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Friday 15 December5pm – 8pm 5pm – 5:45pm – Light walk6pm – 6:30pm – Drinks, toasts and light switch on6.30 – 8pm – Music, food and dancing Our festive celebrations will kick off with a magical lantern walk bringing light to all corners of the village. We will gather at SSW to carry handmade lanterns, candles and torches that will illuminate our walk through local trails and parks. Throughout the walk, we will pause at various spots to create light […]

Sunday 10 December2pm – 4pm Together we will discover the art of candle making using natural bee wax and recycled candle remnants at this creative workshop. Participants will prepare wicks, melt wax, add fragrance and dye, and pour wax into decorative molds to craft their own unique candles. Let your creativity shine bright this winter! How to take part

Sunday 3 December2pm – 4pm Join us for a fun workshop creating lanterns from recycled and repurposed materials. We will together work through techniques for constructing handheld, candle-lit lanterns that together we will parade through the village to mark the 1 year anniversary of the Community Making Space later in the month. The workshop provides a great opportunity to spark creativity through sustainable crafting and gives new life to everyday materials. How to take part

Friday 1 December 6pm – 8pm Join us at SSW for an evening of food and fire celebrating the end of our Building the Clay Commons week. The evening will kick off in the SSW yard with the lighting paper kilns packed with mugs made earlier in the week. The evening will be a chance to see what has been happening throughout the week, meet artists and enjoy food and fire together. Paper kilns will be lit at 6pm accompanied […]

Sunday 26 November2pm – 4pm Join artist Eva Masterman for an afternoon of clay mug making in the ceramics studio. Working with Eva you’ll be introduced to a wide range of clay skills, such as slab, coil and pinch building. You will get to design and make your own ceremonial mug (or 2!), and decorate it ready for firing in paper kilns, later in the week. As well as building your mug you will be able to choose a range […]

Free events from Sunday 26 November We are excited to share our Winter Community Programme developed in collaboration with our Community Advisory Group. Working together it was clear that setting up ways of coming together and celebrating the light during these dark months was important. So this programme focuses on making Lumsden luminous and offers workshops and celebrations that focus on bringing light, warmth, and creativity to the long nights ahead. From mug making and paper kiln firing to lantern […]