Let’s step into a world of mystery, creatures, and shadowy stories! Today’s workshops are all about sculpting strange guardians, imagining secret spaces, and bringing eerie little worlds to life with texture, character, and creativity.

Morning Session – Gargoyle Guardian Sculptures
Inspired by the creepy stone creatures perched on old buildings around the world, we’ll be sculpting our very own gargoyle guardians. Budding artists will explore clay-building techniques using air-dry clay to shape faces, horns, wings, and unique features that give each guardian its own quirky personality. Whether your gargoyle looks spooky, silly, or solemn, this session is all about creating a miniature protector ready to watch over your room or bookshelf.

Afternoon Session – Haunted Hideout Miniatures
In the afternoon, we’ll dream up tiny haunted hideouts filled with curious details and secret stories. Using a mix of construction and illustration techniques, we’ll build miniature houses with crooked roofs, hidden nooks, illustrated panels, and mysterious objects tucked inside. Each hideout becomes a little world of its own - imaginative, eerie, and full of character.

The studio will be brimming with gargoyles and mysterious mini-worlds by the end of the day — creations that celebrate imagination, storytelling, and the magic of sculpting strange little realms!

Step into tomorrow and dream up the worlds we haven’t invented yet! Today is all about imagination, invention, and creating futuristic artwork using both painting and sculpture. From window-framed future scenes to tech gadgets from another dimension, this is a day for budding artists who love world-building and thinking far beyond the present.

Morning Session – Future Window Paintings

We’ll begin by painting imaginative future scenes on canvas — anything from floating cities to strange new landscapes or rooms filled with futuristic furniture. To finish the artwork, we’ll attach a window frame over the front, turning each painting into a “view” into another time. Budding artists will explore composition, colour, storytelling and detail as they build their own window to the future.

Afternoon Session – Future Tech Sculptures

In the afternoon, we’ll switch to 3D making and design our own future tech creations. Using cardboard, mixed media, and real sculptural construction techniques (like slot joins, tabs and flanges), artists will build gadgets, tools, robots or wearable inventions that feel like they came straight from a sci-fi universe. Think time-travel remotes, hologram projectors, dream recorders — anything you can imagine, you can create.

A hands-on day of painting, building and inventing, perfect for makers who love imagining what the future could look like.

A full day of character chaos, bold cartoons, and inventive illustration! Today’s workshop blends classic cartoon tricks with modern storytelling styles, giving budding artists heaps of freedom to experiment, exaggerate, and play.

Morning Session - Mix-and-Match Character Spinners

We’re bringing back one of our most-loved ideas - with a brand-new twist! Inspired by vintage spinning toys, we’ll create rotating character spinners packed with interchangeable heads, bodies and legs. Spin each section to reveal wild new combinations: aliens with ballerina legs, superheroes with dragon tails, shy robots with magician coats… anything goes!
We’ll explore fresh cartooning techniques like expressive silhouettes, dynamic poses, shape language and oversized features to make every mash-up hilarious, strange and full of personality.

Afternoon Session - Comic Book Page Creation

In the afternoon, we’ll shift into the world of visual storytelling as budding artists learn how to design and draw their own comic book page. We’ll explore layout planning, panel shapes, pacing, and how to guide the reader’s eye across the page. Artists will experiment with speech bubbles, sound effects, expressive illustration short-hands, and techniques for capturing action and emotion in just a few frames. To finish, everyone will write and illustrate a short comic narrative starring their own characters.

A playful, expressive day for makers who love characters, storytelling, and bringing imaginative worlds to life on the page!

Back by popular demand! Step into a world where everything is small, detailed, and bursting with imagination. Today’s workshop invites budding artists to design tiny interiors, craft miniature treasures, and dream up pocket-sized stories that pack a big creative punch.

Morning Session - Pop-Up Interiors
In the morning, we’ll use clever paper construction techniques to build fold-out pop-up rooms — think secret studios, cosy dens, fantastical hideouts or tiny shops. Budding artists will decorate their interiors with coloured pencils and textas, designing walls, floors, windows and furniture that turn simple paper into lively 3D spaces filled with charm and character.

