Making Space is Havant’s very own community craft charity, based in their purpose-built premises in the heart of Leigh Park.
As well as running regular classes in a variety of craft forms, Making Space has a busy outreach programme, providing subsidised activities in the community, and in its home to a number of professional makers who have their own studios on site. Making Space aim to make crafting available to everyone. As well as subsidised courses they also offer bursaries to ,ake craft accessible to all.
If you haven’t heard of us until now, we’re delighted that Your Postcode is giving us a little space each issue to tell you all about what has been happening, and what is coming up, in our thriving craft centre.
Autumn Courses
A new season of our weekly courses begins in September. We offer the courses in pottery, jewellery, drawing and illustration, textiles, silver clay and fused glass. You will be introduced to tools and techniques for each discipline. Suitable for complete novices or people wanting to expand their skills.
Craft Community
Making Space will be hosting a monthly session to introduce people to a variety of crafts. From collage, crochet, embroidery to card making. All abilities welcome from beginners to seasoned crafters. The sessions will run on the second Tuesday of every month at 7 - 8.30 pm
Craft Club
Craft club offers the same opportunities as Craft Community but for 7 - 14 year olds. It runs the first Monday of every month from 4 - 5.30 pm.
Upstitch
Making Space is thrilled to be offering Upstitch, a series of workshops about upcycling household textiles (ensuring items don't end up in landfill) into items that can be donated to Warm Hubs in Havant to those that need them most. Those that book onto the course will also learn some brilliant new skills which they can take home to inspire home projects and share with others
Make Merry
Our inspiring maker-curated winter craft fair will return this November from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th. Makers will be showcasing innovative and beautiful crafts & perfect handmade presents. Come along, get started on your shopping and join us for some festive fun.
Making Space is a craft organisation based in Leigh Park, Hampshire with impact across the UK. We literally make space for people and organisations to get involved in craft whether physically in our own building or digitally in our virtual networks and events.
Raising the profile of craft in all its forms, we work with local and national arts organisations, contributing to debate, supporting makers and providing creative opportunities.
Through our outreach projects we work with partners including schools, children’s centres, family learning environments and retirement homes.
Our specially tailored projects inspire, challenge skill-up, engage and build new audiences for the sector. We enable people to develop new ways of thinking about the craft and experience first-hand the important presence of craft in everyday life.
Visit our website makingspace.org to find out about all our events, activities and opportunities.
For more information, contact Bethany Wood, Communications Coordinator at: bethanyw@makingspace.org