Make your own tealight holders

Deepwell Arts at Hunsdon House is hosting a tealight holder workshop on Friday 30 October, from 6.00 to 8.30pm. It's a simple premise: you spend the evening making your own tealight holder out of white clay, and you leave with something you've actually made yourself.

Working with white clay gives you a clean, bright starting point, and because you're making a tealight holder, the end result is something you can actually use around the house. It's the kind of thing that works just as well as a small gift as it does as a bit of decor for your own shelf, and since it's a workshop, you'll be working through the process from start to finish rather than just picking up a few tips. The session runs for two and a half hours, so there's plenty of time to get your hands dirty and take your time with the shaping without feeling rushed.

If you're thinking of bringing a friend, it's a good one for that — the kind of evening where you can chat while you work. It's also a decent way to spend a Friday night if you're not in the mood for a pub or a cinema and fancy doing something tactile instead. The white clay is the main material, and the tealight holder is the project, so you know exactly what you're signing up for.

The workshop is at Deepwell Arts at Hunsdon House, 12 Osler Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 9BJ, on Friday 30 October from 6.00 to 8.30pm. Tickets are £37.00.