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We welcome everyone, including families and larger groups, to open craft workshops in Pärnu, Estonia!
*Please notify us one to three days in advance of your interest to participate in a workshop
*Special prices for families and groups
Registering to workshops:
Contact the crafter/artisan or
Maarja-Madgaleena Guild
5 Uus St., Pärnu, Estonia
Open Tue-Fri 11-17, Sat 11-15
CLAY WORKSHOP
EDDI’S POTTERY
+372 5648 8714, info@potitehas.ee, www.potitehas.ee
Price: child 10 eur, adult 15 eur
Duration: 1–2 hours
Languages: Estonian, Finnish, English, Russian
Throwing and modelling clay. You can decorate your clay work before firing in the kiln.
You can pick up your own handmade ceramic item after firing in at least seven days or take it with you the same day without firing it in the Pottery.
WEAVING A RUG CARPET
CARPET-WEAVING WORKSHOP
+372 5076 221, mare.pernik@mail.ee
Price: 20 eur
Duration: 1 day
The hourly price does not depend on the number of people, as the result is always one carpet.
*Period of notice: Preferably one week. If the loom is free, one day.
Languages: Estonian, English
You can come and weave a cotton rug carpet. We will provide all the materials, but if you wish you can cut rags yourself in the workshop. You can take the finished carpet with you right away.
PAINTED PILLOW
ENE’S 7 THINGS
+372 553 3956, risoene@hot.ee
Price: 19.50 eur
Duration: 1 hour
Languages: Estonian, Finnish, Russian, English
The pillow is designed and painted on silk; the instructor will help you in sewing it together and adding a lining. If you wish, you can fill it with pillow padding.
FELTING JEWELLERY
RAINA’S WOOL PICTURES
+372 50 66 088, raina.subi@mail.ee
Languages: Estonian, Finnish, Russian
Price: child 4 eur, adult 7 eur
Duration: 1 hour
Languages: Estonian, Finnish, Russian
Needle felting bead necklaces, bracelets and key chains.
DOLL WORKSHOP
THE DOLL HOUSE
+372 5560 0434, nukukoda@gmail.com
Price: 5 eur
Duration: 1 hour
Languages: Estonian, Russian, English
A workshop for crafting various dolls. Every participant will make one or two dolls.
TEXTILE PRINTING WORKSHOP
TAGE’S CREATIVE STUDIO
+372 5669 3471, tagetal@gmail.com
Price: 14.5 eur
Duration: 2 hours
Languages: Estonian, English
Introduction to various textile printing techniques (block print, object print, lace print) and printing a practical bag with a unique print pattern with the technique you prefer.
MAKING A LEATHER NOTEBOOK
SIGNE’S LEATHER STUDIO
+372 5349 2615, signetaremaa@hot.ee
Price: 6 eur
Duration: 1 hour
Languages: Estonian, Russian, English
Sewing a paperback notebook with medieval binding style.
SILK PAINTING
KADRI’S TEXTILE STUDIO
+372 55 588 187, kadri.rebane@mail.ee
Price: small (28x28cm) 4 eur; large (35x130cm) 12 eur
Duration: 1-1.5 hours
Languages: Estonian, English, Russian
Scarf, prepared on a frame, will be painted, dried and finished up. Luxurious silk shawl will be ready to be worn right after the workshop.
CARVING A FLOWER/SIGN/FACE FROM A STONE or WEAVING A BASKET FROM NEWSPAPER
REBANE’S WICKERWORK AND STONE ART
+372 51 47 303, hjalmarnelk@hot.ee
Price: 19.5 eur/ hour
Languages: Estonian, Russian, English
You can design and carve a little pocket stone with a personal meaning.
MAKING FANTASY JEWELLERY
ENDLA’S DESIGN
+372 51 67 214, endla3@gmail.com
Price: 7- 20 eur
Duration: 1-2 hours
Languages: Estonian, Russian, English
Making jewellery from various available materials.
FELTING SLIPPERS
TREASURY
+ 372 5665 3033 Stella Laur
Price: 8 eur, price of materials will be added
Duration: 2-3 hours
Languages: Estonian, English
During this workshop you can felt a pair of comfortable and cheery slippers.
MUSIC CHAMBER
+372 5691 2950 +372 506 7162, soo7@hot.ee
Music Chamber is a place where you can spend time while learning to know and play various musical instruments. We welcome everyone with some interest to playing music.
GLASS CHAMBER
+372 50 577 54, leilikokk@gmail.com
GLASSMELTING
Price: 16 eur
Duration: 1-2.5 hours
Languages: Estonian, Finnish, English, Russian
You can melt delicate decorations for windows or candle holders of old window glasses or pieces of coloured bottles. You can pick up your work in two days.
GLASS JEWELLERY IN STAINED-GLASS TECHNIQUE
Price: 2.5 eur
Duration: 15 min
Available also for larger groups of up to 50 people.
Polishing the glass with diamond sander, then melting a tin frame with soldering iron and finally fixing a little ring on the frame for ribbon and a pendant is finished.
ART & CRAFT CENTER
Maarja-Magdaleena Guild
Estonia, Pärnu, 5 Uus St.
Maarja-Magdaleena Guild – excellent Estonian applied art design and handicraft beaming with the warm touches of the artisans.
Here you can:
* buy and custom order the work of Pärnu’s acknowledged artisans and craftsmen
* see for yourself how their creation is made
* participate in workshops alone, with your family or a group of friends
* organise your own parties, seminars or training courses, if you wish you can combine these with our workshops and genuine Estonian food we offer
* enjoy exhibitions, concerts, poetry and dance nights
* acquire professional know-how from our artisans and craftsmen
The craft guild unites Pärnu’s artists and crafters who keep traditional handicraft methods alive and introduce them to everyone. Both children and adults find suitable activities in more than a dozen open studios. Visitors can communicate with the artists, view their work process and buy or order their art and handicraft items. There are many exhibitions, courses and workshops organised regularly. You can find a selection of good Estonian applied art designs and handicraft all made with the warm touch of the artists in the Gallery on the ground floor.
Maarja-Magdaleena Gild / Uus tn 5 / 80010 Pärnu / info@maarjamagdaleenagild.ee / +372 44 719 01 / T-R 11-17 L 11-15