Offcut Afternoons
About the event
Unfortunately the workshop scheduled on Saturday 26th September has been cancelled due to planned industrial action. In this free drop-in workshop, you will learn practical skills to make your own wooden artworks and objects, using a variety of wood materials. Workshops take place monthly on Saturdays. See themes below. You do not need to book, places designated on a first-come, first-served basis. Stay for 10 minutes or all afternoon. For ages 18-26. Workshops designed by Adobe Creative Resident 2026 Shanti Bell and artist Sebastian Chaumeton. Saturday, 25 April 2026 Wood Sculptures 13:30 - 16:30 Saturday, 30 May 2026 Bookends and Coat Hangers 13:30 - 16:30 Saturday, 27 June 2026 Wood Collages and Marquetry 13:30 - 16:30 Saturday, 22 August 2026 Wood Carvings 13:30 - 16:30 This workshop has been cancelled due to planned industrial action. Saturday, 26 September 2026 Cane Weaving 13:30 - 16:30 Saturday, 31 October 2026 Wood Block Printing 13:30 - 16:30 Saturday, 28 November 2026 Curate and Celebrate - See display of work 13:30 - 16:30 Want to learn more about carpentry and making? Book on to Woodworking Saturdays About the Artist: Sebastian Chaumeton is a multidisciplinary artist with an autodidactic approach to applying the best material for any given artwork be it up-cycling found materials into sculptures, delftware ceramics or mixed medium paintings. Whatever process used he's grounded in an enjoyment of craft, play, humour and the handmade. Sebastian graduated from Chelsea College of Art in 2019 and has since exhibited internationally and nationally from London to Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei and Hong Kong. Chaumeton's work speaks towards ideas around internet culture, memes and its relation to art history as a means to question arts purpose in a growing digital landscape. Contrastingly he also paints the theatre of the everyday in memories and the mundane as an antithesis to the aforementioned subject matter. Through visual delight & details he aims to slow down the viewing process to counteract the immediacy of online imagery for himself as well as the viewer. Truly seeing and observing reality is a dying art which he believes can be revitalised through the art of making.
