textiles

Kathryn Green (textile designer) has been mentored by Lynne Dick (Director at Making Space) since March 2016. In this blog post they share some of what lies behind, and at the heart of, this arrangement. KG: When I joined Making Space I was lacking direction and confidence.   Lynne offered the option of mentoring sessions and […]

With 177 attendee’s over the 12 hours that we opened for our annual Open Studios weekend, which happened earlier this month, I can proudly say that the event was again another success for Making Space. We managed to get a photo spread in The News and a feature in Craft and Design Magazine. As the […]

‘Inspired’ is back! With its re-appearance in our annual Open Studios, Making Space is once again showcasing our very talented participants work! Alongside beautiful pieces from our tutors, participants from across our summer, autumn and winter courses will be invited to showcase finished pieces, work in progress and sketchbook designs. This term we have introduced […]

In November of last year, I booked myself onto a 1-day craft workshop… This was quite a novelty for me as I’m either usually programming them in for others or leading them myself! The course in question was a Navajo Weaving workshop with the lovely and talented Alice Hume. The course took place at the […]

In the Summer of 2015 Making Space met with D-Day Museum to discuss a textile project which would inspire local communities and help raise awareness of D-Day Museum’s collections and The Overlord Embroidery. Director of Making Space, Lynne elaborates, “We’re very pleased that D-Day Museum, Portsmouth commissioned us to organise this project.  The courageous story […]