Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 September, 10 - 5 p.m.: Workshop: Taster Workshop with Cockpit Arts

Cockpit Studios, Bloomsbury: Cockpit Yard, Northington Street London, WC1N 2NP

Join Joanne Lamb, Hannah Refaat and Kim Sutherland at Cockpit Arts for a two-day immersive workshop that offers a rare opportunity to explore three distinct creative practices in one inspiring setting.

Joanne Lamb is an Irish artist and maker whose practice centres on woven textiles and basketry-inspired sculptural forms. After a fifteen-year career in textile design, she turned towards hand-crafted work that celebrates materiality, tradition and the intimate knowledge held within craft. Drawing on natural fibres, handmade papers, wool, silk and plant-based materials, Joanne creates vessels that reflect her close relationship with the landscape and the changing seasons. Her work is rooted in a desire to preserve the beauty of the natural world, honouring traditional making techniques while exploring their place within contemporary sculpture.

Hannah Refaat brings a contemporary approach to hand embroidery grounded in sustainability and repair. Her work combines decorative stitching with thoughtful textile reuse, exploring how traditional skills can be reimagined through modern design. Alongside her own practice, she has led workshops during London Textile Month 2025, and for Manchester Metropolitan University and the London College of Fashion, where she works as a specialist embroidery technician. Her teaching reveals the enduring relevance of hand stitching as both a practical and expressive language.

Kim Sutherland is a London-based maker whose work brings together metalwork, drawing and material research to create richly inscribed wall-based pieces inspired by historical ornament and sacred objects. Her practice explores the relationship between mark, memory and material, often using the ancient technique of intaglio etching to carve delicate lines into metal surfaces. The traces left through carving, fabrication and repeated handling become an essential part of each piece, giving her work a quiet sense of history and presence.

Event Description

This two day immersive workshop invites participants to discover how weaving, embroidery and embossed surface work can come together through thoughtful, hands-on making within the inspiring surroundings of Cockpit’s makers’ studios. Across the weekend, participants will experiment with each artist’s individual techniques while building a collection of samples that can remain as studies or be developed into a more resolved final piece. Alongside the practical sessions, visitors will step inside each maker’s studio for a closer look at their materials, processes and approaches to contemporary craft.

With all materials provided, including fabrics, yarns, paper, natural fibres and dyes, the workshop offers a rare opportunity to experience how different disciplines can intersect, leaving participants with new skills, unique samples and a deeper understanding of material-led making.

Event Cancellation Policy
All bookings are non-refundable. However, if you let us know that you are unable to attend an event you have booked at least two weeks before the event, we will open up your place. If we find another participant, you will be offered a credit note.

 

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