Blackhorse Workshop

Blackhorse Workshop Blackhorse Workshop is an open-access workshop where you can come to use a very wide range of wood a

Blackhorse Workshop is a new kind of public building for making, mending and learning located in Walthamstow, east London. In the spirit of the public library the workshop will be a place for shared knowledge, with tools, machinery and skilled technicians in place of books, desks and librarians. The workshop has been running an initial programme of talks, classes and events since November 2013 before opening fully on 1st February 2014. The workshop will open its doors officially on Wednesday 22nd January from 4-9pm with a range of activities for all ages, food tasting, music and a chance to sign up for discounted memberships. A range of affordable membership packages will cater for everyone, from commercial and professional makers, to the occasional user. There will also be a number of affordable private studios available for long-term tenancy. The programme of public classes, talks and events will further encourage the sharing of knowledge and skills. The building has been under construction for the past six months, with Assemble working with local artists, businesses, community organisations and volunteers during the build. A collaboration with graphic designers Europa has resulted in the graphic identity for the workshop, covering the printed and online material as well as the workshop’s interior.

NEW : Introduction to Woodcarving: Chip CarvingHere are some shots from the test session for our newest course which off...
09/10/2026

NEW : Introduction to Woodcarving: Chip Carving

Here are some shots from the test session for our newest course which offers an evening for participants to experiment with different chisel techniques.

A great course to discover this autumn, learning the basics of wood carving to produce your own carved wooden coaster.

Next on: 18th & 25th November @ 6:30pm

Link in bio for more info 🔗

HIRING : PROGRAMMES SUPPORT TECHNICIAN DEADLINE : 26TH OCTOBER 2026 @ 9AM 📆Blackhorse Workshop (BHW) is looking for a we...
07/10/2026

HIRING : PROGRAMMES SUPPORT TECHNICIAN
DEADLINE : 26TH OCTOBER 2026 @ 9AM 📆

Blackhorse Workshop (BHW) is looking for a well organised technician to work with our Programmes team, to ensure our workshop and learning spaces are always stocked and well prepared for our courses, youth programme and delivery of events.

The focus of this role is preparation and maintenance of materials, consumables and tools for our programmes (evening and weekend courses, Schools & Youth Programme and occasional community events). This person needs to be well organised, thorough and proactive, and able to implement effective systems of materials management.

Extensive experience as a Wood or Metal Technician is not required, as training will be provided!

Link in bio for more info 🔗

Learn something new this autumn! Welcome two new tutors to the team, who bring their skills and expertise to exciting ne...
30/09/2026

Learn something new this autumn!

Welcome two new tutors to the team, who bring their skills and expertise to exciting new courses! Learn the heritage craft of brushing making with our fantastic new tutor .a.e.woods or why not try blacksmithing on a Sunday? With our new blacksmithing tutor, .

Introduction to Blacksmithing (inc. Forge Induction)
Sun 25th Oct 2026
10:00 am — 5:00 pm

Woodworking Evening (Induction Required)
Wed 14th Oct 2026
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

NEW Creative Brushmaking
Sat 24th Oct 2026
10:00 am — 5:00 pm

NEW Creative Brushmaking
Sun 25th Oct 2026
10:00 am — 5:00 pm

Links in bio to learn more 🔗

THANKS FOR COMING!!!Just a week ago, the Blackhorse Collective Creative Enterprise Zone was buzzing as we hosted the fir...
25/09/2026

THANKS FOR COMING!!!

Just a week ago, the Blackhorse Collective Creative Enterprise Zone was buzzing as we hosted the first ever Blackhorse Creates as part of London Design Festival 2026 and Open House Festival. Bringing together makers, artists, designers and creative businesses for workshops, panel talks and behind-the-scenes looks.

Thanks to all our 40+ makers who showed their work over the weekend, to everyone (over 800 of you!!!) who came along to our open studios, to the 6 musicians and DJs that provided the soundtrack (if you missed it see link in bio to hear ’s set), Chunk Provisions ice cream who fed the crowd with 80 litres of ice cream, 11 artists who shared participatory artworks, to our 10 partner venues that offered their spaces for activities and shout out to anyone who provided school and college tours of their workspaces.

Thanks to our sponsors and partners: Stow Brothers, Pulse and Pickle, Big Penny Social, Wildside Community Garden, Walthamstow Wetlands, Another Kind Studio, Blackhorse Collective, London Design Festival, Open House, London Borough of Waltham Forest, Mayor of London

A huge thank you to all of the incredible performers who brought the courtyard to life last Saturday for @ . As local cr...
22/09/2026

A huge thank you to all of the incredible performers who brought the courtyard to life last Saturday for @ . As local creatives & community came together for at Blackhorse workshop for a weekend of celebration, their music provided the perfect soundtrack to a day of open studios, exhibitions, panel talks and more.

A special shout out to:







And a massive thank you to our sponsors this year, for your support to make this happen.

Visit Talia's link in bio to hear the Blackhorse Creates set!

