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 24 March, 10.30am-1pm Weave a Small Foraged Basket
$0.00
Course Overview You will learn how to weave a small basket from foraged fibres using a weaving technique called the stake and strand technique. This course is a variation of our...
Friday 24 March, 2-3.30pm, Craft Opportunities: String & rope-making with local plant fibres
$0.00
Course Overview Learn how to use tī kōuka / cabbage tree leaves to make a strong and beautiful twine. Rekindle’s most popular workshop, this technique for making string and rope...
Saturday 25 March, 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...
Saturday 25 March, 1-3pm, 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 30 March, 12-3pm , 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...
Friday 31 March, 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 1 April, 10- 12pm, Weave a small kono
Sold Out - $47.00
Course Overview Learn how to weave a small kono (square woven basket) using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. Ngaio will also share...
Saturday 1 April, 1-4.30pm, Kono Roa
$48.00
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 share...
Thursday 6 April, 11-3pm, Craft Opportunities: Weave a Waikawa Hauhake
$0.00
Course Overview Learn how to weave a 2 cornered waikawa (large basket) using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. Ngaio will also share about the processes...
Wednesday 12 April, 10-11.30am, Craft Opportunities- Wet Felt Making for youngsters
$5.00
Course Overview In this youngsters workshop, Simone Bensdorp will teach you how to make felt using a traditional wet felting technique. We will use natural merino wool to create a...
Thursday 13 April, 10- 12pm, Craft Opportunities- Putiputi Raranga / Weaving for Tamariki
$0.00
Course Overview In this youngsters workshop, you will learn to create a simple flower in a koru design with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. You'll also learn how to use a repurposed pasta...
Friday 14 April, 12-1pm, Craft Opportunities- String & Rope-making for youngsters with tī kōuka
$0.00
Course Overview In this youngsters workshop, you will learn a technique for making string and rope is simple and can be used with many different materials. We will teach...
Thursday 20 April, 11- 1.30pm, Craft Opportunities- Weave a kono for Rangatahi
$0.00
Course Overview In this youngsters workshop, you will learn to weave a small kono (square basket) with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. A wonderful beginner workshops for rangatahi with an interest in craft. ...
Friday 21 April, 11am-2pm, Craft Opportunities- Mend and Make do
$5.00
Course Overview This is an opportunity for people to learn the resourceful skills of sewing by mending or altering clothes they already have to get more use from them. Got...
Saturday 22 April, 10am-4pm, Felt-slipper making
Sold Out - $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...
Thursday 27 April, 12-3.30pm, Craft Opportunities: Weave a konae tipu
$0.00
Course Overview Learn how to weave a small konae that finishes with a 'picket fence' top, using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell....
Wednesday 26 April, 11-2.30pm, Craft Opportunities: Frame loom weaving
$5.00
Course Overview During this workshop with Bella Roake you’ll learn some basic techniques for frame loom weaving, along with some extra skills including setting up your own cardboard loom, plain weave...
Friday 28 April, 10- 12pm, Craft Opportunities: Tī Kōuka Wreath
$0.00
Course Overview Learn how to make a strong and beautiful twine, which we will then transform into a wreath. The twine-making techniques taught in this workshop originate from the UK/Europe. We will...
Saturday 29 April, 11.30- 1.30pm, Furoshiki
$46.00
Course Overview In this workshop, Ayumi will be teaching you about Furoshiki - a traditional Japanese fabric wrapping technique. You will learn all about the traditions and customs of Furoshiki and how...
Sunday 30 April & Sunday 14 May, 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...
Thursday 4 May 10am-1pm, Craft Opportunities: Weave a taka inu & taka pereti
$0.00
Course Overview Learn how to hāpine (soften) harakeke for weaving, and the rhythm of the takitahi (over-under) pattern weaving. A wonderful beginner workshops for those that have never worked with...
Thursday 4 May, 2.30- 4.00pm, Craft Opportunities: Weave a putiputi
$0.00
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,...
Friday 5 May, 10.30-1.30pm Craft Opportunities; Rectangular Basket-Weaving
$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...
Thursday 11 May, 10.30am-2pm, Craft Opportunities: Weave a large kono
$0.00
Course Overview Learn how to weave a large kono (square woven basket) using Māori techniques and the natural material of harakeke with local kairaranga Ngaio Cowell. Ngaio will also share...
Friday 12 May, 1.30am-4pm Weave a Small Foraged Basket
$0.00
Course Overview You will learn how to weave a small basket from foraged fibres using a weaving technique called the stake and strand technique. This course is a variation of our...
Tuesday 16 May, 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...
Saturday 27 May, 9-11am, Whakatū Nelson: String & rope-making
$28.00
Course Overview Learn how to use local plant materials to make a strong and beautiful twine. This technique for making string and rope, which originated in the UK/Europe, is simple...
Saturday 27 May, 9-2pm, Whakatū Nelson: Tī kōuka and hazel hand brush
$86.00
Course Overview In this workshop with Gemma Stratton, you will learn how to make a hand brush using locally sourced resources: tī kōuka / cabbage tree leaves. The brush can be used...
Saturday 27 May, 12:30-4:30pm, Whakatū Nelson; Spinning with a Drop Spindle
$90.00
Course Overview During this workshop with Annie Mackenzie you will learn an ancient craft that has been practised by people throughout the world for thousands of years, so that you are...
Saturday 27 May, 3-5pm, Whakatū Nelson- Multi-purpose Brush
$45.00
Course Overview In this workshop with Gemma Stratton you will learn how to make a versatile brush using tī kōuka / cabbage tree leaves and hazel wood sticks. You will learn...
Saturday 27 May & Saturday 10 June, 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...
© 2023 Rekindle. POS and Ecommerce by Shopify
