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Pallet Wood Weekend Workshop
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Lino-Printing for Beginners
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Sewing for Beginners
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Guided Sewing Projects
£22.50 – £45.00 Choose your course
Wood Carving
£190.00 Choose your course
Wood Carving Weekend
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Woodwork for Beginners – Level 1
£190.00 Choose your course
Upholstered Furniture for Beginners – Level 1
£225.00 Choose your course
Fabric Weaving for Beginners – Level 1
£185.00 Choose your course
Tapestry & Fabric Weaving Level 1 Weekend
£125.00 Choose your course
Fabric Weaving for Beginners – Level 2
£22.50 – £45.00 Choose your course
Fabric Weaving Projects – Level 3
£22.50 – £45.00 Choose your course
Upholstery for Beginners – Level 1
£120.00 Choose your course
Wood Finishing
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Woodwork for Beginners – Level 2
£22.50 – £180.00 Choose your course
Upholstered Furniture for Beginners – Level 2
£22.50 – £45.00 Choose your course
Upholstery for Beginners – Level 2
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Tool Sharpening Weekend Workshop
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Woodwork Level 3 – Furniture Projects
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Upholstered Furniture Level 3 – Projects
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A creative space for making & learning new skills. Courses in woodworking, upholstery, DIY and more. For beginners or the more seasoned maker alike.

O P E N ! No we’re not crying, we’ve got somet

O P E N !
No we’re not crying, we’ve got something in our eyes! Okay yeah, just a few tears of happiness today as we open our workshop doors after what has been the longest time. We are absolutely indebted to all our students, friends and family once again for their amazing support since closing last November and we couldn’t be more proud, excited and incredibly grateful to be opening our workshop doors again later today.
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We look forward to welcoming all of our students both new and existing back into the workshop. To all of you, please follow the Covid rules we have in place - your health and safety has always been our top priority and we want to ensure that The Makershed remains a safe place to be. As before lockdown 3.0 we’ve halved our class capacity to enable physical distancing but don’t forget your masks!
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You can book all Makershed 2021 courses via our website now, you can choose from weekend and midweek, daytime or evening courses in woodwork, upholstery, fabric weaving, sewing, lino-printing, wood carving & sculpture, furniture making, wood finishing and tool sharpening.
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Visit our website for more information and we can’t wait to see you all!! Yippeeeeeee!!!!
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L I N O P R I N T ! Start your printmaking journe

L I N O P R I N T !
Start your printmaking journey with our beginners’ Lino-Printing course! This course will offer all the tools and guidance you need to start making your own prints and rubber stamps. Our tutor Ruth will teach you about different tools and materials for lino-printing and rubber stamp making; experiment with inks and mark-making, and design and make your own print.
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Courses run on Wednesday daytimes from September or Wednesday evenings from the end of June, where you can choose from a selection of fun, simple projects, such as: t-shirt or tote-bag printing or hand-printing your own cards or artworks. Experiment with repeating pattern design or more complex, stand-alone block prints.
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YOU CAN BOOK ALL MAKERSHED 2021 COURSES VIA OUR WEBSITE NOW!
We run weekend and midweek, daytime and evening courses in woodwork, upholstery, fabric weaving, sewing, lino-printing, wood carving & sculpture, furniture making, wood finishing and tool sharpening. Visit our website for more information and to book your place today!
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N E W S L E T T E R ! Oooh exciting! Not only is i

N E W S L E T T E R !
Oooh exciting! Not only is it 2 more sleeps until we open our workshop doors again, the new issue of our Makershed newsletter is out now too!
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There’s lots of information about our amazing new tutors and our fabulous new courses including lino-printing, sewing, fabric, weaving and wood carving! You can receive your free copy via email simply by signing up via the little form on our website.
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S P A C E S ! We have spaces available to book for

