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Inky Fingers Workshop is a repurposing project with high environmental and social values. We have an according-to-ability approach to inclusive working.

Our volunteer team share a passion for doing good by example and supporting each other in our endeavours. Tasks involve measuring, cutting, binding and glueing using a variety of machines and tools. Some people have support needs, some just want to hang out and be a part of what is going on. We have a zero-to-waste approach to our high-quality merchandise production - we make notebooks from old ha

rdback books and gift tags from post-consumer office surplus. We are a part of the Magic Carpet family.

12/06/2026

Apologies for the awful photographs!
Another fun time at last week - the special, looking at post-human worlds where flora and fauna can flourish!

Good conversations were had and a couple of people have now got to the point of making more than one collage in a session!

The programme there’s for the rest of the year are now on our website or Eventbrite (and see linktree). You don’t have to book but it gives us an idea of numbers.

04/06/2026

Book Market time!!
We've been super-busy making our trademark recycled notebooks for...months now!
We do two markets a year and the summer is our favourite!
You'll be able to find loads of book-related things to do and be entertained with across the whole Quayside this Sunday - inside the Custom House, the Transit Shed and on the Piazza, where we will be (yellow square, top left on the the map).

We'll have our notebooks (obvs), some ever-popular gift tags, collage packs and our new line of collage books - like notebooks but with 30 thick/sturdy pages - ideal for a month of activity!

We'll also be running another activity - 'make an action and adventure collage postcard' - as it was so popular last year!

Sunday 7th June, 11am - 4pm... see you there!

21/05/2026

Great fun with the session this week - some deeply resonant posters, a sweet zine and an artist with a mission to… lubricate!
These monthly workshops are a great way of bringing your ideas to life, meeting other creative and making something wonky-fresh!

You can register/book in via our Linktree or web site - it’s worth knowing that we keep the group size small so that you get a personalised service, and we can finish before midnight!

All that’s to say- don’t forget that next month we’re running a special one!
It’s a one-off and responding to the needs of our time - Protest Poster Printing!
We’ll be looking at inspirations from famous protest posters and movements, hearing about the legalities of fly posting and making a whole bunch of opinions to decorate the city!

It’s a part of , so it’s going to be a fun one!

19/05/2026

A selection of small ones and big ones, with a peek inside the front covers…
The gang have been hard at it and we’ve got a great selection ready for the next month…
We’ll have the usual notebooks, some gift tags, some book plates, collage packs and a few new ideas to put past you!

See you there!

09/05/2026

All the cats!
It’s fair to say this workshop certainly delivered…

28/04/2026

After a month off for Easter, we're back with a hum-dinger of a theme!

Deck of Cats will see us share out a set of vintage cat calendar cards and spend time creating exotic and wild landscapes for them to frolic in... or maybe just stare balefully out of...

As always, you can take away what you don’t use in the session if it all gets a bit too much (it always does)!

Collage Club is a hands-on, artist-led, craft evening and adult social space. Learn new techniques, styles and approaches in a stimulating, safe and sociable workshop environment, with cups of tea.
We provide scissors, accessible cutting tools, glue & mount board. You will want to bring your own craft knife, scalpel and cutting mat if you wish, for precision work.

Each workshop is themed, with specific materials provided (Inky Fingers has a zero-to-waste agenda and processes 100s of old books each year – capturing loads of amazing pictures and illustrations) and a rolling stock of high quality images to draw from. You’re welcome to bring additional materials to add into the mix.

Tuesday 5th May 6.30 - 9pm
£5-£10 Pay What You Can
Positive Light Projects, Sidwell St.

Check the full programme as it emerges via Linktree in our bio or our website. You can also book in for free via Eventbrite, but we take payment on the night - cash or card.

07/04/2026

There are still places available on this month's workshops.
Wednesday 8th - notebook making - one place in the morning and five in the afternoon.
Tuesday 21st - RISO printing - one place left.
Booking forms for both in Linktree: https://linktr.ee/inkyfingersworkshop

16/03/2026

A gorgeous selection of vintage books has come in over the last month. We’re putting them aside for a workshop in the Easter holidays.
If you’d like to make your own recycled notebook, we’re offering a couple of opportunities to get stuck in! There will be options for fancy or random papers, plain, weird and Edwardian covers, assorted binding wires and more - something for every pocket and proclivity!
More information and how to book on check: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1982962495203?aff=oddtdtcreator and on our website (Special Events)

11/03/2026

truly is the broadest of churches…
Totally ram-packed this month with a host of fresh faces too - welcome!
It kinda doesn’t seem to matter what the proposed theme is, people just leap into the opportunity to get creative!

No Collage Club in April - as it’s Easter break. You can get a fix at on 26/3 7-10pm but be warned - they sell drinks!

03/03/2026

Books glorious books!
We’re back in the swing of things and a few members of the team are stepping up their game!
A big part of the weekly group is ensuring people both work at a level and pace that they are comfortable with AND occasionally switch roles/get a bit stretched.
Joe has been on the binding in the mornings and Rach has been cutting pages in the afternoon. Neither of them would have been happy about this 6 months ago… but they’re both knocking its out of the park and loving it!

You’ll be able to grab some of our from markets during the year, or from a selection at on Cowick St.

Address

Exeter

Website

https://www.inkyfingersworkshop.wordpress.com/

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