Resourceful Skills Workshops
Please see the list below for all available workshops. New dates are added often so do keep an eye on this page!
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We are delighted to be able to have our base in the centre of the city of Ōtautahi Christchurch at the Arts Centre. Our workshop here in the Boys High Building has come about via support from the Arts Centre, from Life in Vacant Spaces & the Christchurch City Council Enliven Places programme. We also very grateful for the support of Lincoln University who enable our beautiful woodland workshop out in the Brandenburg Coppice. These supportive partnerships are vital to our sharing opportunities for resourceful craft:
String & Rope-making with tī kōuka/cabbage tree leaves: 10.30-11.30am, Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays
$25.00
A fun experience for all ages & a unique, resourceful way to connect with Ōtautahi Christchurch. 10.30 to 11.30am every Monday, Wednesday & Friday at Rekindleʼs craft workshop at the...
Gift a Workshop
$25.00
Gift the experience of being resourceful! Purchase a gift voucher for the activity you'd like to gift & you'll be sent a link to download a card you can print...
Book your own workshop
$175.00
If you have a group you'd like to bring together do any of our workshops, this is the way you can make that possible. So gather a group of friends/family/colleagues/neighbours,...
Friday 26 April, 12–1pm, Making flax flowers: Harakeke weaving for beginners of all ages
$25.00
This class is held in at the Rekindle workshop at The Arts Centre (upstairs in the Boys’ High building at 28 Worcester Boulevard) There are 10 places available. Each child/young...
Friday 26 April, 1.30-5.30pm, Make a two-corner 'pop-up' kono: Harakeke weaving with Benita Wakefield
$70.00
This class is held in at the Rekindle workshop at The Arts Centre (upstairs in the Boys’ High building at 28 Worcester Boulevard) There are 8 places available. This class...
Friday 26 April, 6–8pm – Sharpening
$48.00
Sharpening at The Arts Centre (Rekindle Workshop, upstairs in the Boys’ High building at 28 Worcester Boulevard) Come & learn the basics of sharpening - how to get a great...
Saturday 27 April 2019 10am to 3pm - Spoon-carving for beginners at The Arts Centre
$93.00
Come along and learn how to carve a spoon? Beginners very welcome. This spoon-carving workshop is held in our Arts Centre workshop, which is located upstairs in the Boys’ High building...
Sunday 28 April 2019 1.30-5.30pm - Basket-weaving with tī kōuka/cabbage tree leaves
$45.00
Basket-weaving with Tī kōuka /cabbage tree leaves at our workshop upstairs in the Boys' High Building in The Arts Centre. This course will give you a resourceful skill that you'll...
Thursday 2 May, 6-7.30pm, Hand-darning with woven materials
Sold Out - $35.00
This workshop is held in our Arts Centre workshop, which is located upstairs in the Boys’ High building at 28 Worcester Boulevard. Learning how to darn and repair your clothing...
Saturday 4 May, 10.30-1pm, Dollmaking for beginners with Hilary Jean Tapper
Sold Out - $45.00
(Rekindle Workshop, upstairs in the Boys’ High building at The Arts Centre, 28 Worcester Boulevard) Learn how to make your own doll from the resources you have around you with...
Sunday 5 May, 10am to 3pm - Axe work, learn to shape greenwood with an axe at Lincoln
$86.00
This workshop is based in the beautiful Brandenburg Coppice, a unique woodland on the Lincoln University campus, and is taught by Douglas Horrell of Cleft Craft. You'll learn to split, chop,...
Sunday 5 May, 10.30-1pm, Dollmaking for beginners with Hilary Jean Tapper
Sold Out - $45.00
(Rekindle Workshop, upstairs in the Boys’ High building at The Arts Centre, 28 Worcester Boulevard) Learn how to make your own doll from the resources you have around you with...
Saturday 11 May, 10am-4pm, One day felt-slipper making with Simone Bensdorp
Sold Out - $115.00
This workshop is held in our Arts Centre workshop, which is located upstairs in the Boys’ High building at 28 Worcester Boulevard. In this workshop Simone Bensdorp of Wild Felt will teach...
Saturday May 11, 10am-5pm @ Lincoln University: Stool-making workshop
Sold Out - $160.00
Come along and learn how to make a three-legged greenwood stool! At this time of year, we have some dry local hazel. This enables us to employ different techniques in...