S P A C E S !
We have spaces available to book for Woodwork for Beginners Level 1 - DAYTIME classes starting on MONDAY 28th June & TUESDAY 29th June, or MONDAY 13th Sept or MONDAY 8th Nov.
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If you’re free at the WEEKEND we have spaces available for our ‘2 Weekends’ courses running in Sept, Oct & Dec. All daytime courses are 18 teaching hours over 4 days in which you’ll make a softwood tool box using traditional woodworking hand tools and techniques.
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If you’re looking to book Woodwork for Beginners Level 1 EVENING classes, many of our timetabled courses are fully booked and therefore we are running both waiting and cancellation lists. We anticipate that a normal wait to be within 8-10 weeks. Please email hello@themakershedbristol.co.uk if you would like to be added to a list. Once we contact you with an available space date, please reply as soon as possible or we will remove your name from our lists.
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It now looks likely that some additional Woodwork for Beginners Level 1 Tuesday evening classes will be timetabled for September, so pop your name on the list and you may get on those!
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We are busy planning a new Woodwork with Power Tools course and a new Woodwork Level 2 weekend course. Details will follow soon!!
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C A R V I N G ! Have you ever wanted to make a woo

C A R V I N G !
Have you ever wanted to make a wood relief carving or sculpture? Our wood carving classes offer you the opportunity to learn a wide variety of wood carving techniques, from relief carving to sculpture. You’ll start with a relief carving to learn some basic carving techniques and then choose a project that interests you, either relief, or in the round. You’ll learn all the stages of making it from design work to carving and finishing.
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Under the guidance of our lovely tutor Alistair you will gain a comprehensive introduction to wood carving skills and the knowledge about buying and maintaining your own tools to set yourself up to carve at home or, stay for longer and develop your skills at your own pace. Courses run on Wednesday daytimes from the 14th July, Monday evenings from the 28th June or Weekends from the 24th July.
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Don’t forget you can also buy Gift Vouchers for courses here at The Makershed. Choose from £20, £50, £100 vouchers or select a full course (including wood carving options). It’s so easy, just choose your voucher option, which design you’d like, and tell us the name of your gift recipient and we’ll email or post them a voucher with a personalised discount code to enter into the check out when booking a course.
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S E W I N G ! Make your own! Come and get to grips

S E W I N G !
Make your own! Come and get to grips with Sewing on our Beginners course where you’ll make two fabulously useful bags. Our tutor Debbie will walk you through all the steps to get you started on your sewing journey and build your confidence with some simple activities.
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You’ll learn how to set up and use a sewing machine, follow a simple pattern and sew fastenings such as zips and buttons. You will make a handy buttoned tote bag and a wash bag with a zip and lining from Oeko-Tex certified canvas and organic cotton and gain a strong foundation of sewing skills which you can then apply to future projects.
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At the end of your course, you will be able to start making for yourself at home or progress onto our NEW Guided Sewing Projects course and further build on your skills. Our Sewing courses run on Friday daytimes or Thursday evenings, visit our website for further information.
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W E A V I N G ! Ever wanted to weave your own fabr

W E A V I N G !
Ever wanted to weave your own fabric? Then why not learn to weave on a rigid heddle loom! Our beginners course will set you up with a foundation of handweaving skills with the opportunity to learn how to make your own placemats or table runners to take home.
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Our tutor Libby will teach you how to thread up a loom, pick yarn and how to finish your handwoven creations so that they can be used long into the future. You’ll learn how to read a draft pattern and why tension is one of the most important parts of weaving.
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Courses run on Tuesday daytimes, Monday evenings or Weekends. Whizz to our website for further information and to book your place.
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P A L L E T W O O D ! Good news! All of our Pallet

P A L L E T W O O D !
Good news! All of our Pallet Wood Weekend Workshops are now fully booked for May, June & August BUT don’t worry we’ve added new dates to our timetable for October and November. Whizz over to our website and grab a spot now as places will book up fast!!
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Our workshops are for beginners who wish to learn how to easily dismantle a pallet into useable timber and then with the help of our tutor Luke plan a specific design, draw plans, make cutting lists and learn how to use hand tools and build your project using traditional joinery techniques.
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All materials are included, the pallet wood, plywood backing and wooden dowel if your project needs it. You can bring any specific accessories that you would like to use with your project, such as hooks, hinges or handles. Visit our website for more info and to book your place or email hello@themakershedbristol.co.uk if you would like to be added to the waiting list for a cancellation space.
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U P H O L S T E R Y ! If you’re free during the

