At Making Space, we change lives through craft. From our purpose-built studios in Leigh Park, Hampshire, we literally make space for people and organisations involved in craft. Our charitable aims are to make positive differences, in small ways and large, to people from all walks of life, through creativity.
There are so many ways you can help us in our mission. You can attend our public courses, you can get involved in our community projects, and you can make a regular or one-off donation.
Join us this February half term for Little Lives | Making Together – fun family craft sessions for you and your children to come together and get making. Making Space will provide a range of creative activities and you have the opportuntiy to explore different
Find out more about our new volunteer training project. Register your interest now. Kindly funded by Hampshire County Council.
Help Making Space change lives through craft by making a regular or one-off donation.
If you are a UK taxpayer, don’t forget to Gift Aid your donation, as this allows us to claim an additional 25p on every £1 donated, making your money go even further.
Russi Dordi was born in Bombay and moved to England in 1955.
He has exhibited extensively in the U.K. and has his work in several private collections & commercial galleries. He was a member of the East Kent Art Society (Canterbury) and the National Society (London).
He won a Daler Rowney Prize at the Bankside Gallery, when he exhibited there at the Royal Watercolour Society’s ” Open Exhibition.”
Kathryn Green is a freelance textile designer and lecturer. Her life and work experiences are diverse; each one contributing to her development and personal understanding, which she draws on for her textiles. Kathryn is currently exploring the traditional Japanese process of Shibori, which is a technique that uses methods of resistance within the…
Richard studied gilding at the University of Portsmouth and has now been gilding for over ten years. As well as teaching the fine art of gilding to participants of all levels he now practises a full range of professional gilding services including for internal and…
Julian is a Hampshire-based British milliner who specialises in handmade bespoke hats and headpieces.
Hannah is a fine artist/illustrator. Her work draws inspiration from the natural world, while incorporating surreal and often fantastical elements.With an eye for composition and utilising a combination of paint and highly detailed pen and ink line-work, she creates elegant and beautiful images.Originally studying Fashion Illustration at…
I’m registered severely sighted with a condition called retinas pigmentosa but I’m also a visual artist. I’ve done art all my life and I’m not going to stop because I’m losing my sight. I’ve used my creative practice in helping me deal with the condition.I…