Sunday May 12, 10.30-11.30am, Making flax flowers: Harakeke weaving for beginners of all ages
$25.00
This class is held in at the Rekindle workshop at The Arts Centre (upstairs in the Boys’ High building at 28 Worcester Boulevard) There are 10 places available. Each child/young...
Sunday May 12, 12-4pm, Make a four-corner kono: Harakeke weaving with Benita Wakefield
$70.00
This class is held in at the Rekindle workshop at The Arts Centre (upstairs in the Boys’ High building at 28 Worcester Boulevard) There are 8 places available. This class...
Sunday May 12, 2-4pm, Inner city wild foods walk and forage with Peter Langlands
$40.00
This is two hour walk around the Botanic Gardens and Hagley Park leaves from outside the Boys High Building, 28 Worcester Boulevard, at the Arts Centre, on Sunday May 12...
Thursday 16 May, 4.30-6pm, Resourceful Ōtautahi walking tour
$25.00
This walking tour starts outside the Arts Centre. We return here at the end of the tour to finish the experience with a hands-on craft activity.Join us for a walk...
Saturday 18 May, 10.30am-12.30pm, Landscape cups from local clay - a workshop with Tatyanna Meharry
Sold Out - $45.00
This workshop is held in the Rekindle workshop, which is located upstairs in the Boys’ High building at 28 Worcester Boulevard. In this workshop, using materials found in and around...
Saturday 18 May, 1.30-3pm, String & Rope-making with tī kōuka/cabbage tree leaves
$25.00
(Rekindle Workshop, upstairs in the Boys’ High building at The Arts Centre, 28 Worcester Boulevard) This workshop will give you a resourceful skill that you'll be able to use in so...
Sunday 19 May, 10am–12pm – Sharpening
$48.00
Sharpening at The Arts Centre (Rekindle Workshop, upstairs in the Boys’ High building at 28 Worcester Boulevard) Come & learn the basics of sharpening - how to get a great...
Sunday May 19, 2-4pm, Foraging in the Red Zone with Peter Langlands
$40.00
This a two hour walk through the Red Zone, leaving at 2pm on Sunday May 19. During this wonderful wild foods walk with Peter Langlands you will encounter around 30-50...
Sunday 26 May, 10.30am-12.30pm, Landscape cups from local clay - a workshop with Tatyanna Meharry
Sold Out - $45.00
This workshop is held in the Rekindle workshop, which is located upstairs in the Boys’ High building at 28 Worcester Boulevard. In this workshop, using materials found in and around...
Sunday May 26, 2-4pm, Coastal wild foods walk and foraging with Peter Langlands, Sumner to Taylors Mistake
$40.00
This a two hour walk along the coastline of Sumner and Taylors Mistake. During this wonderful wild foods walk with Peter Langlands you will encounter around 30-50 local foragable plants....
Sunday 2 June 2019 10am to 3pm - Spoon-carving for beginners at The Arts Centre
$93.00
Come along and learn how to carve a spoon? Beginners very welcome. This spoon-carving workshop is held in our Arts Centre workshop, which is located upstairs in the Boys’ High building...
Sunday June 9, 2-4pm, Wild foods walk and foraging in New Brighton with Peter Langlands
$40.00
During this wonderful wild foods walk with Peter Langlands you will encounter around 30-50 local foragable plants. This will give you the tools to make the most of existing food...
Sunday 16 June, 10am-4pm, One day felt-slipper making with Simone Bensdorp
Sold Out - $115.00
This workshop is held in our Arts Centre workshop, which is located upstairs in the Boys’ High building at 28 Worcester Boulevard. In this workshop Simone Bensdorp of Wild Felt will teach...
Saturday 22 June 2019 10am to 3pm - Spoon-carving for beginners at The Arts Centre
$93.00
Come along and learn how to carve a spoon? Beginners very welcome. This spoon-carving workshop is held in our Arts Centre workshop, which is located upstairs in the Boys’ High building...
Sunday 23 June, 10am-4pm, One day felt-slipper making with Simone Bensdorp
$115.00
This workshop is held in our Arts Centre workshop, which is located upstairs in the Boys’ High building at 28 Worcester Boulevard. In this workshop Simone Bensdorp of Wild Felt will teach...
Sunday June 23, 2-4pm, Foraging in Lyttelton Harbour Basin with Peter Langlands
$40.00
This is a two hour walk along the waterfront. We will meet at the Allandale Reserve Car Park at 2pm. Enjoy a two-hour walk along the waterfront during which...
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