U P H O L S T E R Y !
If you’re free during the day between 10am-3pm this Summer you might like to know that there are still a few spaces available to book on our Upholstery for Beginners Level 1 courses starting on the Wednesday the 2nd and the 16th of June.
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If you like to plan further ahead we’ve also added new dates for the Autumn with courses starting in September, check our website for Tuesday Daytimes courses with the 7th and 21st start dates.
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These courses of either 2 days or 4 evenings (9 teaching hours) are taught by our fabulous tutors Jenny Smith and Grace Ingram and are suitable for those with no previous upholstery experience.
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You’ll learn how to effectively use upholstery hand tools such as webbing stretchers, shape a seat pad using natural fillings, tacks, tension and fabric, make basic upholstery cuts and folds and how to apply a wood finish.
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N E W D A T E S ! We’ve added all of our curren

N E W D A T E S !
We’ve added all of our currently timetabled 2021 course dates to our website! Hurray! Adding new members to our Woodwork tutors team means that we can now run Woodwork courses everyday of the week!
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We’ve added new dates for our popular Woodwork for Beginners Level 1 - The Toolbox - courses and there are spaces now available to book for Monday Daytimes from the 28th June, 13th Sept or 8th Nov or Tuesday Daytimes from the 29th June, if you’re quick there’s TWO spaces left for the Monday evening course starting on the 1st November.
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There’s also new dates for our popular Level 1 ‘2 weekends’ courses running from the 18th Sept, 30th Oct or 4th Dec for 4 days over consecutive 2 weekends.
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We are operating waiting lists for places in Level 2 classes so just email hello@themakershedbristol.co.uk to be added to one or more waiting lists. We will contact you when you get to the top of a list to offer you a start date!
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And just so you know we are also busy planning a new Woodwork with Power Tools course and a new Woodwork Level 2 weekend course. If you'd like to receive more information on those please just drop us an email.
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S H A R P ! Oooh we’re so close to opening our d

S H A R P !
Oooh we’re so close to opening our doors again! In just 10 days time we’re going to be open and hitting the ground running at full speed, with lots of new tutors and new courses! We’ve now added all of our timetabled 2021 courses and dates to our website so take a look.
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You’ll see there’s now just ONE space left on our next Tool Sharpening Weekend Workshop running on the 5th & 6th June with tutor Harry Morris. If you’re quick you can whizz over there now and grab it.
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Harry will teach you about how to care for your tools to ensure a long life and perform precise work. You’ll learn what ‘sharp’ really is, and the importance of sharp when using woodworking tools.
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He’ll teach you what to look for when purchasing old and new woodworking tools. You’ll learn about types of sharpening stone and abrasives, how to sharpen chisels, planes, scrapers and saws.
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You will have the opportunity to practise sharpening on your own or our tools and gain the confidence to take any tool and tune it to perform fine work for years to come. Visit our website for more information and to book your place.
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S E W I N G ! Our brand new Sewing for Beginners c

M E E T G R A C E ! For the last week (and a bit)

M E E T G R A C E !
For the last week (and a bit) we’ve been introducing you to all of the amazing new members of our tutors team, at last, but by no means least, today we’re really happy to announce that Grace Ingram has joined our team and will be teaching Upholstery for Beginners and Upholstery Projects courses here at The Makershed.
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Grace has a teaching background and passion for creative textiles and upholstery. She enjoys the process of making something that has practicality but loves calling on her passion for embellishment and decoration.
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She has recently immersed herself in a creative upholstery diploma where she explored the accuracy and detail of professionally upholstered furniture and coupled this with applying an artistic edge to each piece. Her main tool is a trusty sewing machine that she uses to free hand embroider patterns and drawings.
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M E E T L I B B Y ! Happy Tuesday everyone, ooooh

M E E T L I B B Y !
Happy Tuesday everyone, ooooh wasn’t it windy last night! We’re nearly (but not quite) finished introducing you to all of the amazing new members of our tutors team and today we’re really excited to tell you that Libby Ballon has joined our team and will be teaching Fabric Weaving for Beginners and Fabric Weaving Projects courses here at The Makershed.
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Libby is a trained weaver specialising in handwoven textile design with a focus on the use of sustainable and waste materials. She is passionate about combining artisan skills and thoughtful product design. After finishing her textile design degree at Brighton University she worked for fashion companies in Paris and New York before returning to the UK to pursue her own accessories design business.
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Libby’s weaving course start dates and schedules are currently being finalised and will be released onto our website VERY SOON! In the meantime….
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M E E T S A M ! Happy Bank Holiday Monday! Today