Afternoon Session - Polymer Clay Pocket Treasures
In the afternoon, we’ll sculpt a collection of mini treasures to live inside our pop-up creations. From quirky characters and tiny bookshelves to magical objects and miniature snacks, each piece will be crafted from coloured polymer clay. These little creations can be placed in the morning’s room or turned into wearable charms, keychains or keepsakes for those joining us just for the afternoon.

A joyful day of small-scale storytelling, where tiny scenes and tiny objects spark huge imagination!

Special Edition (Ages 8–13)

Back by popular demand and levelled up just for our older makers! This full-day workshop is all about designing, crafting, and collecting your own weird, wonderful, chaotic creations. Think character design, pocket-sized art, and collectables you can trade, treasure, or clip to your backpack. If you love world-building, creature-making, and getting strangely inventive, this one’s for you.

La-Who-Whos: Cursed Companions

Meet your mischievous sidekick! Using felt, stuffing and key-ring clips, we’ll create soft little creatures with huge personalities. Cute, creepy, or somewhere deliciously in between - your La-Who-Who can have teeth, horns, oversized expressions, or any theme you dream up. These quirky companions are designed to dangle from bags, lanyards, or jacket zips, making them the ultimate wearable collectable.

Cursed Trading Cards

We’ll also design a set of custom trading cards featuring cursed versions of familiar characters or completely original ones. Think twisted Simpsons, glitchy cartoon icons, spooky objects, or symbols from your own invented universe. We’ll explore mini-format illustration, layout, and dramatic detail before laminating each card into a polished, collectible set. You’ll also create one special Artist Trading Card — your own stylised self-portrait, reimagined with a fun twist.

A full day for makers who love characters, collectables, world-building, and creating tiny things that pack a punch.

Get ready to bend reality with art that tricks the eye! This day of optical illusions will have young artists exploring mind-bending techniques in drawing and collage, where perspective, contrast, colour and shape come together to create mesmerising effects.

Morning Session - Op Art, Geometric Patterns & Chromatic Aberration

We’ll dive into the hypnotic world of Op Art, creating contrasting designs with geometric patterns that pop. Budding artists will experiment with line, shape, repetition and bold contrast to make artworks ripple, vibrate, and even appear to move.
We’ll then introduce chromatic aberration — the colourful “3D glasses” effect where edges split into red, blue or turquoise. Artists will learn how to create vibrating outlines, doubled edges and shifting shadows that make shapes look like they’re sliding off the page. Expect bold, energetic illusions that feel alive!

Afternoon Session - Double-Take Collages & Warped Images

In the afternoon, we’ll create surreal artworks that blend reality with illusion. Start by combining two unexpected images, splicing them together to create a trippy, double-take collage that draws viewers in.
Then we’ll explore distortion techniques: splitting images in half, reconnecting pieces with dripping shapes, twisting staircases, warped grids or chromatic outlines for a dreamlike, uncanny finish. These artworks blur fantasy and reality in all the best ways — strange, mesmerising and impossible to ignore.

A vibrant day for budding illusionists who love tricks, twists, distortions and art that makes the viewer look twice!

Dive into a day of colour, experimentation, and deep-sea imagination! Today we’ll explore what watercolours can really do — from wild textures to dreamy washes before creating an underwater adventure artwork filled with mystery, magic and danger.

Morning Session - Watercolour Play Lab

We’ll kick off the day with a Watercolour Play Lab: a fast-paced mix of drawing games and playful technique experiments. Budding artists will test out wet-on-wet magic, salt textures, gradient washes, resist techniques, mixed-media mark-making and more. It’s all about discovery, colour play, and unlocking new ways to paint that spark curiosity and confidence.

Afternoon Session - Watercolour Waterworlds

In the afternoon, we’ll imagine we’ve grown gills and can breathe underwater! You and your treasure-hunting team have discovered a glowing underwater world filled with hidden riches… but it’s guarded by a giant evil octopus. How will you make your way to the golden bounty?
Artists will sketch out their underwater scene, then use watercolour techniques like wet-in-wet blending, gradients, soft edges and layered washes to bring the world to life. From shimmering treasure to swirling seaweed and looming tentacles, every artwork becomes its own ocean adventure.

