This workshop will take you step by step through the honey extraction process on their working hives in the Make Hamilton community garden
The bees at Make Hamilton have been working hard over the summer months, gathering nectar and pollen and building up stores of honey in their hives. The honey will be harvested at the end of summer, and this workshop gives you the opportunity to experience the harvesting first-hand.
The workshop is split into two parts. First, we will introduce you to how a hive works, and how the bees store their honey. They will talk through the cycle of honey production, and the life of a colony through a typical year. They’ll pull on beekeeping veils and head outside where you’ll have the chance to look inside a hive to see the bees working on their honeycomb.
In the second part of the workshop we will return indoors to experience the process of extracting honey by spinning honeycomb frames. You will handle honeycombs, and experience the smells and stickiness that go with that! You’ll get to use the extractor, and watch the honey being spun out of the frames then collected for bottling.
The session is very interactive, and will respond to the questions and interests of participants. The session is led by John, who has kept bees for many years, and is the resident beekeeper at Make.
All equipment/ protective bee suits will be provided, but please come wearing long sleeved tops, full length trousers and closed shoes (i.e. no sandals).
This workshop will take you step by step through the honey extraction process on the working hives in the Make Hamilton community garden
The bees at Make Hamilton have been working hard over the summer months, gathering nectar and pollen and building up stores of honey in their hives. The honey will be harvested at the end of summer, and this workshop gives you the opportunity to experience the harvesting first-hand.
The workshop is split into two parts. First, they will introduce you to how a hive works, and how the bees store their honey. They will talk through the cycle of honey production, and the life of a colony through a typical year. They’ll pull on beekeeping veils and head outside where you’ll have the chance to look inside a hive to see the bees working on their honeycomb.
In the second part of the workshop we will return indoors to experience the process of extracting honey by spinning honeycomb frames. You will handle honeycombs, and experience the smells and stickiness that go with that! You’ll get to use the extractor, and watch the honey being spun out of the frames then collected for bottling.
The session is very interactive, and will respond to the questions and interests of participants. The session is led by John, who has kept bees for many years, and is the resident beekeeper at Make.
All equipment/ protective bee suits will be provided, but please come wearing long sleeved tops, full length trousers and closed shoes (i.e. no sandals).
Learn how to make this unique garden/door decoration that will delight visitors to your home or garden.
Twit Twoo – the call of the owls! This unique garden/door decoration will delight visitors to your home or garden.
During the session, Debbie and Louise from Utopia Creations will show you the techniques to create your own woodland owl. Using a variety of foliage and natural embellishments provided, you will be able to make your owl unique, with a personality all of it’s own.
You will be shown step by step the techniques needed to create the base of the owl using wire mesh. The structure will be formed using wire along with foliage of varying textures and colours which will build up each part of the owl.
Finally you will be shown how to create the eyes and beak, using small natural embellishments, making your owl come alive!
Learn how to draw with clay alongside ceramicist Aliyah Hussain. Recommended for ages 5+.
Free, drop in 1-3pm on Wednesday 27 July
The workshop will take place in Gallery Three, their special creative space for children.
Part of their summer season of doing, making and playing at the Bluecoat.
Design and make your dream Tate Liverpool every Saturday, Sunday and Monday during the school holidays.
Are you an avid architect or the next Bob the Builder? Tate’s summer activity challenges you and your family to imagine and design a new Tate Liverpool building for the future.
Use the gallery’s range of creative materials to draw, make and build your ideal gallery. Perhaps you’d like it to feature a giant inflatable animal on the roof or a water slide in the entrance – go wild with your ideas!
The Story Box bring tales to life through interactive storytelling and performances for children and their families.
Fri 22 Jul, 1-3pm – under 5s
Fri 5 Aug, 1-3pm – 5-11 year olds
Free, drop in.
The Doctor’s TARDIS, in the form of the blue police telephone box, is one of the most iconic objects from the television show.
Join World Museum to make your own TARDIS using recycled materials, which will be displayed in the museum afterwards.
Everyone knows museums are bigger on the inside!
The Doctor’s trusty sonic screwdriver has many uses: scanning, medical applications, welding and computer hacking.
We may have to wait a while before we have the technology for a device like the Doctors but families can join this workshop ran by STEAM Engineers, to paint your own MDF sonic screwdriver and create an LED circuit to light your sonic screwdriver up.
Programme a microbit to play the Doctor Who theme, make sonic screwdriver noises, and attach to your own light-up sonic screwdriver! The Microbits will need to stay after the workshops but the sonic screwdrivers can be taken home.
Part of Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder
Join illustrator Kohenoor Kamal to decorate and collage your own letters and initials inspired by her floral designs.
The workshop will take place in Gallery Three, their special creative space for children.
1-3pm. Free, drop in.
Recommended age: 5+
Over the next 12 months, Future Station will be host to events exploring and challenging the notion of care for artists and arts workers.
The pandemic has given the opportunity to reflect on how care is instilled in the arts, and how to make art with care in the face of broader social issues that have arisen from the pandemic, ranging from social inequality, physical and mental health strains and ensuring our work is accessible to all.
Their first event invites artists and arts workers to discuss what learnings can be taken from the past two years, what resources are needed for all of us to care for ourselves and each other, and how the arts can be a platform for challenging wider issues facing care in society. The event will be hosted by the team at Edge Hill Station and will be animated by your conversations.
This event will be hybrid and will welcome people to join the discussions via Zoom.
