In our resourceful skills workshops, you can learn basket weaving, spoon carving, stool making, felting, string making, natural dying, eco-printing and more. By creating what you need from the life within you and around us all, you support the wellbeing of people and planet.
Keep up-to-date about future workshops and events via our monthly newsletter or email us at info@rekindle.org.nz.
$20.00
Gift the experience of feeling resourceful through craft. Purchase a gift card at one of the amounts on offer & you'll be sent a digital gift card that you can...
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Course Overview In this workshop Diana Duncan teaches participants to weave a rectangular basket from locally sourced plant materials, suitable for storing seed packs, pegs, cutlery, bottles and so on. This...
$5.00
Course Overview In this class you will learn to carve a spoon with basic whittling techniques with straight & curved whittling knives, and learn all about the ancient traditions of...
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Course Overview Learn the basics of sharpening - how to get a great edge on everything from kitchen knives to woodworking tools to garden implements. Make friends with your tools...
$64.00
Course Overview In this workshop you will learn the basics of creating ink from natural materials. Together we will make two different inks using foraged local plants and/or food scraps....
$0.00
Course Overview Learn how to weave a small konae (square woven bag) using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. Ngaio will also share...
$5.00
Course Overview Learn how to carve a spatula with introduction to basic whittling and safe knife techniques for beginners. Design and make a simple spatula for your kitchen. Please note:...
$5.75
Course Overview In this workshop Simone Bensdorp of Wild Felt will teach you how to make a felt bowl using natural, undyed, New Zealand wool and traditional felting techniques. Wool...
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Course Overview In this workshop we will make a looped bag for hanging/carrying small items such as fruits or garlic. We will prepare tī kōuka (cabbage tree) leaves and learn...
$64.00
Course Overview Learn how to weave a useful two-piece slide case for glasses, phone, notebook, even seed packets fit well into these. Bring along something to make it to fit....
$38.00
Course Overview You will learn how to weave a putiputi (Lily Flower) using harakeke (New Zealand Flax). In this beginner craft workshop, you will learn how to hāpine (soften) the harakeke,...
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Course Overview Learn how to make a three-legged stool with Greg Quinn in this two part workshop. In the first session you will make your stool seat and legs. The legs...
$50.00
Come along and learn how to create your own tī kōuka basket with Annie Mackenzie in a workshop held at the beautiful Fairfield House, 48 Van Diemen Street, Whakatū Nelson. This...
$140.00
Come along and learn how to create your own tī kōuka light shade with Gemma Stratton in a workshop held at the beautiful Fairfield House, 48 Van Diemen Street, Whakatū Nelson. This workshop will...
$20.00
Come along and learn how to create your own rope or string with Annie Mackenzie in a workshop held at the beautiful Fairfield House, 48 Van Diemen Street, Whakatū Nelson. Learn how to...
$0.00
Course Overview Learn how to weave a kono roa (long woven basket) using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. Ngaio will also...
$2.00
Course Overview In this workshop you will learn two different techniques to print botanical materials onto fabric. First we will use foraged plants and food scraps to up-cycle an item...
$51.00
Course Overview Sonia Barrish will show you how easy soap making can be so that you can build confidence towards making your own soap at home. Together you will make...
$55.00
Course Overview Sonia Barrish will show you how easy it is to make products to nourish and look after your skin. You will be using organic food grade oils, butters...
$41.00
Course Overview In this workshop you’ll learn how to make your own cleaning products, suitable for cleaning the whole house. These are resourceful skills that you can apply at home...
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Course Overview Learn how to weave a waikawa (large basket) using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. Ngaio will also share about the processes and...
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Course Overview This course you will learn how to weave a basket using the stake and strand technique, which originated in the UK/Europe. You can use this method for basket-weaving with many different...
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Course Overview For those of you who have attended one of our basket making workshops - come back, practice and refresh your skills! We are very excited to host this regular session...
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Course Overview This workshop will show you how to make a hand brush using locally sourced resources: tī kōuka / cabbage tree leaves, as these are abundantly available, and hazel...
$140.00
Course Overview This workshop will give you the skills you need to create a lightshade measuring 250 x 250mm using tī kōuka/cabbage tree leaves and willow or hazel wood. This...
$5.00
Course Overview In this class you will learn to carve a spoon with basic whittling techniques with straight & curved whittling knives, and learn all about the ancient traditions of...
$0.00
Course Overview Learn the basics of sharpening - how to get a great edge on everything from kitchen knives to woodworking tools to garden implements. Make friends with your tools...
$138.00
Course Overview In this workshop Simone Bensdorp will teach you how to make felt slippers using natural, undyed, New Zealand wool and traditional felting techniques. Wool felt-making is the oldest known way...
$185.00
Course Overview Come and learn the craft of spoon carving from log to finished spoon. In this complete class you’ll learn to split out billets of wood for carving and...
$250.00
Course Overview Learn how to make a three-legged stool with Greg Quinn in this two part workshop. In the first session you will make your stool seat and legs. The legs...