Upcoming Events

National Festival of Making, Blackburn

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery Museum St, Blackburn

QEST is excited to take part in the National Festival of Making, Blackburn for the first time, offering drop-in craft workshops for children and young people. Find us in the Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery, where you can make a willow tension tray, corn dolly or woven boat with willow weaver Cherry Chung (Saturday 8 ... Read more

Atmospheres: A Collaborative Exhibition by Celia Dowson & Isobel Napier

Flow Gallery 1-5 Needham Road, London, United Kingdom

Evoking a sense of fragility and flow, QEST Tom Helme Scholar Celia Dowson and Isobel Napier explore the balance between solidity and transience through glass and paper. Process and materials are at the forefront of their practice, as both artists celebrate the inherent qualities and transformative possibilities of their chosen mediums.

Paper Folding for Contemporary Design with Kate Colin

Dovecot Studios 10 Infirmary Street Edinburgh EH1 1LT

In this workshop you’ll be introduced to some basic folding techniques and be guided through the process of making three spectacular pieces to fold and keep. You will receive a kit to keep and continue your paper folding journey with. Each kit contains a collection of high quality tools, a fabric drawstring bag and enough ... Read more

£65

Stitch in Bloom: Botanical embellishment workshop with Lora Avedian

Kew Gardens Kew, Richmond, London, TW9 3AE

Join textile artist Lora Avedian to learn how to create floral embellishments using embroidery and fabric manipulation techniques. In this three day course, you will discover alternative ways of using traditional embroidery stitches to create large-scale botanical embroidery combined with three-dimensional flowers. Lora will guide you through how to translate your drawings into stitched lines ... Read more

£360

Ash Splint Basket Making with Steve Tomlin

Greenwood Days Ferrers Centre for Arts & Crafts, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

Ash splint basketry is a new and exciting craft being introduced to the UK. An ash log is pounded to separate the individual growth ring layers which are woven into lightweight, elegant and strong baskets. Traditionally carried out in the US, Steve learned to make these baskets with April Stone-Dahl, an Ojibwe craftswoman from Wisconsin. ... Read more

Spoon Carving with Steve Tomlin

Greenwood Days Ferrers Centre for Arts & Crafts, Staunton Harold, Leicestershire, United Kingdom

A one day introduction to the popular craft of spoon carving. You’ll spend the day learning the basic skills while carving a handsome cooking spoon. The day enables you to learn effective carving methods in a safe, relaxed environment. You’ll go home with your own spoon and the skills to continue this rewarding craft. The ... Read more

Fan Bird Carving with Steve Tomlin

Woodland Skills Centre The Warren, Bodfari, Denbigh, LL16 4DT

Fan birds are a traditional craft from Eastern Europe and an amazing demonstration of the properties of wood. Carved from a single piece of wood using simple tools, your bird will unfold its wings without the use of any glue or pins. Steve Tomlin is one of the few craftspeople in the UK teaching this ... Read more

FACE 2023

The Garrison Chapel The Garrison Chapel, Chelsea Barracks, London

An Open Exhibition by the Society of Portrait Sculptors, FACE 2023 is the only forum for contemporary portrait sculpture in this country and consists of about 70 sculptures of which approximately one third is chosen from open submission from non members. It is an international exhibition and open to entries worldwide. Featured artists include QEST ... Read more

An introduction to letter carving in stone with Lisi Ashbridge

Highgrove Traditional Crafts Centre Barley Court Highgrove, Doughton, Gloucestershire GL8 8TQ

This three day course is an introduction to letter carving in stone/slate and is suitable for beginners. We will discuss different lettering styles and you will hand draw your own design, learn about what works for which purposes and how to transfer your design onto the material. Then you will be taught the ancient technique ... Read more

£240

An Introduction to Paper Folding with Kate Colin

Southblock 60-64 Osborne St, Glasgow G1 5QH

Join Kate for a workshop where you’ll be introduced to the wonderful art of origami and paper folding.  You’ll be guided through the process of making some stunning three-dimensional geometric household items using just a few simple folds.  A wide choice of high quality colourful paper will be provided as well as all the materials you'll need. ... Read more

Paper Fan Folding Workshop with Kate Colin

The Japanese Garden at Cowden Upper Hillfoot Rd Dollar Clackmannanshire FK14 7PL

Join this workshops to learn how to make your own collection of 360 degree Cockade hand fans. Kate has combined her experience as a paper artist with recent training at The Fan Museum in Greenwich to create this brand new workshop which brings together traditional fan making skills and contemporary paper folding techniques.  You'll leave ... Read more

£45

WONDER

Oxmarket Contemporary St. Andrew's Court, Off East Street, Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom

2021 QEST Finnis Scott Foundation Scholar Susannah Weiland is a designer and mixed media artist who creates one-of-a-kind hand-embroidered artworks. Susannah is delighted to be exhibiting four of her hand embroidered artworks alongside 38 other artists in the upcoming Society of Designer Craftsmen Summer Exhibition 'Wonder'. The exhibition is on from 29 August to 10 ... Read more

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