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Learn how to create a futuristic city using recycled cardboard and other materials with this fun and creative activity. You’ll get to design your own buildings, transportation systems, and green spaces.
Explore your city through using all your senses. You'll create a full sense portrait using Ross Carvill's instructions, documenting what you see, smell, hear, and taste in whatever way you prefer.
In this fun demo, you’ll learn how to sculpt beautiful landscapes using found items from nature.
If you're looking for a fun and creative activity to do at home, why not try making a shoebox diorama? Ross shows us how...
Learn how to create your own faux stained glass window through this simple step by step guide.
Ross Carvill has an awesome activity that you can try out called "Shadow Art". This project was inspired by a famous artist named Henri Matisse who made beautiful artwork by cutting out shapes from paper.
Learn how to create your own French knitting loom with this easy-to-follow guide.
Looking for a fun and creative activity to do with friends? Look no further than our Exquisite Corpse guide by our resident artist Ross Carvill.
Create your own animal hybrid mask by combining different species together.
This guide by Ross Carvill is a fun and easy way to create a unique portrait of yourself, just by selecting images of things you love.
This short how-to-guide will show how to be inspired by Cubism to create your own 3D Cubist cardboard head!
Create art along side Ross as he illustrates his way through each episode by downloading our helpful instructions.
Heads or Tails? We say Clay Heads! Download our demo doc and follow the steps to make your very own Clay Head.
Our Pinch Pot demo shows us the most useful techniques for hand building with clay, which is one of the oldest and simplest forms of pottery. Time to get your hands dirty!
In this demo we learn about paper lanterns. Traditionally, they were released into the sky on New Year’s Eve. Why not make them for your next party?!
Go back in time and take a look at how the people of the Bronze Age and Iron Age designed their metal work objects with motifs.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle! Plastic fanatics be sure to follow this motto in our latest demo doc to make your own Corpse Bride from a milk carton.
Ross Carvill's Pottery Friends Activity is a fun and creative way to transform found pieces of pottery into unique works of art.
Push your clay skills to the limit and make a Slab Pots! This is trickier than hand building, but it’s really fun and the results are worth it.
Are you a book worm? Learn how to make a sketchbook from your own homemade paper, which you can use to kickstart your own artistic career!
Now we're going to tie dye some t-shirts with the natural dyes we made. Make some groovy t-shirts with the swirl technique by following along with this demo!
Feel like a King or Queen, with your own crown! In this week's demo, we'll make a headpiece out of different types of metal, using Repoussé.
Hold onto your seat! Learn how to construct a chair out of paper, taking inspiration from famous Irish furniture designer Eileen Gray.
Make your own backstrap loom using this ancient technique to become a weaver and make your own textile pattern!
Get cooking in our latest demo!
Make your own natural dye using vegetables, herbs and spices. Once we have the dye made we will use it to dye some fabric to see what colours it produces.
It's Repoussé time! Taking a look at an ancient metalworking technique known as 'Repoussé'.
Do you have an unwanted jumper? Why not transform it into a Hooded Scarf, that you can stay warm in all year round!
In the demo we convert an old unwanted tie into a stylish OBI Belt that your friends or family members can wear.
Don't know what to do with your old tights? Turn them into something exciting to wear on your head. Like a fascinator!
