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Learning through making, with a focus on history and how everyday skills shape culture.
Participants work with historical tools and materials, experiencing what people did and how it reflected their lives, interests, and perspectives.
Sessions are practical, structured and engaging, with a focus on asking questions, making connections and considering how these ideas relate to our own lives.
Discover Victorian practice of using hair as keepsakes and create your own Victorian-inspired memento mori keepsake using synthetic hair.
AGE RANGE: Adults or teenagersDURATION: 60–90 mins GROUP SIZE: Up to 25 COST: $450 per session plus materialsInsects were all the rage in Victorian England. Explore the era's obsession will all things entomologiy and embroider an insect motif to finish over time.
AGE RANGE: Adults, teenagers or tweensDURATION: 60–90 mins GROUP SIZE: Up to 25 COST: $420 per session plus materials
Discover the history of painted eggs and create some traditional patterns on pre-dyed eggs to take home.
AGE RANGE: 5 to 12 years (can also be adaoted for teens on request)DURATION: 60–90 mins GROUP SIZE: Up to 25 COST: $450 per session plus materialsKEEPING TIME
Hands-on exploration of vintage sound technology and creation of an analogue clock.
Make a clock out of an upcycled vinyl LP and explore how technology changs culture through the history of recorded sound.
AGE RANGE: Adults (can be adapted for teens/tweens on request)DURATION: 60–90 mins GROUP SIZE: Up to 25 COST: $440 per session plus materials
MAGIC SPELLS AND WANDS
Discover examples of lettering and written information from long ago. and create a magic scroll to leave with.
AGE RANGE: 5 to 12 yearsDURATION: 60–90 mins GROUP SIZE: Up to 25 COST: $470 per session plus materialsDiscover how stained glass windows were used to tell stories through colour and imagery. Create and keep a traditional design on glass or acrylic.
AGE RANGE: 5 to 18 yearsDURATION: 60–90 mins GROUP SIZE: Up to 25 COST: $420 per session plus materials
