In the late 1800s Emily Clapham opened a dress-making salon in Hull. She was (and perhaps still is) very well known, and had a reputation for being a fine dress-maker with a very successful business – she even went on to make dresses for royalty! Take inspiration from the Madame Clapham costume collection at the Hands on History Museum before designing and decorating your own fashion drawing.
Free, drop-in
Join us for a celebration of yarn crafting for peace and mindfulness. Drop in and enjoy a day of music, talks and inspiration.
MP Diana Johnson will be joining us at 1:30pm in a talk and question and answer session.
Bring your latest project to work on at Hull Minster.
Free admission.
In this workshop participants will create fantastic pieces of artwork, using general household equipment and printmaking techniques.
The workshop is led by Anne Marie Tickle.
This session will give you the opportunity to create your own sketchbook, using different materials and mixed media techniques. The workshop is led by Diane Chatterton-Hyam.
This technique is the most direct way of creating an original print using a needle on to a metal plate. The marks made create a burr in the metal which gives the print its rich, velvety quality. The workshop is held by Kerry Watson.
Louise Watson is an experienced glass artist that works with both architectural and kiln-formed glass. Learn the techniques of fused glass making, an ideal way to experiment and create your own small project pieces.
You will learn a variety of fusing methods to create pieces such as pendants, decorations and small tiles.
Suitable for beginners and those with some fused glass experience.
This session explores the process of lino printmaking with three colours. The workshop of professional development is led by Diane Chatterton-Hyam.
Get into the festive mood this December as our Streetlife Museum hosts two more Saturdays of Christmas craft activities and festive fun!
Saturday 15 Dec 11am-3pm
Design your own gift boxes, wrapping paper and gift tags.
Saturday 22 Dec 11am-3pm
Create your own Art Deco stained glass Christmas cards and trees decorations.
To help you really get into the Christmas spirit, each activity will be supported by festive music and a Christmas story!
Free, drop in
The Hull History Centre is putting on an exhibition looking into the history of the Christmas card. There will be lots to see visually and we hope to get people talking about Christmas past as we approach the 2018 festive season.
Inspiration for this exhibition came from a desire to know whether or not Christmas cards, once an integral part of Christmas, have a future in the age that we now live, dominated by social media and digital information.
The exhibition focuses on how the design of Christmas cards has changed as well as the sentiments and language used in them. It has been amazing to find how individual cards often have a story behind them and evoke memories of a bygone time.
We hope you will come into the History Centre and look at the examples we have chosen to display, dating from 1868 to 2014. Through reading the text that accompanies some of the images, you will also find out useful things about our wider collections here at the Hull History Centre.
We are also carrying out a survey to help us to assess what the future of the Christmas card might be? Simply pick up a form, complete it and pop it in our Victorian pillar box. The results will be posted on our website in the New Year.
Make a lovely Christmas Table Runner with our sewing teacher Carol.
Get to grips with a sewing machine and make a lovely Christmas Table Runner, perfect gifts for Christmas or keep for yourself…..Carol Walker our sewing teacher will guide you step by step.
Spend a relaxing afternoon making 3 different gorgeous candle holders in our studio.
Join us for a relaxing afternoon preparing some Party Candle Holders for the evenings festivities… Make 3 different style of decorations on your candle holders using a range of different materials. All materials are provided. Come and join us for some crafty relaxation before the silliness begins!
Make delicious fudge and gorgeous gift boxes gifts.
Make delicious sweet fudge, wrap it and make gorgeous gift boxes to make fantastic gifts for family and friends this Christmas.
Make a lovely Reading Pocket Pillow with our sewing teacher Carol.
Get to grips with a sewing machine and make a lovely Reading Pocket Pillow, perfect gifts for Christmas or keep for yourself…..Carol Walker our sewing teacher will guide you step by step.
Have a go at lino printing and create your own Christmas gift wrap and tags in this relaxed no pressure workshop.
Have a go at making your own linocut and lino print; or build on previous experience and progress to the next level. All materials and equipment are provided as well inspiration sheets and props. This workshop is perfect for beginners or people returning to lino printing after some years. Make gift wrap and gift tags or a lino print to give as a gift this festive season.
Make a Christmas Gnome!
Join us for a relaxing day after all that crazy shopping and make your very own Christmas gnome, just in time for Christmas.
Get to grips with a sewing machine and make a lovely Christmas Tree Decorations, perfect gifts for Christmas or keep for yourself…..Carol Walker our sewing teacher will guide you step by step.
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