A session made
around your people
Homelore workshops travel through embroidery — following the threads that pass between cultures, taught by the migrant artisans who carry them. For a private group, we shape the tradition, the story and the day around who is in the room.
A migrant artisan leads the making. As people stitch, the craft becomes a way into something a little deeper — a shared story, a place, a memory, a name — and everyone leaves with something made by their own hands. No experience is needed; everyone begins at the fundamentals, whatever their level.
Two ways to spend the time
Learn with an artisan
A single three-hour session: the fundamentals of embroidery, then an introduction to the stitches of one tradition — Kantha, Sozni, Nakshi Kantha, Sindhi Tanka — and the story behind them.
Embroider your own object
Two or more sessions that build to something finished and usable — a cloth bag with Sozni florals, a stitched map of your own neighbourhood. The most rewarding path, and the best value: everyone takes their piece home.
Either can be built for your group. Tell us the occasion and we propose a tradition, a length and a shape, then adapt it with you. For several groups at once — children and adults, say — we build a mixed programme, each session its own workshop.
Occasions we build for
Teams & away-days
A slow, hands-on hour people actually talk through — an antidote to the usual offsite.
Brands & activations
Live embroidery and participatory making for launches, showrooms and events.
Celebrations
Hen parties, birthdays and gatherings — a warm, creative afternoon together.
Community & schools
Sessions built with a group's own story, in their own language and space.
The essentials
- A session
- €250 for three hours — up to 15 people, two artisan facilitators, all materials included
- A cycle
- Cheaper per person: €400 for two sessions, €650 for four, €900 for five
- Group
- Private sessions from around six; community cycles built around 15; larger by arrangement
- Everyone
- From age 13, no experience needed — all levels begin together
- Where
- Your space in and around Lisbon, or we host
- To hold a date
- A 50% deposit confirms the booking; the balance is due before the session
The figures above are our community-programming rate and where every quote starts. Private, brand and corporate sessions are shaped and quoted to the occasion; custom commissions and artist-led collaborations are priced on their own terms.
Tell us what you have in mind
A few lines is plenty to start. We will read it and come back with a proposal and a quote — no obligation.
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