Come take part in four interactive artworks this Saturday (19th September 1 - 4 pm) at Big Penny Social, part of Blackho...
18/09/2026

Come take part in four interactive artworks this Saturday (19th September 1 - 4 pm) at Big Penny Social, part of Blackhorse Creates:

- Family making activities with our youth alumni Blackhorse Activators.
- Fantastical Drawings to Solve Things with Barry Sykes;
- Lungs of London with Jasleen Kaur, Demi Henderson and Alexis McAttee;
- Collider by Signal to Noise

17/09/2026

Four Blackhorse Workshop makers in .worldofinteriors Autumn round up! Thanks

Come see these pieces and more one day only this Saturday 19th September, at our Open Studios for Blackhorse Creates.




FREE Community Sauna Baths sessions! Come find a voucher at any of our Blackhorse Creates venues this Saturday: Blackhor...
16/09/2026

FREE Community Sauna Baths sessions!

Come find a voucher at any of our Blackhorse Creates venues this Saturday: Blackhorse Workshop, Big Penny Social, Barbican Arts Group Trust, Switchboard Studios.

Community Sauna Baths' mission as a not-for-profit community sauna
is to make sauna and cold plunge affordable and accessible to everyone in London.

Through their community initiatives, they offer free and discounted sessions to those who need it most but are offering these vouchers to all to have a soak and relax.

Grab a voucher while they last!

OPEN STUDIOS #2This Saturday, Blackhorse Workshop invites visitors to explore the creative spaces of its resident maker...
16/09/2026

OPEN STUDIOS #2

This Saturday, Blackhorse Workshop invites visitors to explore the creative spaces of its resident makers and designers. From first sketches to finished pieces, discover how a diverse range of artists and craftspeople bring their ideas to life.

30 makers from Blackhorse Workshop open their studios to share their work and processes. Working across architecture, interiors, furniture, textiles, lighting, knife making, robotics, sculpture, painting and more, get a 'behind the scenes' insight into the creatives that operate from Blackhorse Workshop studio spaces.

Hosting open studios with creatives such as:

Nicole Chiu Nicole Chui: THAT SEW NICOLE

Nicole Chui is a messy, brash, and disruptive artist specialising in freestyle hand embroidery. Through stitch, her work is driven by the desire to preserve and create memories, disrupt perfection, and unpick traditions. She is currently exploring the integration of her identity in football culture.

Chui’s work has been exhibited at NOW Gallery, Somerset House, Design District, London Design Festival and The MAC Belfast.

Photo Credit: Eseniia Araslanova

Riya Panchal MESEME by Riya Panchal

RiMESEME by Riya Panchal-based lighting designer-maker and founder of MESEME Studio, creating handcrafted sculptural lighting with a distinctive artistic presence. Her practice explores material, form, colour and light through an intuitive, making-led design process, bringing together contemporary design with specialist craft and fabrication.

Concept Objects Concept Object

Madeleine/Concept Objecttists who fell in love with saving/sharing sound and vision. Starting with heritage audio objects and on to creating their own concepts, remaining true to reimagining concepts and reclaiming objects, they craft limited runs of Concept Objects for exclusive spaces and active brands.

Anna Cornish Anna Cornish

Founder of AAnna Cornishssentially Wood, creating bespoke handcrafted hardwood furniture that is both beautiful and affordable. Drawing on her life experiences and passion for woodworking, she designs and makes made to order pieces using a variety of sustainably sourced hardwoods, combining craftsmanship, individuality, and l

Discover what an artist residency looks like from the inside. Hear from this years 4 makers in residence as part of the...
16/09/2026

Discover what an artist residency looks like from the inside.

Hear from this years 4 makers in residence as part of the Open Studios 12-5pm Saturday 19th September and see what they make whilst working at Blackhorse Workshop:

What do artists and makers do when on a residency?

What does a residency offer a creative practice and what gets made in the space and time given?

2025-26 Residents:

Catherine Chan You Fe
Fawziyah Rahman
Alexander Hanotu
Hamza Aldlimi

📍Residency Showcase in Studio 1 @ Blackhorse Workshop

Catherine Chan You Fee, Summer 2026

Catherine (2001) is a Fine Artist, born and based in London, she graduated with a degree in Fine Art Painting from the University of the Arts London, Camberwell (2024). Catherine currently works as an artist and part-time art teacher, alongside volunteering at her local life drawing community. In the studio, she works primarily through painting, drawing and collage, utilising abstraction as a means of distortion and expression across her work.

Fawziyah Rahman, Spring/Summer 2026

Fawzy is an interdisciplinary artist and healthcare worker who works through mark-making, multi-media sculpture, interpersonal interaction and communion. Through work that explores insurgence, intersectional relationality, ancestral trauma healing and world building, they play with power dynamics, challenging western dualism through an eco-feminist lens. They studied BSc. Anatomy, Developmental and Human Biology (2015) and PG Dip. Adult Nursing (2018) at King’s College London and MA Art & Science (2024) at Central Saint Martins. Fawzy is currently studying Masters of Midwifery in North London.

Alex Hanotu, Spring 2026

Alex studies architecture and works in that space between design, furniture making and material experimentation. He’s big on functional pieces that people can genuinely engage with and has been shifting his practice toward reuse, found materials and low‑impact making.

Now he’s here as a memberto push things further with proper space, tools and time to explore woodwork in a way that hasn’t been possible in his back garden or his university workshop.

Hamza Aldlimi, Autumn 2025/Spring 2026

Hamza is a London-based me

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1-2 Sutherland Road Path
London
E176BX

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday 9:30am - 5:30pm

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