Linden Creates


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Sunday 13 November, 10AM > 4PM, Limited Spots, Booking Essential, at Linden Workshop

Join natural dyer, designer and maker of textiles, Heather Thomas, for a special skills-based Masterclass. This class will introduce you to the world of natural dyeing with plants.


Saturday 24 September 2022, 1PM > 4PM, FREE, at Linden Workshop

Do you have a favourite pair of jeans that are looking a little worse for wear? Make the clothes you love last in this exciting workshop inspired by this year's Design Fringe theme of sustainability and waste. Join Textile Artist Tamara Russell in this hands-on crafternoon and learn how to fix your clothes, making them a delight to wear again. 


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Saturday 3 September 2022, 10AM > 4PM, at Linden Workshop

Join artist Ilka White for a special-skills based Masterclass at Linden New Art. Ilka shares a wonderful way to weave old clothes into beautiful rugs using an off-loom, spiral braiding technique. Bring your own material to recycle and find out what riches can come from rags.


Experiment and create an unknown artwork inspired by your local area.
 
Pause, stop, draw, and reflect with this engaging craft activity for adults. Step out into your neighbourhood and draw what you see. This activity encourages engagement with your local area, drawing on the themes of time, memory, and personal experience present in Cyrus Tang’s current exhibition Time Fell Asleep in the Evening Rain.


Thursday 19 August 2021, 6.30PM to 7.30PM. Online Masterclass available now!

Making Aquatic Monsters is a remote learning workshop in which you will learn the basic skills to produce a ceramic object. Purchase this Masterclass to receive access to an online Masterclass video for one month and an exclusive Q&A session with Vipoo Srivilasa on Thursday 19 August 2021, 6.30PM to 7.30PM, via Zoom

Crafternoon for Adults > Festive Floristry

Crafternoon for Adults > Festive Floristry

Saturday 30 November 2019, 12PM-3PM

For the holiday season this year, learn about festive botanical styling and create floral wall hangings to decorate your home. In this workshop, you will learn floristry design principles focusing on sustainability, design elements, colour, shape and texture. 

Crafternoon for Adults > Writing the End of The World

Crafternoon for Adults > Writing the End of The World

Saturday 19 October 2019 > 1PM-3.30PM

Inspired by the themes of dystopian futures in the current exhibitions on display at Linden New Art, novelist Alice Robinson joins us to explore dystopian fiction. The event will start with an exclusive curator-led tour with Juliette Hanson followed by a practical two-hour workshop looking at narrative structure, research, place and character development.

Crafternoon for Adults > Generative Patterns with Sound & Code

Crafternoon for Adults > Generative Patterns with Sound & Code

Saturday 17 August 2019 > 10AM to 2PM

Code your own sound visualisation. Suitable for any skill level and with no prerequisites, participants learn coding fundamentals from scratch in Processing, a programming language made for visual artists. 

Crafternoon for Adults > Clay Coolamons with Woven Base

Crafternoon for Adults > Clay Coolamons with Woven Base

Saturday 15 June 2019 > 12.30PM to 3.30PM

Coolamons are traditionally used by many Aboriginal tribes around Australia. They are vessels mainly used by women for collecting bush tucker or to hold sleeping babies. 

Crafternoon for Adults > Naughty Embroidery

Crafternoon for Adults > Naughty Embroidery

Wednesday 3 April 2019 > 6.30PM to 8.30PM

The art of embroidery has adorned clothing and household items for centuries, but pop culture has reinvigorated it to express the cheeky and sometimes downright naughty.

Crafternoon for Adults > Rainforest Terrariums

Crafternoon for Adults > Rainforest Terrariums

Saturday 9 February 2019, 11AM-1PM

Terrariums are a beautiful way to keep plants indoors and decorate your home. A closed rainforest terrarium is a miniature ecosystem consisting of plants, stones, moss, other materials and figurines, crystals or ornaments for decoration.

Crafternoon for Adults > Introduction to Embroidery

Crafternoon for Adults > Introduction to Embroidery

Saturday 8 December 2018 > 10AM to 12.30PM

The art of embroidery has adorned clothing and household items for centuries. Join Linden New Art for a special textiles Crafternoon to learn the delicate skill of hand embroidery with artist Angela Rossitto. Using a treasured photograph or pattern, Angela will show you how to transfer your image onto fabric with thread and needle using various stitching techniques.

Masterclass: Spirit Drawing

Masterclass: Spirit Drawing

Wednesday 10 October 2018 > 6PM to 8.30PM

Linden is opening its doors late for a special evening of Hendrick’s Gin and drawing with artist Erika Gofton from The Art Room.

Masterclass > Make Your Own Hologram

Masterclass > Make Your Own Hologram

Sunday, 26 August 2018 > 11AM to 2.30PM

Make your own hologram in this unique Masterclass led by New York based artist and holographic specialist Dr Martina Mrongovius.
Dr Mrongovius worked in collaboration with artist Julia deVille to develop the holographic artworks in deVille’s upcoming major solo exhibition Wholeness and the Implicit Order.

Crafternoon for Adults > Needle & Stitch

Crafternoon for Adults > Needle & Stitch

Saturday 16 June 2018 > 10.30AM to 12.30PM

Learn the nitty-gritty of granny knits! In this art workshop lead by artist Angela Rossitto, you will learn the fundamental skills of crochet, and how the humble crocheted 'granny square' can be the basis for many hand-made projects including bedspreads, scarves, ponchos and pot-holders.

Art Classes > Watercolour Painting

Art Classes > Watercolour Painting

Thursdays 10, 17, 24 & 31 May 2018 > 3PM to 5PM

Learn from one of Melbourne’s foremost botanical artists John Pastoriza-Piñol in this exciting new workshop series. Open to all skills levels, John takes you step-by-step through the process of botanical watercolour painting. Offered on four Thursday afternoons in May 2018, John will be sharing his specialised knowledge of composition and drawing techniques, painting application and colour theory. Classes like this are always more fun with friends and discount prices are available.

Drawing Masterclass > Ways of Seeing

Drawing Masterclass > Ways of Seeing

Saturday 14 April 2018 > 10.30AM to 1.30PM

In this Drawing Masterclass, artist Erika Gofton from The Art Room will lead you to use the language of drawing as a way to not only see, but to also understand personal objects that are precious to you.

Crafternoon for Adults: Origami Christmas Decorations

Crafternoon for Adults: Origami Christmas Decorations

Saturday 16 December 2017 > 1PM to 2.30PM

Add a touch of handmade love to Christmas this year with Origami and Kirigami decorations.
Lead by paper artist Ai Kneebone from Paperazzi Design Studio, you will learn the ancient art of Origami and Kirigami.