{"title": "Creative Embroidery (Autumn)", "start": "2026-11-02T10:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Landmark Arts Centre", "address": "Ferry Road, TW11 9NN Teddington", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/textiles/embroidery"], "description": "Creative Embroidery (Autumn) is a weekly embroidery class held on Mondays from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm in the studio at the Landmark Arts Centre. It is taught by Sophie Long, an award-winning hand embroiderer, author and tutor with over 20 years' experience and a graduate of the Royal School of Needlework Apprenticeship, who worked on the lace appliqué for Catherine, Princess of Wales's wedding dress. The class is fun and relaxed, tailored to each individual regardless of skill level, letting participants develop new techniques, learn at their own pace and explore their creative ideas. No experience is required, hoops, scissors, fabrics and needles can be borrowed or purchased on the day, and the class runs in blocks of six weeks during the autumn term.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/creative-embroidery-autumn-36897/", "official_url": "https://www.landmarkartscentre.org/class/creative-embroidery-autumn/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/855aa1431859f86a81a183ec06561dd936331343abba8e8494826f5a1a2facac-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-02T10:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Landmark Arts Centre", "address": "Ferry Road, TW11 9NN Teddington", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Nokshi Katha", "start": "2026-10-30T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T13:00:00Z", "place": "St. Margaret's House", "address": "Old Ford Road 15-23, E2 9PJ London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts/textile-crafts"], "description": "Nokshi Katha is a free 10-week workshop series teaching one of the oldest forms of embroidery in the world, a meditative craft from Bangladesh that upcycles old cloth into elaborate embroidered pieces. It is led by sustainable textile artist Shama Kun, an expert practitioner, who teaches the techniques used to create individual and collective works. Participants make colourful, detailed pieces inspired by a theme, such as \"Women's Empowerment\", which can be added to clothing or used as decorative art. 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All materials are provided, and space is limited due to the number of machines.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/sew-appealing-6-week-sewing-introduction-course-59991/", "official_url": "https://www.artinthedocks.com/upcomingevents/sew-appealing-6-week-sewing-introduction-course", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8117713e84deb2d9384f1e23ea475863cc0def4196ba55512cdaaff23e96373b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking with the Croydon Lacemakers", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T21:00:00Z", "place": "Museum of Croydon", "address": "", "price": "£10 (individual) or £15 (for two)", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://tinyurl.com/3bz9ey3z", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts"], "description": "An after-hours, relaxed and inclusive introduction to bobbin lace making, with a new beginner-friendly technique each month and all materials provided. 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Participants can make 5-6 embossed foil decorations with vintage ribbon, add decorations to a beaded wire wreath, or create one large embossed foil angel.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/festive-embossing-foil-wire-decorations-36911/", "official_url": "https://www.landmarkartscentre.org/class/festive-embossing-foil-wire-decorations/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1f5c24d15da350adfc907a75a874262f29fa2492bc32c7759a5377c3712c696-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Life Drawing (Autumn)", "start": "2026-09-16T10:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-02T00:00:00Z", "place": "Landmark Arts Centre", "address": "Ferry Road, TW11 9NN Teddington", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "Life Drawing (Autumn) is a weekly twelve-week life drawing class running on Wednesday mornings, open to beginners and those with experience. It is taught by Emily Burton, an illustrator and drawer with a BA in Graphic Design and an MA in Drawing and nearly twenty years of teaching. Working from a range of life models with different body types, in both long and short poses, participants develop observational skills, gestural drawing and accurate proportions. Sessions take place at easels, and attendees bring their own materials such as pencils, charcoal and cartridge paper.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/life-drawing-autumn-36887/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6c34c6bd62245926a3e6d7e369fc4011e69131f1e5f58c36fe56f773288b77c0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Monday Morning Crafting", "start": "2026-11-02T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-02T13:00:00Z", "place": "St. Margaret's House", "address": "Old Ford Road 15-23, E2 9PJ London", "price": "Free to attend, registration essential; all materials provided", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts/textile-crafts"], "description": "Monday Morning Crafting is an open, group-led textiles workshop at The Create Place, where members sew, knit and alter clothes with mutual tutoring, cake and plenty of chat. Run for over 10 years by long-standing volunteers Sheila and Julia at St. Margaret's House, the group often turns discarded textile scraps into tote-bags for the charity shop with Ayoka, and has collaborated with the house's Arts & Wellbeing initiatives, including the Artist in Residence programme. Anyone can come along to work on their own textile project with like-minded crafters.