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home: event [ Deterra London at West Elm ]

home: event [ Deterra London at West Elm ]

At the end of the month Deterra London will be popping up at West Elm on Tottenham Court Road, London.

Their pop up shop will be there 27-28 July.

They say;

Deterra London is a London based startup company specialising in handmade concrete planters, plant setups, homewares and cut class terrariums. They also offer broad range of airplant setups. Their planters are carefully hand crafted in East London and ingredients are sourced from companies using only sustainable technology. With over 50 styles; you are guaranteed to find something to complement your home décor.

home: event [ candle making workshop ]

home: event [ candle making workshop ]

We found this great workshop with London Craft Club in central London. Enjoy 2 hours creating your own essential oil which you will then use to scent a candle & purfume.

‘Our guest expert teacher Alice Scott, from Scott’s Apothecary, trained as a nutritional therapist and is hugely passionate about creating natural, eco-friendly candles, beauty products, and cleaning products. She is incredibly knowledgable about the properties and benefits of the different essential oils, and full of tips on how to incorporate essential oils into your daily routine‘

Choose dates from July – October [ £49 ]

londoncraftclub.co.uk

home: event [ workshop ]

home: event [ workshop ]

A fantastic and inspirational workshop to book in from The Little Greene Company

Thursday 4 July

Tickets by suggested charity donation

2pm – 3pm

The Little Greene Paint Company Chelsea Showroom, 310 King’s Road, London SW3 5UH

They say;

Join us at our Chelsea Showroom to explore different ways of incorporating the outdoors into an interior scheme.

Interior Designer and speaker, Jana Robinson from ‘Emerald Lounge’ will provide a talk on the calming effects of using natural tones and patterns within the home.

The Little Greene team will also be on hand to assist you with planning your next project.

All donations will go to Breast Cancer Haven.

home: event [ lino printing ]

home: event [ lino printing ]

Head to the Barbican, London at the end of this month to experience a top workshop with expert Jamie Temple.

Learn lino printing with a brutalist edge and create a piece of art inspired by the Barbican itself. If you love architecture this is the perfect workshop.

Included in your ticket will be a tour of the building before you take part in the workshop. All materials are included.

barbican.org.uk

29 – 30 June

[ £75 ]

home: event [ upholstery classes ]

home: event [ upholstery ]

Set in East London this upholstery workshop and school offer a wealth of courses with great guidance and expertise.

The Shoreditch Design Rooms are based at 2-4 Scawfell Street,
E2 8NG
(just off Hackney Road)

They say;

Shoreditch Design Rooms has established itself as the most innovative and successful upholstery training centre in the country, offering small class sizes, expert tuition and direct links for its students to the design and furniture industries. Giving our students the experience, knowledge and expertise on one hand whilst encouraging them to think for themselves and to be bold and creative on the other is the basis of what we try to do here. We care about our students deeply – please find out about the many different ways we offer far more and go way beyond the normal hours and standard syllabuses of each upholstery course and class.

home: event [ candle making workshop ]

home: event [ candle making workshop ]

Treat yourself or a friend to a candle making workshop where you will create your very on candle with an individual fragrance to suit you.

Join the experts at Earl of East who will guide you through the process.

‘During the class one of our expert candle makers will take you step-by-step through the candle making process. You will have the opportunity to smell and test our selection of fragrance and essential oils. We’ll share hints and tips on the creation of the perfect fragrance and for the important bit, you will make your own 6oz scented soy wax candle‘

Various dates available throughout June & July [ £45 ]

earlofeastlondon.com

home: event [ Portmeirion exhibition ]

home: event [ Portmeirion exhibition ]

Worth catching before it ends in July, this Portmeirion exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum runs til the 28th.

They say;

Portmeirion is a British success story. Its innovative designs have set trends in the pottery industry over six decades. The company has thrived at a time when many of its famous, long-established rivals have not managed to survive. 2018 marks the centenary of the birth of Susan Williams-Ellis (1918-2007), founder of the pottery, whose classic designs include ‘Totem’, ‘Magic City’ and the ever-popular ‘Botanic Garden’.

home: event [ Cornflakes to Cola ]

home: event [ Cornflakes to Cola ]

With a celebration of the 150th anniversary of Sainsbury’s, The Design Museum, London has put on a playful display showcasing graphic design from their products in the 60’s & 70’s.

This exhibition explores how these designs influenced customers shopping behaviour, then and now.

A fascinating insight into a commercial business, being the first self service store in the UK. Understandably the focus for customers was on the nice packaging!

Free entry

designmuseum.org

home: event [ Artsnug pop up ]

home: events [ Artsnug pop up ]

From the 24-27 May there’ll be a great artwork pop up at West Elm, London. Buy unique modern art and learn about creating gallery wall displays and get expert framing advice.

Tottenham Court Road, London

They say;

Get the walls in your home talking with affordable artwork from ArtSnug monthly pop-up shop at West Elm.

With them this weekend ArtSnug will have more than 300 individual limited edition and original artworks by 40 emerging and established illustrators, photographers, collagists, print makers, graphic designers and more.

Elina Gough, the Chief Artsnuggler at ArtSnug, will be there to help you navigate through the collection as well as help you with any advice you may need – be it on how to build a gallery wall or how to best frame your chosen artwork.

home: event [ Midcentury East ]

home: event [ Midcentury East ]

Get along to Midcentury East this May with a huge collection of furniture, lighting, accessories and art.

Located at architect Ernö Goldfinger’s only brutalist designed school, you can make a day of it by taking part in their terrerium making workshop, as well as browsing the 55+ dealers.

For tickets head to modernshows.com

Sunday May 19th

10:00 – 16:00

[ £9 ]