M E E T S A M !
Happy Bank Holiday Monday! Today we’re continuing to introduce you to the newest members of our Makershed tutors team. Today brings a particularly proud moment for us at The Makershed as we’re enormously chuffed to announce that Sam Drowley has joined our team and will be teaching Level 1 & 2 Woodwork for Beginners and Level 3 Furniture Project and Woodwork with Power Tools classes here at The Makershed.
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M E E T R U T H ! On this beautifully sunny Sunda

M E E T R U T H !
On this beautifully sunny Sunday we’re continuing to introduce you to the newest members of our Makershed tutors team. As you’ll know from the last four introductions they each bring a new skill set, knowledge, expertise and experience of their craft to share and teach to our wonderful students in St. Pauls.
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Today we’re really delighted to announce that Ruth Stewart has joined our team and will be teaching Lino Printing for Beginners and Lino Printed Projects courses here at The Makershed.
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Ruth is a freelance illustrator & printmaker. She advocates for traditional art techniques and enjoys making all of her work by hand. She specialises in pen drawing, painting and printmaking, creating work inspired by the natural world, femininity & mythology.
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N E W D A T E S ! So exciting to be finally into t

N E W D A T E S !
So exciting to be finally into the month of May, we reopen in 16 days!!!! Woo Hoo!!!! We’ll be back to introducing more of our fabulous new tutors tomorrow but here’s a quick ‘heads up’ to let you know that we’ve just added start dates and course information for our new Sewing and Wood Carving & Sculpture courses to our website.
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We’re working on adding the dates and details for our new Fabric Weaving and Lino Cutting courses soon so keep an eye out for those. Places are also now available for Woodwork for Beginners Level 1 courses on Monday & Tuesday Daytimes in June, Monday evenings in Sept & Nov and we’ve now released places for our popular 2 Weekends course in June too.
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Have a browse through our courses page and you’ll see there are also Eco Upholstery for Beginners places available for Wednesday Daytimes and there’s ONE place left for our Tool Sharpening Weekend both in June. Visit our website for more information and to book your places.
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M E E T J E S S ! The start of this bank holiday

M E E T J E S S !
The start of this bank holiday weekend brings the 4th day of us proudly introducing you to the newest members of our Makershed tutors team. Each new addition to our team brings a new skill set, knowledge, expertise and experience of their craft to share and teach to our wonderful students in St. Pauls.
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Today we’re mega excited to announce that Jessica Horder has joined our team and will be teaching Level 1 & 2 Woodwork for Beginners here at The Makershed.
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Jess has always loved the medium of wood, and the idea of combining its qualities of beauty and versatility to create functional furniture. She studied Furniture Design and Craftsmanship at Bridgwater College and after qualifying, she progressed to teaching furniture making studies there. Jess also worked in a bespoke furniture workshop based in the mendips for 5 years, and is currently working on her own furniture commissions.
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M E E T A L I S T A I R ! It’s day 3 of introdu

M E E T A L I S T A I R !
It’s day 3 of introducing you to the newest members of our Makershed tutors team. This morning we’re very very happy to announce that Alistair Park has joined our tutors team and will be teaching Wood Carving and Sculpture courses here at The Makershed.
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Alistair is a professional woodcarver based in Bristol. With over twenty years of carving experience and a degree in three dimensional design, he has enjoyed teaching the skills of carving to people of all ages and abilities for over ten years.
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In his own work he uses a wide variety of tools from chainsaws to carving knives. His previous clients have included the National Trust, banks, charities, the NHS and his work is in private collections all over the UK and abroad.
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M E E T D E B B I E ! It’s day 2 of introducing

M E E T D E B B I E !
It’s day 2 of introducing the newest members of our Makershed tutors team. They each bring a new skill set, knowledge, expertise and experience of their craft to share and teach to our wonderful students in St. Pauls. Today we’re super chuffed to announce that Debbie Wainhouse has joined our team and will be teaching Sewing for Beginners and Sewing Projects courses here at The Makershed.
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Debbie has been sewing for about 28 years and creates projects for craft and sewing magazines. She loves dressmaking in particular but also dabbles in bag-making and is passionate about helping people make their own clothes. Debbie has a BA Hons in Womenswear Tailoring from the London College of Fashion.
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All new course details, start dates and schedules are currently being finalised and will be released very soon, in the meantime...
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Welcome to the team Debbie!
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M E E T M O N ! Once a day, starting today, we’