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/monday-morning-crafting-38770/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/monday-morning-crafting", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c7ab59c37ebc6b98edd6bdac3ac50755d216c205df66c12bb735f623261e1b92-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Creative Sketchbook (Autumn)", "start": "2026-11-03T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-08T00:00:00Z", "place": "Landmark Arts Centre", "address": "Ferry Road, TW11 9NN Teddington", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "Creative Sketchbook (Autumn) is a six-week drawing and mixed media course taught in the studio, running under the theme Memories and Identity. It is led by Emily Burton, an illustrator and drawing teacher with nearly twenty years' experience teaching adults of all levels. Participants use a sketchbook to explore portraits, design skills and page layouts, working from treasured objects and memories. Projects include making a simple artist's book from an experience or memory and creating images with simple, accessible printmaking techniques.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/creative-sketchbook-autumn-36903/", "official_url": "https://www.landmarkartscentre.org/class/creative-sketchbookautumn/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1a70bbbd496d5edf6b95a8f40c3121ec81d97589380cb104162a81f5045c99fe-600.webp"}, {"title": "Creative Writing", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-18T00:00:00Z", "place": "Landmark Arts Centre", "address": "Ferry Road, TW11 9NN Teddington", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/creative-writing"], "description": "Creative Writing is a weekly evening class for adults held in the Studio at the Landmark Arts Centre. It is run by tutor Liz Bazalgette, an experienced teacher with an MA in Creative Writing whose stories have been shortlisted for competitions including Bridport and Fish. No previous writing experience is needed: each week participants write and share their work, exploring style and voice, character, world-building, point of view, structure and plot through talks, prompts, exercises and workshops in a supportive environment. Bring a notebook and pens.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/creative-writing-36900/", "official_url": "https://www.landmarkartscentre.org/class/creative-writing-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/25c8ec2b1b3f47a90ccc793ffdc640f1198f1df3d69234cfeab988a2ad57e183-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Made By Hands: The Fabric of Creative Action", "start": "2026-10-20T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-26T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Showroom", "address": "Penfold Street 63, London", "price": "Free, booking essential. Donations welcome.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000576910393?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/textile-art", "society/sustainability"], "description": "Made By Hands: The Fabric of Creative Action is an intergenerational textile workshop series held fortnightly at The Showroom in London. It is led by artist Kim Chin, a multidisciplinary artist, designer, facilitator, curator, and community organiser. Through textile banner-making, silk-screen print and conversation, participants will explore themes such as connection to place, re-claiming 'waste' within circular economic frameworks, and inspiring agency and action within communities, in the context of The Showroom's annual Mural Commission by Bahar Noorizadeh. No previous stitching or printing experience is necessary, and materials and refreshments are provided.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/made-by-hands-the-fabric-of-creative-action-39706/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/218baf90a22d4c481c50073b49e562b8cbeaca6a2bf4f04f3cee3bc39fe56bfe-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Open Themed Art Class [3]", "start": "2026-11-11T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art"], "description": "Open Themed Art Class [3] is a free art workshop open to everyone working and studying at Imperial College, open to all levels and abilities. It is led by artist Mindy Lee of the Blyth Music and Arts Centre, who provides mentoring support and free materials so participants can create whatever they like. Attendees may join and leave at any point during the session, and spaces are limited to 10 people. Registration in advance is required, with tickets released 8 days before the class and booked from a college email address only.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/open-themed-art-class-3-74062/", "official_url": "https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/210465/open-themed-art-class-3-6/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2c1cde3176d0d4f94ec9d7671c9208d371807c2a36427fb6bd20425562d290d6-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Weekend Enamelling", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T17:00:00Z", "place": "Mary Ward Centre", "address": "High Street 275-285, E15 2TF London", "price": "£72", "price_from": "72.00", "price_to": "72.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.marywardcentre.ac.uk/course-detail/weekend-enamelling/AD0117/", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts/jewellery-making"], "description": "A one-day beginner workshop in enamelling at an adult education centre in Stratford, where participants prepare metal and create surface decoration for jewellery and sculpture. It is run by Mary Ward Centre and taught by Sally Lees through demonstrations, one-to-one dialogue, group discussion and handouts. Learners use hammer texturing, rolling mills and a pendant drill, with practical work part of the learning. Those with existing jewellery or sculpture experience may develop their own projects, and some materials, tools and equipment are provided.