CREATIVE AND CRAFTS

Creative team activities in London

Pottery wheels, life drawing, screen printing and craft tables, run by London partners for private groups. This page sets out what each format asks of a room of colleagues, what people take home, and what to confirm before you pick one.

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WHAT COUNTS

Something to make

A creative team activity is a session where the work is in your colleagues’ hands: clay, paint, ink, flowers, fabric or paper. A tutor teaches a technique, then the room works at its own pace. Nobody performs and nothing is scored, which is why these formats suit a mixed team better than a competition does.

A pottery workshop in progress

WHO IT SUITS

Groups of 3 to 20 who want to talk while they work. A workshop gives quiet people a job, so it holds up for teams where half the room would rather not compete.

IN THIS CATEGORY

  • Pottery, wheel throwing and hand-building
  • Painting, life drawing and sketching
  • Screen printing, lino cutting and textile craft
  • Floristry, wreath making and seasonal craft
  • Candles, soap and balm making
  • Collage, cyanotype and paper craft

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WHAT IS LIVE

Workshops you can book

No pottery or craft workshop is live in the catalogue at the moment. The listings below are what else is live on Cultura Club today, with the same fixed prices and the same request-to-book flow.

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The bath room

Shoreditch · 10–20 people

From £50 total

FORMAT COMPARISON

Pick by what people take home

These are the five craft formats London partners run for teams most often. Each one asks something different of the room, and the differences matter more than the craft itself.

Pottery and ceramics

What it is
Clay on a wheel or built by hand. The tutor demonstrates a technique, then moves between wheels or benches.
What people take home
Not on the day. Pieces need to dry, be fired and sometimes glazed, then collected or posted later.
The practical catch
Clay dust travels, kiln space is finite, and a piece can crack in the firing. Nobody should be promised a finished bowl.
Ask the partner
Whether the price covers firing and glazing, where the pieces are stored, and how long you have to collect them.

Painting and life drawing

What it is
Easels, paper, charcoal or acrylics, with a model, a still life or a view to work from.
What people take home
The painting or drawing itself, once it is dry enough to carry. Ask for a folder or a tube.
The practical catch
Easels need floor space and good light, and the session is usually taken standing up.
Ask the partner
Whether easels, boards and aprons are included, and whether the session can be run seated.

Print, textiles and screen printing

What it is
Screens, presses, lino tools or dye, usually with a tote, a T-shirt or a stack of paper to print onto.
What people take home
A print or a printed item, and often a second one once people have the technique.
The practical catch
Ink and dye do not come out of every fabric, and wet prints need somewhere to lie flat.
Ask the partner
What to wear, whether aprons are provided, how many items each person prints, and how the studio is ventilated.

Floristry and seasonal craft

What it is
Stems, wreaths, candles, soap or balm, worked at long tables while the tutor builds one in front of the room.
What people take home
The arrangement or the product, on the day.
The practical catch
Seasonal stock and prices move through the year, and a thin arrangement is a quiet disappointment.
Ask the partner
How much material each person gets, and what happens to whatever is left at the end.

Collage, cyanotype and paper craft

What it is
Cutting, layering and light-sensitive paper. Low mess, quick results, and easy to run at long tables.
What people take home
A collage or a set of prints, dry and flat by the end of the session.
The practical catch
Cyanotype needs daylight and a rinse, so it depends on the weather in a way that collage does not.
Ask the partner
Whether the session still works indoors if the weather turns, and whether there is a sink for rinsing.

Format differences are editorial. Duration, minimum and maximum group size and price are the partner’s own figures and appear on each listing.

PRACTICALITIES

Duration, capacity and mess

Six things decide whether a workshop runs smoothly, and most of them are not on the listing. That makes them questions for the venue rather than facts to assume.

Duration is the teaching time

The listing carries the partner’s own figure. Ask whether setting up and clearing away sit inside that time or outside it, and whether the room is yours before people arrive. A session that starts the moment the first person walks in feels rushed.

