Workshop inspired by the Georgian era to make a puzzle purse love letter, with afternoon refreshments.
Fabrication Crafts York is hosting a Georgian Love Letter Workshop on Sunday 9 August, a session that takes the Georgian era as its starting point. The whole thing is built around the puzzle purse — those intricately folded letters that were a real thing back then, where the paper is tucked and creased into a specific shape so it can only be opened by someone who knows the trick. It's a bit of a lost art, and that's exactly what you'll be getting stuck into: learning how to fold your own, write a letter inside it, and leave it as a puzzle for whoever receives it.
If you've never come across a puzzle purse before, it's worth a quick look. They were a way of sending a message that stayed folded and secret until the right person unfolded it, and the workshop is about recreating that process from scratch. You'll be working through the folding and the writing, so you'll leave with a finished piece that's as much about the way it's put together as what's written inside. It's a slow, tactile kind of thing, the sort of afternoon where you spend a few hours focused on one object rather than rushing through a list.
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There's a social side to it too, with afternoon refreshments provided, so you can take a break and chat with the other people in the room. It's a good way to spend a Sunday afternoon in York — a bit of quiet, a bit of making, and something to take home that you've actually put your hands to. The workshop runs on 9 August at Fabrication Crafts York.
