Art-Meets-Innovation Workshops

How Our Workshops Work

Workshops are designed for 6-8 participants maximum, so everyone gets hands-on guidance. All materials are included; participants take home their creations. Heritage inspires, but creativity leads — your personal style matters.

Sublimation Printing Homeware & Accessories

Turn local heritage into modern, bold products you can use every day.

Why it’s awesome: Learn professional printing techniques while creating functional, shop-quality design pieces

What you’ll do: Design and print mugs, coasters, tote bags, and cushion covers using heritage-inspired graphics — think architecture, maps, boats, and harbour life. Or just get creative!

Kit used: Sublimation printer and oven, flat heat press, iPads for digital design.

Duration & Take-home:

1.5 hrs → Mug or accessory + coaster

3 hrs → Small homeware set

Street-Inspired Tattoo Embroidery on Vintage Clothing

Bring vintage garments to life with bold, tattoo-inspired embroidery.

Why it’s awesome: Wear your creativity and show your story — all while learning real embroidery and design skills.

What you’ll do: Digitise your own designs inspired by Whitehaven’s streets, harbour motifs, and nautical history, then embroider them onto jackets, shirts, or hoodies.

Kit used: Brother SE700 embroidery machines, Artspira templates, embroidery threads and stabilisers.

Duration & Take-home:

1.5 hrs → Single motif

3 hrs → Multiple motifs / layered design

Full Day → Complete statement garment

Clawlab Rug Tufting

Create rugs that tell a story — contemporary design with a hands-on twist.

Why it’s awesome: Rug tufting is bold, contemporary, and totally tactile — perfect for showing off your design chops while producing something functional and stylish.

What you’ll do: Learn tufting techniques to design and make your own small-scale contemporary rug. Take inspiration from Whitehaven’s architecture, harbour life, and industrial history to create a functional piece of art.

Kit used: iPads, Projector, Clawlab tufting guns, yarns, backing materials.

Duration & Take-home:

3 hrs → Mini rug

Full Day → Larger statement rug

Contemporary Stationery & Paper Design

Bold, modern stationery inspired by Whitehaven’s streets and culture.

Why it’s awesome: Mix heritage with modern design, creating pieces you can gift, display, or sell.

What you’ll do: Make cards, prints, and stickers using digital illustration, foil transfer, and Cricut cutting tools.

Kit used: Cricut Explore 4 machines, cutting mats, foil tools, tablets for digital design.

Duration & Take-home:

1.5 hrs → 2–3 cards or multi-media prints

3 hrs → Full stationery set

Full day → Wedding invitations & place names

Inspiring Stories of Community and Business Growth

Discover how to engage with ShopLift CIC, from joining our hubs to collaborating with local makers and businesses.