Group size is set by the room

Minimum and maximum guest numbers are real partner figures and they are on the card. A workshop’s ceiling is usually bench space or the number of wheels. Past it you are buying a second tutor, two groups rotating or a bigger studio, so ask which one you are being quoted for.

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What actually goes home

Painting, print, floristry and craft pieces leave with their maker. Pottery does not. Settle firing, glazing, collection and postage before you tell the team they are making a bowl, and name one person who will collect the group’s pieces.

Mess, aprons and what to wear

Clay, ink, dye and glaze mark whatever they touch. Ask whether aprons and gloves are provided, tell people to leave the good jacket at home, and if the session is at your office agree who clears up and what the tables are covered with.

Access, stairs and the journey

Studios are often in railway arches, warehouses and upper floors, so the way in is not always the ground floor. Step-free access is listed only where the partner has confirmed it, so read the listing and ask about lifts, staircases and toilets before you book.

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Pace and who talks to whom

Ask how many people one tutor looks after, and whether the group works on one piece together or each makes their own. The second answer decides whether colleagues talk across the table or stand silently at their own bench.

COST AND BOOKING

What you pay, and when

Fixed prices, a request sent to the venue, and your card charged only when the venue accepts.

HOW A REQUEST RUNS

  1. Pick your date, time slot and pricing tier.
  2. Send a booking request. Your card is authorised but not charged.
  3. The venue responds within 24 hours, or instantly if it is connected to our Bookable integration.
  4. Your card is captured only when the venue accepts.
Price
Fixed price shown before you submit your request. It does not change afterwards.
Platform fee
Cultura Club charges the partner a 10% platform fee, taken from their share. It is not added to your price.
VAT
Cultura Club is not registered for VAT, so no VAT is charged and we cannot issue VAT invoices.
Card
Your card is authorised when you submit a request and captured only when the venue accepts.
If the venue declines
If the venue declines, or the request expires after 24 hours, the hold is released and nothing is charged.

If plans change

  • Full refund of the venue’s share7 or more days before the event
  • 50% of the venue’s share3 to 7 days before the event
  • No refundInside 3 days, or a no-show

Cultura Club’s 10% platform fee is not refundable once the venue has accepted, except when the venue or Cultura Club cancels, then you are refunded in full.

Self-serve bookings are built for 3–20 people. For more than 20 people, for larger groups, send the brief and we will come back with options.

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FAQ

Before you book

The questions planners ask most about creative workshops, answered without the sales pitch.

Do we need any experience to book a creative workshop?
No. A creative workshop is a taught session: the tutor demonstrates the technique, then works the room, and nobody is expected to have done it before. The only thing that helps is being willing to make something imperfect in front of your colleagues.
How long does a creative team workshop take?
The partner sets the length and the listing shows it. Two things are worth checking before you compare: whether the stated time includes setting up and clearing away, and whether you have the room either side of the session, because people arrive in ones and twos.
Does everyone take something home?
From painting, print, floristry, collage and candle making, usually yes, on the day. Pottery is the exception. Anything thrown or built has to dry and be fired, so it is collected or posted later. Ask how long that takes and who is responsible for collecting it.
Can you run a workshop at our office?
Some formats travel. A listing says when a session can come to your office, and craft that needs a sink and wipeable tables moves most easily. Anything needing a kiln, a printing press or ventilation stays in the studio, and the partner will tell you which it is.
What is the largest group you can book?
Self-serve bookings run from 3 to 20 people, and each listing has its own minimum and maximum inside that. A workshop’s maximum is usually bench space or the number of wheels, so a bigger group means a second tutor, a rotation or a second room. Above 20 people, send us the brief and we will come back with options.
Is the studio step-free?
That depends on the studio. A listing carries a step-free access value where the partner has confirmed one, and you can filter for it. If a listing does not carry it the venue may still be step-free, so ask rather than ruling it out.

KEEP PLANNING

Where to go next

The parent hub, the pages that sit beside this one, and the guides worth reading before you commit a date.

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NEXT STEP

Find a workshop for your group

Browse the live workshops with real group sizes and fixed prices, save the two or three that fit, then send a booking request for your date. Your card is authorised but not charged, and the venue responds within 24 hours.

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