Resourceful Skills Workshops
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.
Upcoming workshop dates:
Gift a workshop
$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...
Friday 3 February, 10am-3pm, Craft Opportunities; Rectangular Basket-Weaving
Sold Out - $0.00
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...
Friday 10 February, 10am-2pm -Craft Opportunities: Spoon-carving
$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...
Friday 10 February, 3-5.30pm – Craft Opportunities: Sharpening
Sold Out - $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...
Saturday 11 February, 1.30-4pm, Introduction to Botanical Ink Making
$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....
Tuesday 14 February, 10-1pm , Craft Opportunities: Weave a konae
$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...
Thursday 16 February, 10am-12pm, Craft Opportunities: Carve a spatula
$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:...
Thursday 16 February, 1.30-3.30pm, Craft Opportunities: Felt-bowl making
$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...
Friday 17 February, 10am-2pm, Craft Opportunities- Looped string bag
$0.00
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...
Saturday 18 February, 10-2pm , Weave a konae whakawhiti
$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....
Saturday 18 February, 3.00- 4.30pm, Weave a putiputi
$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,...
Saturday 18 February & Saturday 4 March 10am-3pm, Stool-making
Sold Out - $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...
Sunday 19 February, 9.30am-1.30pm, Whakatū Nelson: Tī kōuka basket
$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...
Sunday 19 February, 9.30am-4pm, Whakatū Nelson: Tī kōuka lightshade
$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...
Sunday 19 February, 2.30-4pm, Whakatū Nelson: String & rope-making
$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...
Tuesday 21 February, 10 - 1pm, Craft Opportunities: Kono Roa
$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...
Thursday 23 February, 1.30- 4.30pm, Craft Opportunities: Eco-printing
$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...
Sunday 26 February, 9.30am-12pm - Hands-on introduction to soap-making
$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...
Sunday 26 February 1-3pm, Natural body care products
$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...
Tuesday 28 February, 6-8pm, Natural Cleaning Products
$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...
Thursday 2 March, 10am-2pm, Craft Opportunities: Weave a waikawa
$0.00
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...
Friday 3 March, 10.00am - 2pm, Craft Opportunities: Tī Kōuka Basket
$0.00
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...
Friday 3 March, 6-8pm Craft Opportunities- Basket Makers Monthly
$0.00
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...
Saturday 4 March, 10-3pm: Tī kōuka and hazel hand brush
Sold Out - $92.00
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...
Sunday 5 March, 10am-5pm, Tī kōuka lightshade
$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...
Friday 10 March, 10am-2pm, Craft Opportunities: Spoon-carving
$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...
Friday 10 March, 3-5.30pm ,Craft Opportunities: Sharpening
$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...
Saturday 11 March, 10am-4pm, Felt-slipper making
$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...
Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 March, 10am-4pm, Complete Spooncarving
$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...
Sunday 30 April & Sunday 14 May, 10am-3pm, Stool-making
$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...
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