About This Event

This event will be bookable on Monday 3 August 2026. Make a unique tea light house to keep or gift, in this fun festive workshop. Tutor Nikki will guide you through step-by-step how to hand build a pottery tea light house from white clay. You will be shown how to roll and slab build the house and how to strengthen the joins. You will use different shaped cutters for windows and doors to create a unique house which can be used as a tea light holder, ideal for display or a gift for Christmas. Your house will then be taken away, fired and glazed and returned to Attenborough Arts Centre for you to collect within 3 weeks. Absolutely no experience of working with clay is required. Please note: there are two workshops that are taking place on two separate dates at 10am – 2pm: 9 November 16 November About the tutor: Tutor Nikki McCathie is an experienced arts practitioner who has been delivering creative workshops for over 10 years across the county. She particularly enjoys creating unique mosaic pieces using a variety of coloured mosaic tiles, mirror tiles, cabochons and even crockery. Nikki loves breaking down workshops into simple manageable steps to introduce crafters to new skills and produce fabulous things. Further information: All materials and equipment will be provided. Please come in old clothes and/or bring an apron as crafting can get messy! Participants must be aged 18+. If the course/workshop you’d like to book is sold out, we do operate a waiting list – simply contact our box office team on 0116 252 2455 / arts-centre@le.ac.uk and ask to be added to the waiting list. We’ll then contact you if a place becomes available, with absolutely no obligation to accept it if you’ve made other plans! Please ensure that you read and agree to our updated Terms & Conditions before booking as courses/workshops are non-refundable in some circumstances. We aim to make all our sessions as accessible as possible and carers/PAs are very welcome – just remember to book their free place when you book your session. If you’d like to talk to us in advance of booking or attending your sessions to discuss your access needs, our Box Office team is here to help! Email arts-centre@le.ac.uk , pop in or call 0116 252 2455, open 7 days a week. We have four blue badge parking spaces outside Attenborough Arts Centre, plus double yellow line roadside parking very close to the building for blue badge holders for up to three hours if our parking spaces are occupied. Free parking for all customers is available after 5pm on weekdays and all day at weekends in the University of Leicester car park next door to Attenborough Arts Centre on Lancaster Road. The closest public car park for parking at all other times is Victoria Park, 5-10 minutes walk from us (near De Montfort Hall).

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