenty of saved textiles for all participants anyway.
With Kick Ass Quilts, Rianne brings a new dimension to the craft of quilting: namely, that of ‘Quilting for a sustainable future where everyone has a meaningful and enjoyable life’. For this, quilting’s tradition of reuse, quilting together, creative expression, and storytelling is combined with modern techniques, designs and issues. She believes that quilting has an important role in bringing back the value of textiles and the value of creating with your hands, making meaningful objects that are cherished for a long time. And that, in turn, is good for the planet because sustainability is largely about enjoying more and consuming less.
Kick Ass Quilts is actively developing and sharing a modern, sustainable quilting approach through its studio in Almere at the Upcyclecentrum. This site collects and processes domestic waste separately, providing a substantial stream of household textiles for our creative endeavours. Collaborations with Restore, a circular crafting centre in Ede (NL), and generous donations further enrich our textile sources.
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