Studio Visits & Artist-Led Workshops‍ ‍

We collaborate with artists and creatives to offer insights into their studio and process, and provide hands-on workshops. Find new inspiration by going somewhere you've never been, immerse 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 Visits & Sessions

Wax to Silver Ring

Category: Jewelry

Visit jewellery artist Anna Ruiz Planella in her light-filled studio in the heart of Gracia, and learn how to craft your own silver ring in a 2.5h workshop. You’ll learn the ancient technique of lost wax casting, carving, shaping, driping, and building your design by hand. After the workshop, your model is cast in a metal of your choice and will be delivered to you within 2-3 weeks.

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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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Botanical Dye Experience — Spring Flowers

Category: Natural Dyeing

In a 4h workshop, we’ll spend time in Carlota Simó’s garden studio in Valldoreix, just outside Barcelona, working with seasonal plants like margarita, ginesta, and eucalyptus. You’ll learn more about seasonal plants for natural dyeing, prepare baths, and different dyeing techniques.

It’s a hands-on session, grounded in the season, and shaped by what’s growing right outside the studio. You’ll leave with naturally dyed pieces—and a different way of looking at color, plants, and time.

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

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, 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 can also bring up to three personal items from home to dye.

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

Barcelona, Spain

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Villa Limonera Studio Visit + Build-a-Toy Workshop

Category: Studio Visit + Session

Visit the house and workshop of product designer, videographer, and dyi home renovators Flo & Isa from Artelier Scrap, where you’ll be guided around their creative house, walk through their garden, and get a hands-on workshop in their studio, to building your own toy using recycled, everyday materials.

Part home tour, part creative workshop, this half-day experience invites you into their world: after hearing their story of moving outside of the city, what inspires them and how they build their lives, you’ll join them at their favorite craft activity in their house: building a toy.

With Isa and Flo

An artist couple based on the Costa Daurada, near Barcelona, created ATELIER SCRAP.

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English

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Costa Daurada, near Barcelona, Spain

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Furniture Restoration

Category: Wood Working

Restore your own furniture. Visit Audrey in her wood workshop and, 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

Get your creative spark back! 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.

Get Inspired!