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Creativity and Wellbeing Week Workshops | Saturday 24th May

designermakers21 is taking part in the national Creativity and Wellbeing Week on Saturday 24th May. Our members are hosting some wonderful low-cost workshops, where you can spend a couple of hours creating in a friendly, relaxed studio environment.

‘Make and decorate a pinch pot mug’ with Kate Welton

£10.00 pp

Saturday 24th May 11:00am-1:00pm

Spend a relaxing 2hrs creating a clay mug, using the ‘pinch pot’ technique. Learn how to form your mug, and add a handle. Add decoration to your mug using stamps and coloured decorating slips (liquid clay and a ceramic pigment) 

Your mug will be fired, and glazed by Kate, ready to collect from designermakers21 approximately 3 weeks after the workshop. 

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Colour, Emotion and Creativity with Janine Oxley

£15.00 pp

Saturday 24th May 11:00am-1:30pm

A creative session playing with words and collage to explore how colours can reflect and prompt emotion. Participants will be able to freely create through this process of exploration without the pressure to produce a final piece. Any work can be taken home to develop further. A selection of materials will be provided – including pens/pastels/paint for mark making, plain paper, fabric, scissors, glue. Please feel free to bring your own materials for personal use or to share with others in the group. It would be great if participants brought with them an object or item of clothing (or wear one!)in their favourite colour.

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Make a Concertina Sketchbook with Sally Watson

£10.00 pp

Saturday 24th May 2:30pm – 4:30pm

Come along and create your own hand-made concertina sketchbook. Experiment with mark- making and collage on different papers including watercolour, tissue, textured and vintage papers. Go home with a new sketchbook to start a personal creative journey.

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Mandala Workshop with Joy Holden

£25.00 pp

Saturday 24th May 10:30am – 12:30pm

Saturday 24th May 2:00pm – 4:00pm

Under the guidance of an experienced mosaic artist, using preformed glass shapes and your imagination, you will create a colourful, mosaic mandala. Grouting of your design will be carried out by the artist after the workshop for you to collect once it has set.

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Booking Information: Spaces are limited, so early booking is highly recommended to secure your place! Please click here for FAQs and Booking Terms.

Accessibility: If you have access requirements, please contact workshops@designermakersCIO.org.uk with any queries.

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‘Being Woman’ Workshops at designermakers21 | 22nd March – 26th April

Would you like to explore a new medium, reanimate a skill, or immerse yourself in creating for a day?

Have a look at the programme of artist-led workshops running alongside ‘Being Woman’ exhibition at The Corn Hall in Diss. All workshops will take place at designermakers21. For more information, and to book a place on any of the workshops please visit the Being woman 2025 Eventbrite.

Workshops:

Saturday 22nd March – Unlock Your Creativity Day | 11am-3pm

Saturday 29th March – Moon Goddess Vessel | 11am-2pm

Saturday 29th March – Explore Self-Portraits | 11am-3pm

Saturday 29th March | Puppets, Petticoats & Paper | 10.30am-4.30pm

Three Day Egg Tempera Painting Course, Saturday 5th, 12th and 19th April | 10am-4.30pm

Saturday 5th April – Embroidered Illustration | 12.30-3.30pm

Saturday 5th April – Paint a Mythical Woman | 11am-4pm

Saturday 12th April – Nature & Conservation Ceramics | 10am-2pm

Saturday 12th April – Create a Clay Goddess | 10am-1pm

Saturday 19th April – Print a Mother Earth Linocut | 10.30am-4pm

Saturday 19th April – Cyanotype Goddess | 1-4pm

Saturday 26th April – Print a Female Inspired Lantern | 10.30am-2.30pm

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TEENAGE KICKS – An exhibition of portraits by Richard Scoulding | 24th April – 10th May 2025

TEENAGE KICKS – An exhibition of portraits by Richard Scoulding, celebrating the performers and fans of the music he fell in love with as a teenager in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.

Visit the exhibition in the Upstairs Gallery at designermakers21 24th April to 10th May, open Thursday-Saturday 10am-5pm.

“In the summer of 2023 I put a call out on Social Media asking if any of my UK followers were Punks in the late 1970’s or Psychobillys in the early 1980’s. This exhibition was inspired by the photographs that I was sent.

I left Diss High School in 1982 with an Art O’level. In 1995 I took evening classes in Norwich to gain an Art A’level qualification. That is as far as my formal art education went. Between leaving school in 1982 and the summer of 2018, aside from those A’level classes, I didn’t paint or draw at all.

In 2018 I decided to give painting a try and since then I’ve not stopped. I paint portraits, so far mostly of musicians and sports personalities.

I have handled commissions and have sold work around the UK, the USA, Australia & Europe.”

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Showcase Exhibition | February – April 2025

We are delighted to welcome three local artists in the Showcase for February, March and April.

