FREE WORKSHOPS PROGRAMME
The renowned Greencrafts Village is offering free workshops at EP in
- carving wood
- blacksmithing
- throwing on a pottery wheel
Take home what you make. It’s all free of charge. Beginners welcome. Takes 20-30 mins. Use beautiful natural & sustainable materials. You’ll be led through step by step in a fun way.
Drop by and you can make:
- A hot forged pendant, with 9 Irons Blacksmith
- A hand-thrown pottery peddle wheel experience, with The Pottery Ceramics Workshop
- A hand-carved wooden leaf or mini bowl with Mark Flannery Woodcarver
Greencrafts are festival leaders in offering sustainable hands-on workshops where you get to make beautiful things, honouring natural and renewable materials. The Greencrafts area has over 40 workshops offered daily by a huge team of artists and makers.
Free Workshop Details
Bend red-hot metal to create a forged pendant
Experience the wonder of shaping and bending red-hot metal at the blacksmith’s forge. Free of charge. 12midday-2pm Friday, 10am-12midday Saturday & 10am-12midday Sunday. Take home your beautiful hand forged iron pendant. (approx 20-30mins). In Greencrafts area with 9 Irons Craft. Free of charge.
Try Woodcarving
Get a chisel in your hand and carve a beautiful mini leaf bowl to take home. 12midday-2pm Friday, 10am-12midday Saturday & 10am-12midday Sunday. (approx 20-30mins). In Greencrafts area with Mark Flannery Woodcarver. Free of charge.
Have a go on a pottery wheel
Sit down at the pottery kick wheel and try your hand at throwing a pot! Drop by on Friday from 12midday-3pm, Saturday 10am-1pm and Sunday 10am-1pm. In Greencrafts area with Millix Crafts. Free of charge.
Full Workshop Listings
- Strong Roots Jewellery – Metal stamping (free 10am-11am), make a hairpin €5, make a silver or copper ring €15-25
- Mark Flannery Woodcarver – Carve a wooden totem or leaf bowl (free 10am 11am), €20
- Green Woodwork Ireland – Have a go on the shave horse or pole lathe (free 10am-11am), make a magic wand €5, make a rolling pin, walking stick, potato masher, rounders bat or toy sword €15-20
- Flower Power – Make a dried foliage headpiece (free 10am-11am), create a fresh flower crown €5
- The Glassmakers Yard – Make a stained glass mosaic tile (free 10am-11am), make a mini stained glass lightcatcher €5, make a stained glass jewellery piece or leaded glass panel €30
- Mor Art and Design – Make a small glass mosaic or textile suncatcher (free 10am-11am), create a glass tile, suncatcher or window €5+
- 9 Irons Craft – Engraved copper & aluminium stamping (free 10am-11am), make a forged piece of iron jewellery €20
- Crystal Creations – Make a copper pendant (free 10am-11am), create a string necklace €5, make a crystal ring €12, earrings €10 or chain necklace €8
- The Seaside Woodworker – Have a go on a pedal powered wooden pole lathe
- Spúnóg – Learn how to use woodcarving tools (free 10am-11am), carve your own wooden spoon €5, carve a wooden spatula €10
- Dingle Druid – Make a bath bomb (free 10am-11am), make bath salts €5, make natural vegan soap €10
- MvMartanddesign – Create an animal from recycled rubber (free 10am-11am), make a designed rubber armband €8
- Millix Crafts – Have a go on a pottery kickwheel (free), throw a pot on the kickwheel and leave with craftsperson to fire at their home studio for you
- Faerie Dredz – Have a go at making a faerie dred (free 10am-11am), make a hair clip €5, wool braiding €5+
Other Info
The area is open from 10am-6pm each day.
10am-11am is the Greencrafts happy hour, where all workshops are free of charge. At 11am, the field then switches over to our more specialist workshops.
No experience necessary and all levels and abilities welcome.
Accompanied children welcome, activity dependant.
