Past Workshops

Spring Camp 2021: Stamping Rugs

Create your own printed rug in this Stamping Rugs workshop with artist Khalid Mezaina!

Tashkeel Talk: PlyPalm with Lina Ghalib

Lina Ghalib

Watch the talk online at your leisure from 23 March on our YouTube and IGTV channels, then join Tanween alumni Lina Ghalib for this live Q&A session where you raise the questions on the unique materia...

Spring Camp 2021: Building Houses

Azim Al Ghussein

Build your own miniature house with Azim Al Ghussein!

Spring Camp 2021

Zahra Jewanjee, Azim Al Ghussein, Rania Naccour, Muna Al Marashi, Khalid Mezaina

Resuming our classic camp format, Tashkeel will be welcoming young people aged 8-12 for in-person workshops at Tashkeel Nad Al Sheba. Participants will engage in various art activities covering stampi...

How to Transform Plastic Waste into Something Precious?

Every year, 2.5 million tons of plastic are consumed in the UAE and only 6% is currently recycled. To put these numbers in context, we could make five replicas of the Burj Khalifa every year with the ...

Winter Camp 2020

This page is for the Winter Camp edition at Tashkeel. For the remote edition, click here. This year, you can participate in Winter Camp 2020 in two ways! Parents can decide whether they want to have ...

Winter Camp 2020: Home Edition

Azim Al Ghussein, Nahla Tabbaa, Khalid Mezaina, Salama Nasib, Muna Al Marashi

This page is for the Winter Camp: Home edition at Tashkeel. For the in-studio edition, click here. Participants will engage in various art activities using materials delivered to their homes. Each se...

Tashkeel Talks: Design Practice with Bahar Al Bahar

Bahar Al Bahar

Architect and designer Bahar Al Bahar joins Salim Ahmed and Lisa Ball-Lechgar from Tashkeel to talk about the importance of cross-disciplinary collaboration within the realm of design and fabrication....

DDW 2020 Family Workshop: Laser-Cut Cardboard

Azim Al Ghussein

Get a taste for design construction in this live 90-minute free workshop to assemble a vase using pre-cut cardboard components made on the Tashkeel Laser Cutter. Customise your creation using a select...

DDW 2020 Adult Workshop: Making with Laser-Cut Wood

Salim Ahmed

Join this 90-minute free workshop led by Salim Ahmed from Tashkeel to assemble a lamp using pre-cut wooden components made on the Tashkeel Laser Cutter and a simple lighting element. Customise your cr...

DDW 2020 MasterClass: Introduction to the Tanween Design Programme 2021

Lisa Ball-Lechgar, Salim Ahmed

Since its launch in 2013, the Tanween design programme at Tashkeel has contributed to the growth of the UAE design sector by investing in 26 UAE-based emerging designers from 11 countries to design an...

Online Talk: Tanween 2021 – Time to Apply

Tanween is the professional development programme by Tashkeel, open to emerging designers, makers and artisans living and working in the UAE. Each year, practitioners are selected to embark on a journ...