M E E T M O N !
Once a day, starting today, we’ll be introducing you to the newest members of our Makershed tutors team. Each one of them brings a new skill set, knowledge, expertise and experience of their craft to share and teach to our wonderful students in St. Pauls.
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Today we’re really pleased to announce that Mon Merttens has joined our team and will be teaching Level 1 & 2 Woodwork for Beginners, Level 3 Furniture Projects and Woodwork with Power Tools classes here at The Makershed.
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Mon has been a woodwork enthusiast and professional furniture maker for over a decade. Through his business, Arborhouse, he has been commissioned to make everything from wood cabins to free standing furniture. He is also creating a blog and podcast for woodworkers exploring the histories and stories behind the craft.
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Welcome to the team Mon!
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E X C I T I N G ! While the magnificent Spring blo

E X C I T I N G !
While the magnificent Spring blossoms have been blooming we’ve been busy bees organising, planning and welcoming a whole new bunch of amazing tutors who will join our team here in St.Pauls. They bring with them a vast new range of skill sets, crafts, knowledge and experience to share and teach our wonderful students.
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As always, our driving passion in life is to get as many people to be creative as possible, therefore we’ve expanded our workshop spaces within the St Pauls Learning Centre and could not be more excited to SOON be launching a whole range of new courses alongside our popular Woodwork For Beginners, Pallet Wood Workshops, Eco Upholstery, Upholstered Furniture, Sharpening and Finishing courses.
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The NEW courses and workshops will include Wood Carving & Sculpture, Fabric Weaving, Embroidery, Lino Printing and Sewing with a huge range of daytime, weekend and evening courses to choose from. We’ll be introducing our amazing new tutors day by day from tomorrow on social media and we hope you’ll be as excited as we are to meet them, learn about the skills they have and what courses they’ll be teaching here at The Makershed.
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P L A N E S ! We absolutely love these little Quan

P L A N E S !
We absolutely love these little Quangsheng router planes. We teach our woodwork students to use them to achieve a clean flat surface along a through housing joint or in levelling their tenon cheeks with accuracy, without clouds of dust. The brass knob makes setting the depth of the cutter really simple.
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Not only are they an absolute pleasure to use they are just beautiful to look at too with their stainless steel body and cherry wood handles. You can learn how to use this lovely little plane and many more traditional hand tools by making projects on our woodwork courses. We’ll be adding new start dates to our website for all of our Woodwork for Beginners courses very soon.
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If you’ve completed Level 1 or you are a Level 2 student looking to book your next module we are now operating waiting lists for some courses, check our website for which day/evenings run lists and email Jenny via hello@themakershedbristol.co.uk to be added to one or more of the lists and we’ll contact you to offer a space as soon as they become available.
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A R M C H A I R ! If you’d like to make your own

A R M C H A I R !
If you’d like to make your own Armchair or one just for your dog, our Upholstered Furniture for Beginners – Level 2 course is designed for students who have completed Level 1.
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In making a solid hardwood (steamed European beech) armchair frame using hand tools and then upholstering the chair back and deep drop-in seat using eco-friendly materials, the course builds on your knowledge and teaches a strong foundation of woodwork and upholstery skills that will enable you to start designing & making your own projects.
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You can make the Level 1 Footstool or this Level 2 Armchair during our regular weekly Wednesday daytime or Tuesday evening classes. We operate waiting lists for places in all of these classes. Please email hello@themakershedbristol.co.uk to be added to one or more lists. Just visit our website for more details.
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94 Grosvenor Road,
St Pauls, Bristol BS2 8XJ.
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We are absolutely indebted to all our students, friends and family once again for their amazing support since closing last November and we couldn’t be more proud, excited and incredibly grateful to be open once again. We look forward to welcoming all of our students both new and existing back into the workshop. To all of you, please follow the Covid rules we have in place – your health and safety has always been our top priority and we want to ensure that The Makershed remains a safe place to be. As before lockdown 3.0 we’ve halved our normal class capacity to enable physical distancing but don’t forget your masks!

We can’t wait to see you all!! Yippeeeeeee!!!!