A vibrant, imaginative day for artists who love colour, storytelling, and diving head-first into new worlds!

Get ready for a full day of zines — handmade mini artist books filled with playful printmaking, secret folds, and pages that open, flip, twist and surprise! We’ll experiment with texture, pattern, and creative page design to build zines that feel like tiny treasure troves of ideas.

Morning Session - Experimental Printmaking Zines

We’ll kick things off by making our own textured prints in the most unexpected way: using play-doh impressions from found textures and studio objects, plus rubbings and a mix of experimental mark-making. Budding artists will go on a mini ‘texture hunt,’ pressing patterns into play-doh plates and turning them into bold monoprints.
Once our pages are full of texture and character, we’ll fold them into zines — adding drawings, titles, symbols, and tiny details that bring each mini-book to life. Every zine becomes its own collection of prints, experiments, and imaginative marks.

Afternoon Session - Puzzle Zines (Fold-Out Artworks)

In the afternoon, we’ll level up our zinemaking with Puzzle Zines — magical fold-out artworks that reveal new images each time you open, rotate or unfold them. Artists will decorate every panel with patterns, drawings, symbols, characters and hidden messages, building a book that unlocks, shifts, and transforms as it’s opened.

A dynamic, tactile day for makers who love pattern, paper play, and crafting books that hide a little magic in every turn!

Back by popular demand! One of our most-loved workshops returns with fresh ideas and even more ways to get creative. Today we’ll paint vibrant pots, build imaginative paper plants, and design secret “garden rocks” to hide or keep — a full day of colour, making, and playful invention.

Morning Session – Painted Pots & Garden Rocks
We’ll start by transforming terracotta pots with acrylic paint and Posca pens, exploring bold patterns, bright colours, and fun decorative details. Returning artists can create a matching set, while newcomers can try anything they dream up.
We’ll also paint tiny “garden rocks” — little artworks to hide around the studio garden for someone to find, or to take home as pocket treasures.

Afternoon Session – Paper Plants
In the afternoon, we’ll craft imaginative paper plants that twist, dangle, bloom or surprise. Using a mix of materials and sculptural techniques, budding artists will invent leafy creations that are colourful, quirky, or completely made-up. These can be placed in the morning’s pot or displayed on their own.

A bright and joyful day of creative gardening - with paint, paper, surprises, and plenty of imagination!

Ever wanted to try Dungeons & Dragons?

Through this magical game, step into a world of brave knights, sneaky goblins, fire-breathing friends and mysterious treasures!

Come add to the collaborative storytelling!
You’ll  design your own character and take part in a kid-friendly, beginner version of Dungeons & Dragons - a simplified tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) that uses imagination, collaboration, and dice to guide the adventure. It’s a fun, low-pressure way to get into TTRPGs - no reading rules, just drawing, making, and playing! Perfect for first-timers, daydreamers, and curious creatives.

Already joined us for a previous D&D day? No worries – this session will feature a brand new, even bigger quest with fresh characters, new challenges, and even sillier surprises! Returning players are very welcome.

The tale of the twisted house of mirrors - This quest leads adventurers into the Twisted House of Mirrors - a spooky, carnival-era maze where floors tilt, corridors warp, trick doors lead you astray, and enchanted mirrors conceal as much as they reveal, with hidden clues shimmering just out of sight!

In the morning, we’ll build our own heroes from the ground up - choosing an adventurer type, magical equipment, and special powers using our custom Studio Ruby character sheets. Kids will then draw and decorate their hero and create a mini figurine ready for the afternoon quest.

Then we’ll play a short, simplified D&D-style game using just one die, big ideas, and the power of imagination. Players will join forces on a light-hearted, collaborative quest full of mystery and hidden surprises! This is theatre of the mind storytelling - no screens, no game boards, just figurines, teamwork, and adventurous problem-solving.

What you’ll take home:
-Your own personalised, illustrated character sheet
-Your own minature of your hero
- Your very own 20-sided die
- An understanding of how TTRPG’s are played

Perfect for beginners, there’s no winners or losers, it’s all about the journey and the fun! Come for the creativity, stay for the treasure and leave with a story you helped bring to life.