Past Workshops

Dubai Design Week 2019: Make a Table Lamp

Learn to create, design and make a table lamp from scratch using concrete. Open to a parent with a child (6 years+) as well as adults.

Afterschool Arts Club: Accordion landscape and Making Spaces

Azim Al Ghussein

Participants will reflect upon familiar spaces and locations through this landscape-oriented workshop. Using basic bookbinding techniques and drawing, participants will be guided by the instructor to ...

Afterschool Arts Club: Tote Bags and Rethinking Waste

Azim Al Ghussein

Participants will transform their old t-shirts into usable tote bags. The workshop examines ways in which used objects can be repurposed. It encourages sustainable making practices that explore larger...

Afterschool Arts Club: Masks and Identity

Azim Al Ghussein

Using commonly-found materials, participants will work with the instructor to create their own identity and transform it into a wearable mask. The workshop encourages critical thinking while using cre...

Traditional Jewellery: Goldsmithing for Beginners

Lia Staehlin

In this course, expert jeweler Lia Staehlin will teach participants how to make a bangle using silver or brass with traditional goldsmithing techniques, such as reticulation and granulation, in combin...

Youth Hub: Zine Jam

Sarah Burt

Join Tashkeel Artist-in-Residence Sarah Burt for a self-driven zine-making workshop. The workshop will focus on how to create your own zine with various materials, as well as go through bookbinding te...

Afterschool Arts Club: Capes and Roles

Azim Al Ghussein

Be inspired by Khalid Mezaina’s textile works 'Capes Make the Man' in the current exhibition ‘The Alumni Return’ and learn the basics of printed textile patterns and fashion pattern-making. Participan...

Afterschool Arts Club: Weaving and Patience

Azim Al Ghussein

Learn how to weave using coloured threads!

Afterschool Arts Club: Smart Phone Projector and Scale

Azim Al Ghussein

Build a makeshift projector using found materials.

d3 workshops: Bookbinding

Salama Nasib

Join leading artist Salama Nasib for an introduction to the basics of bookbinding. Explore three essential binding techniques: Accordion, Single Signature, and Japanese Stab Binding. Participants will...

d3 workshops: Repeat Pattern-Making

Katie Venner-Woodbridge

This session will give participants an insight into the process of creating a repeat pattern tile. Once this skill is mastered the applications for repeat patterns are endless! Students will work wit...

Summer Camp 2019: Bugs & Butterflies

Katie Venner-Woodbridge

From dragonflies to scorpions, get the inspiration you from nature to make your own insects in this introduction to wire sculpture. This workshop will use found materials to add an interesting dyna...