Junk Music & Twists and Coils Workshop

Salaric Crafts will be running 2 free workshops alongside each other between 1-4pm in the Ed Shed at the Folk of Gloucester.

Junk Music - create musical mayhem from junk such as yogurt pot shakers,
tin can drums, bottle lid rattles and cardboard plinky things; and maybe
learn a few tunes to make noise too!

Twists and coils - using upcycled or natural materials, learn the
traditional techniques for rope making, create twisted cord from scraps
and use the ancient art of coiling: a craft used historically for basket
and beehive making.

Coil Baskets are actually a critically endangered heritage craft in the
UK, Traditionally it was done with flax or straw but the skills can be
applied and learnt with a variety of materials.

Workshops are free but please register a free ticket per human!

Who are we?

Salaric Crafts was created by Sarah and Alaric Snell-Pym over 20 yrs ago
to share arts, crafts and skills using mixes of modern and traditional
methods and materials. Our maxim is "Art and Science is for Everyone",
and we especially like sharing techniques that are in danger of dying
out. Sarah has been helping people make and create for over 30 years,
starting as an assistant for textile classes at adult daycare centres.
Alaric is a Founder of the Cheltenham Hackspace and is very keen of
setting up ways to share skills and give people access to to tools they
might not be able to afford individually. Over the years we have built
up a team of people and workshops which go to Scouts and Guides,
schools, community days, festivals and more. We especially love when
there is an overlap of history or science and have made special efforts
to teach heritage crafts. We ourselves are still learning recently
practicing and learning new carving skills in verious mediums such as
stone and wood and we hope to continue learning even more!

With a background in geology Sarah was keenly aware of climate and
pollution issues creating a series of Sustainability and green workshops
which they then transferred to across the general arts and crafts with
focus on reusing or upcycling materials and ethically sourcing materials
for use in the workshops. Sarah and Alaric now manage a small woodland
in the Forest of Dean, allowing even more scope for sustainable crafting!

Under 16's need to be accompanied by an adult