Past Workshops

DDW 18: Process and Casting

Tamsin Wildy

A brief introduction to the world of mold-making and casting. Using everyday materials, you will explore the use of alginate and plaster to create individual casts

DDW 18: Drop-in Design Surgery with Jumana Taha

Jumana Taha

Calling all emerging design professionals! Are you stuck? Need some guidance? Book in for a one-to-one advice session with Jumana Taha at the Tashkeel hang-out zone. Equipped with examples of your wor...

DDW 18: Collaboration for Emerging Designers

Helen Voce

What collaboration is (and isn't!). Collaboration can reap rewards such as exploration of unfamiliar materials / processes, new products, access to new markets, increased profile and experience of wor...

DDW 18: Drop-in Design Surgery with Salim Ahmed I

Salim Ahmed

Calling all emerging design professionals! Are you stuck? Need some guidance? Book in for a one-to-one advice session with Helen Voce at the Tashkeel hang-out zone. Equipped with examples of your work...

DDW 18: Creative Writing for Designers

Yosr El Sherbiny

This workshop will include a presentation by wri.chi.tects where they examine the opportunities of using creative writing as a tool to gain a competitive advantage in the design and architecture secto...

DDW 18: Drop-in Design Surgery with Helen Voce

Helen Voce

Calling all emerging design professionals! Are you stuck? Need some guidance? Book in for a one-to-one advice session with Helen Voce at the Tashkeel hang-out zone. Equipped with examples of your work...

Fashion Design — Creative Process

Kay Li

Hong Kong-born fashion designer and ESMOD graduate Kay Li established her eponymous label in 2012 to create a line of core, trans-seasonal and contemporary womenswear. Join her for an introductory wor...

Drop in and Draw: Portraiture

Anjum Khan

Drop in & Draw is an on-going monthly session for artists, designers, and creatives wanting to share their sketchbook pages with each other and to create a supportive community committed to drawing as...

Introduction to Arts Sponsorship

Lisa Ball-Lechgar

Partnerships between arts and business enable both sectors to learn from each other, develop skills and enable projects to happen that benefit society. Featuring group exercises and role play, this o...

Afterschool Art Club: Painting

Feed your imagination and get creative - join us every Tuesday from 4 – 5.30 pm for the Tashkeel AfterSchool Art Club! These workshops are focused especially on the young'uns, aged between 8 and 14 ye...

Introduction to Photo Etching

Kim Robertson

Using their own images, participants will transfer them onto acetate in preparation for exposure onto plates. There will then be a guided demonstration of the process allowing each participant to expo...

Jali Diwani

Wissam Shawkat

Favoured by the Ottoman sultans, Jali Diwani and Diwani were used as the scripts for official decrees, correspondences, badges and ornamentations. Today, Jali Diwani is applied in a wide range of cont...