A festival of all things handmade

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HANDMADE 2013 will take place in Wellington on 1 & 2 June 2013.

TICKET BOOKINGS are now open click here to make your class bookings. 

Our Programme is now live – click here to view our amazing line up!

Venues for each class in our programme are now published on this website - they appear in each classes details on the programme pages and in the programme timetable.

All tickets will be emailed to ticket holders on Friday 24 May to print & bring to HANDMADE 2013 to gain entry to classes.

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Learn new skills and celebrate beautiful and creative things.

HANDMADE is a festival celebrating beautiful and creative things. It is the place for people who want to learn the skills and crafts of previous generations but in today's context, using modern technology and style.

HANDMADE is a contemporary, creative and inspiring event full of activities over many categories. We hope that you will join in and explore, or extend, your HANDMADE potential.

The 2013 programme features a huge range of activities across a variety of crafts. Learn from expert and passionate teachers in a workshop environment and come away with a beautiful finished product made with your own hands. Or watch our well-known experts demonstrate their skills in the Masterclasses dotted throughout the programme.

The beauty of HANDMADE is that you can come to one activity, or as many as you like, depending on your budget and available time.

Class venues will be within short walking distance to each other in Wellington's CBD and specific venues for each class will be confirmed in early May.

Please join us at HANDMADE 2013, 1–2 June, Wellington.

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