Artist Studio Sessions — Out of Office

Studio Visits & Artist-Led Workshops‍ ‍

We collaborate with artists to offer hands-on, one to multi-day workshops and experiences. Find new inspiration by immersing yourself in a living artist’s practice and local culture, hear their story, learn new skills, and see the world with fresh eyes.

Upcoming Studio Sessions

Wax to Silver Ring

Category: Jewelry

Create your own silver ring in a 2.5h workshop in a calm, light-filled studio in the heart of Gracia, guided by jewellery artist Anna Ruiz Planella. You’ll explore the ancient technique of lost wax casting using wax to carve, shape, drip, and build your design by hand. After the workshop, your model is cast in a metal of your choice.

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Anna Ruiz Planella

A Barcelona-based jeweler and the founder of Aguamarga. Her pieces are conceived as small, wearable sculptures, created through traditional silversmithing techniques.

English, Spanish

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Barcelona, Spain

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Indigo Dye Experience

Category: Natural Dyeing

This 4-hour indigo dyeing workshop invites you into Carlota Simó’s garden studio in Valldoreix, near Sant Cugat, for an experience of slow craft and shared making. Together, we’ll prepare the indigo bath, learn about the history of the indigo plant, and experiment with simple techniques to transform fabric into deep shades of blue. Using simple, natural tools, you’ll work on a cotton bandana (included) and may also bring up to three personal pieces from home to dye. As the group settles into the rhythm of dipping, oxidizing, and observing color emerge, the process becomes an invitation to slow down, pay attention, and create together.

Carlota Simó

Artist and maker Carlota Simó works with plant-based dyes, textiles, and natural materials. Trained in Fine Arts in London, she now lives in rural Catalonia, where she combines her artistic practice with gardening, creating naturally dyed quilts and leading workshops that explore craft, plants, and the collective act of making.

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English, Spanish

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Barcelona, Spain

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Furniture Restoration

Category: Wood Working

Restore your own furniture. Guided step by step, you’ll explore simple restoration and finishing techniques while transforming an object into a piece that reflects your style. Choose from a selection of stains, varnishes, and fabrics to colour, finish, and upholster your stool, learning how different materials and finishes can shape the final look and feel.

With Audrey Pogu

A French maker based in Barcelona and the founder of Siempre, a furniture restoration studio dedicated to giving second-hand pieces a new life.

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English

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Barcelona, Spain

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Botanical Dye — Creative Residency

Category: Natural Dyeing

As part of our upcoming Creative Residency in Italy, Sept 19-23, we’re partnering up with Giulia for a 2-day botanical dyeing experience. A hands-on introduction to natural dyes, color, and slow making. We’ll begin with an overview of the natural dyeing process, then move into dyeing—immersing fibres into prepared dye baths, tending the pots, and observing color develop over time. We’ll explore different dyeing techniques, with space for experimentation and will leave with a selection of beautifully naturally dyed pieces.

Giulia Ferraris

Textile designer and Founder of A. Vetra, where she shapes meaningful textile pieces with a vivid tactile identity, celebrating the profound connection between craft and land.

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English, Italian

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Le Cerque, Italy (Out of Office Creative Residency)

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Natural Drawing
Glass Fusing
Floral Design
Candle Making
Ceramics and more!

More crafts to come

In a culture optimized for speed, productivity, and sameness, these workshops offer a counterpoint: time to be with materials, nature, and process, and to reconnect with forms of creativity that feel grounding and alive.

Anna Ruiz Planella
Marina Esmeralda
Elisabeth Crafticus
Francesca Zanguio
A. Vetra
Dana Molly

Interested in hosting
a studio session?

Share your craft and diversify your portfolio by teaching what you love.

Inspired by artist residencies and creative studio visits in Tuscany, Oaxaca, Mexico City, and La Gomera, countless museum visits, the creative energy of Barcelona and all the small pockets the world has to offer. Find your next adventure for a life out-of-office and scroll through our curated selection of places to find new inspiration below.