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/weekend-enamelling-46160/", "official_url": "https://www.marywardcentre.ac.uk/course-detail/weekend-enamelling/AD0117/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ce2ca84edaf22e8389aba3df4990877b1adf4e428605240af8c398be503e39af-600.webp"}, {"title": "Community Crafting", "start": "2026-11-03T10:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-03T12:30:00Z", "place": "Claremont Project", "address": "White Lion Street 24-27, N1 9PD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts"], "description": "Community Crafting is a group where members work together on craft projects in a warm and welcoming setting. Regular tutor Martine Greyling leads the sessions, with projects lasting six to eight weeks, and all materials are provided. The aim is to make Claremont's walls sing. It takes place in the Garden Hall.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/community-crafting-41208/", "official_url": "https://www.claremont-project.org/event/arts-and-crafts/2026-10-27/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d4ce42a2b797b3f108e6e5ca43382f09d600fb1525e9e6b2863e375bb9d1f3e8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Mixed Media Landscapes", "start": "2026-11-02T13:45:00Z", "end": "2027-01-18T00:00:00Z", "place": "Landmark Arts Centre", "address": "Ferry Road, TW11 9NN Teddington", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "Mixed Media Landscapes is a weekly Monday-afternoon art class for all adults, with no experience needed, just enthusiasm. It is taught by Nicolene Grigg, a passionate and experienced artist dedicated to helping students explore their creativity through mixed media. Over six sessions, participants playfully explore colour, planning, layers and mixed media techniques to create a vibrant landscape artwork on canvas, focusing on layering, texture and expanding their colour palette. All necessary materials are supplied; students bring an apron, an A3 folder, a notebook and a pen.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mixed-media-landscapes-36899/", "official_url": "https://www.landmarkartscentre.org/class/mixed-media-landscapes-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c85604d5abaeca63e7268337063b2ae52458c12ad531003fb51fc668174af01-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Floral Painting", "start": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-09T00:00:00Z", "place": "Landmark Arts Centre", "address": "Ferry Road, TW11 9NN Teddington", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "A weekly mixed-media class called Floral Painting, meeting on Wednesday afternoons over six weeks. Tutor Nicolene Grigg leads an introduction to creating stylised wild florals, using drawing, tracing, masking fluid, bleaching, stains and watercolour to make an A3 floral painting. Open to all adults with no experience required, and all materials are provided. It takes place in the Bell Room, which is accessible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/floral-painting-36906/", "official_url": "https://www.landmarkartscentre.org/class/floral-painting-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3f7c474093e157501e47179278283e7f39485d6eef7702851e9cb9e8b7034337-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Crafting is Connecting", "start": "2026-11-02T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-02T20:00:00Z", "place": "St. Margaret's House", "address": "Old Ford Road 15-23, E2 9PJ London", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/stmargaretshouse/1640423/select-date", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts/knitting"], "description": "Crafting is Connecting is a free knitting and crochet group that meets on the first Monday of each month. It is run by three volunteer knitting and crochet enthusiasts at The Create Place at St Margaret's House. Local community members meet in a relaxed, peer-to-peer setting to work on their own projects, exchanging skills, ideas and advice. These are not formal classes, and materials and tools are provided, though attendees should bring their own knitting or crochet project.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/crafting-is-connecting-38780/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/workshop-crafting-is-connecting", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fcd91ea7321965c374fb9c8da431e649991d3b9d595d9ef300384c754366fd3d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "LAUNCH: Four Essays on Embroidery by May Morris", "start": "2026-11-06T19:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T21:00:00Z", "place": "Housmans", "address": "Caledonian Road 5, London", "price": "Free (RSVP required)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://housmans.com/shop", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["diy/textiles/embroidery", "literature/non-fiction/essay", "history"], "description": "A launch event and panel discussion for the book \"Four Essays on Embroidery\" by May Morris, published by Gauze Bonnet Press. The book gathers four of Morris's essays on embroidery as a craft, an art form and a political practice, examining its history, stitches and colour theory through her feminist and socialist outlook, with an introduction by art historian A.M. Dodds. The panel, chaired by Megan McInerney with panelists A.M. Dodds, Isabella Rosner and Kate Bugos, discusses May Morris's life and legacy, the history of embroidery, and women in the Arts and Crafts movement. Admission is free with an RSVP.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/launch-four-essays-on-embroidery-by-may-morris-69894/", "official_url": "https://housmans.com/event/launch-four-essays-on-embroidery-by-may-morris/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e75f04a23bf934ebe0ea7b6074ff6727b27e0d9a66f242cbd5ceafb359d785c9-2000.webp"}]}