Displaying their work are Becky Whatley, Cathie Fiddling and Keri Lowe (Fibre and Earth Studios).

Becky Whatley – Multi-talented, Becky is showing her fabulous pictures, which she creates with precision pyrography, and oil paint to finish. Becky also creates rather wonderful felted creatures.

Cathie Fiddling – Cathie makes attractive mosaics using broken crockery. Adding extra interest, and a little bit of humour with lettering in a very charming fashion.

Keri Lowe (Fibre and earth Studios) – Keri is a potter and sculptor. She hand builds with coils, slabs, and throws on the wheel. Her work is decorated using sgraffito. All are beautiful pieces of work, often functional, sometimes sculptural, with a focus on surface decoration.

Visit the Showcase upstairs at designermakers21 every Thursday to Saturday 10am-5pm.

Mosaic by Cathie Fiddling in the showcase at designermakers
Keri Lowe ceramics
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Exhibition 05.12.24 – 21.12.24 ‘Seeing Wonder: roots, journeys, discovery and impermanence’, Anya Temple & Louise Thompson

The exhibition showcases a collection of paintings, natural sculptures, screen-prints and mixed medias pieces, that reflect the artists’ deep connection to the natural world.

Visit the exhibition in the upstairs gallery at designermakers21 from the 5th -21st December, open Thursdays to Saturdays 10am-5pm.

seeing wonder exhibition by Anya Temple and Lousie Thompson at designermakers21 December 2024

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Showcase Exhibition | November 2024 – January 2025

We are delighted to welcome three local artists in the Showcase for November, December and January.

Displaying their work are Karen Bek, Proche – Maggie Gospel and Fehmi Gokes.

Karen Bek Willow – Karen is skilled in traditional and contemporary basketry. With exquisite baskets of all shapes and sizes, basket bags with leather handles and much much more including willow sculptures and Christmas decorations.

Proche – Maggie Gospel has a stunning display of ‘eco print’ sij scarves, shawls, cushions and cards. These are quite remarkable with rea variety and intensity of colour. Maggie also makes lovely framed textile artworks.

Fehmi Gokes Mosaics – Fehmi has shown with us before and is arriving next weekend. His mosaics are incredibly original and beautifully produced. Abstract tiles through to calm seaside scenes, something for everyone.

Visit the Showcase upstairs at designermakers21 every Thursday to Saturday 10am-5pm.

karen bek willow work
maggie gospel eco print scarf
fehmi gokes mosaic

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Christmas Market at designermakers21 | Saturday 30th November 12pm-6pm

Christmas Craft Market at designermakers21, with 11 visiting artists stalls, alongside our studio members, and work by associates in the galleries.
Saturday 30th November, 12-6pm, with festive drinks and nibbles!
Artist Stalls:

James Collier – Pargetting

Roz Barnett – Textiles

Mark Papworth – Leatherwork

Yvonne Pratt – Textile/Embroidery

Heather Richards – Ceramics

Marna Alberts – Textiles

Sue Marsham & Sarah Francis – Weaving

Sue Hulme – Feltmaking

Charlotte Todd – Collage Artworks

Diane Boden – Quilling

Becky Whatley – Needle Felting, Pyrography & Paintings

christmas craft market at designermakers21 Saturday 30th November 2024 12pm-6pm
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SAORI VI, A winter exhibition showcasing work by East Anglian Saori weavers | 7th – 28th November

SAORI VI

A winter exhibition showcasing work by East Anglian Saori weavers.

This exhibition unites SAORI weavers, showing the boundless and creative potential that exists within and connects us all.
Visit the upstairs gallery at designermakers21 between 7th and 28th November to see the latest works and buy woven presents.
saori weaving exhibition poster, exhibition 7th-28th november at designermakers21
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‘Silica in Action’, a day of Glass Making Process Demonstrations | Saturday 28th September 11am-3pm

‘Silica in Action’ – An immersive day of all things glass!

Visiting Glass Artists, alongside our Associate Members will be demonstrating their processes at designermakers21 between 11am-3pm.

This event runs in conjunction with Silica, A celebration of Glass in its many guises, an exhibition at The Corn Hall in Diss from 14th September to 19th October 2024.

Clare Gaylard lampworking glass process
Clare Gaylard, Lampwork Glass Process
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Diss Heritage Transport Festival | Sunday 22nd September 10am-4pm

designermakers21 will be open on Sunday 22nd September 10am-4pm, for Diss Heritage Transport Festival.

Over 200 heritage vehicles will be in attendance, with the event running from 10am-4pm.  The whole of the town centre will be closed to through traffic to make a safe place for visitors to wander and see not only the cars, but also the Morris Dancing, Jive/Lindy Hop display, street theatre and the musical acts planned for the day. 

Diss Heritage Transport Festival 2024 Sunday 22nd September