Creative

Workshops

Brightwater, near Nelson, New Zealand

About Mahoe Hills

At Mahoe Hills we run creative workshops using local and recycled materials. We offer felting, eco-printing and mosaics workshops in our eclectic studio that we promise will inspire your creativity.

At Mahoe Hills we are all about upcycling and slow fashion.

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We have an eco-dye and eco-print garden. Some of our favourite leaves are Cotinus, Rose, Pecan, Feijoa and Dogwood.

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Creative Workshops

Workshops are offered by arrangement. It can be an individual workshop for one-to-one tuition, or for small groups up to 8 participants (larger can be accommodated on request). We host groups for special celebrations andcan include a garden walk including a visit to our 100+-year old woolshed.

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We use natural materials in our workshops. Felt is made from New Zealand grown wool and we have our own alpaca fibre too. The textiles used for eco-printing are sourced from op-shops and the printing material is grown mainly in our own garden. For our mosaics we use broken and rejected materials and turn them into one-of-a- kind piece.

Testmonials

What people remember isn't the technique — it's the day. Small groups, unhurried company, and something of your own to take home

I arrived certain I wasn't an artistic person, and Marion had that undone inside ten minutes. There were only six of us, so nobody got left behind, and the afternoon simply vanished. Meeting the alpacas whose fleece we'd been working with was the part I didn't expect. I came home with a cushion cover I'd made myself.

JENNY R. — Wet felting workshop
Felted toy baskets

I'd had a box of broken china sitting in the shed for years and no idea what to do with it. Marion just put a hammer in my hand and said not to overthink it. We pottered along at our own pace, tea in hand, and I chose an old photo of the alpacas to sit in the middle of mine. Four hours disappeared and I went home with a frame I still can't believe I made.

SARAH T. — Mosaics workshop
Mosaic photo frame
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