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In Our Hands is a non-profit project that aims to dismantle the inaccessible nature of building to allow a productive and empowering space for women and gender diverse folks to learn and explore the fundamentals of carpentry, building and DIY.

22/08/2026

POV: you’re 10 mins late to your 1-2-1 and teacher is very displeased…

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Did you know we do private sessions and 1-2-1s? Check out the private workshops on our website to enquire for more! But don’t be late or Fiver won’t be happy…

19/08/2026

The first in our Craft Summer line up was Brush Making by Rae Woods.

First students formed entirely unique handles by hand from a mix of sustainable timber, using a range of knives, hand and power tools. Then Rae showed them multiple stitching techniques with natural fibres - they then spent the rest of the day forming the bristles of their brushes. And a diverse range of brushes they were! Paint brushes, table top sweeps, broomsticks brushes and everything in between!

Low income and bursary places meant people could attend regardless of income, something we’re really proud of offering and succeeding on. Our non profit mission is mainly in empowering people with everyday tools and diy carpentry skills but every now and then magical wood craft has its place, for restful creativity and the soul!

Thanks Rae Woods for teaching the course!

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28/07/2026

Some receipt printer camera pics from one of our gorgeous ‘Community Building Days’ in the spring. Community Building Days are an In Our Hands collaborative creation, a beautiful combo of building community and building things! We think they’re pretty special and over the years have grown skills, beautiful structures, friendships, q***r support networks, organic vegetables, wildflowers, and pretty banging memories. We’ve ran these for almost 4 years, can’t believe it. People who arrived with no carpentry skills can now wield many power tools and have been part of building cabins, furniture and little ‘woody goodies’ - tasks we provide for those needing solo projects and a gentle pace.

I think one day we should put on an exhibition of all the incredible pics and pieces we’ve gathered and made during these unique days.. dontcha think?

Thank you to Enjoolata Foundation for supporting our community building days and enabling us to continue this special community practice.

Also thanks to Eva Louisa Jonas + Kairo Urovi for introducing us to receipt print cameras, bladdy obsessed.

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19/07/2026

Natural wood dyes and stains - August 15th 😍 most explorative workshop of our craft summer!

We have one free bursary place and two low income tickets to offer for this incredibly exciting workshop taught by Mishka Lesayova ().

This workshop invites participants to explore wood as a surface for natural colour, investigating how plant-derived dyes and handmade lake pigments can transform pale timber into rich, vibrant colour studies. Working with species such as birch, maple, pine and poplar, we will experiment with natural dye extracts and pigment-based stains, discovering how colour interacts with grain, texture and absorbency.

Through a combination of practical making and material inquiry, participants will learn how natural dyes can be extracted and applied to wood, before exploring the process of creating lake pigments which are highly concentrated colourants made by converting liquid dyes into organic pigments. Using wet lake pigments as stains and washes, we will investigate methods for achieving more saturated and expressive colour while developing an understanding of traditional and contemporary approaches to natural colour-making.

About Mishka:
Mishka is a founder of livingwell, artist and creative health practitioner based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Over the years she has worked extensively with communities, within creative health context and as an independent artist. Mishka works with natural colour and is driven by an exploration of kinship with more-than-human world. Mishka interrogates the idea of collaboration with ecosystems rather than extraction from them, she is curious about how materials carry their own agencies and temporalities, and how working slowly reshapes our understanding of sustainability as an embodied practice of care.

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Mishka’s website: www.mishkalesayova.com

17/06/2026

Join professional heritage carver Cassidie Alder Carving for an intro into one of the oldest recorded human art forms, wood carving! 🪵

Wood carving is one of the oldest human art forms, dating to prehistoric times and has been practised for many thousands of years. This course will introduce you to some of the principles of the craft by learning to cut letters and making your own small plaque!

Whether you’re up for taking your house/room sign to a new level, creating a signature for your makes, or just indulging in some good old fashioned craftsmanship, this course will equip you with the know-how to create classically carved letters in wood.

Using traditional techniques, and armed with only a mallet and chisels, you will learn how to approach cutting simple letters and create the incredible play of light and shadow that makes hand carved letters so beautiful.

Link in bio! or find on our website on any of the workshop pages at the bottom via the booking form.

Our craft summer is a unique one-off where regular and new tutors bring a fresh workshop to display to amazing diversity in woodcraft. We are self funding this, so please pick the higher income ticket if you can!

02/06/2026

An afternoon of spatula carving for the trans+ community 🏳️‍⚧️❤️ gentle day, gentle convos.

As always, run by the talented 🌳

12/05/2026

Obsessed with the grins from our LGBTQ+ DIY class when the shelves go up! This course breaks down the mysticism and fear around electric drills and teaches step-by-step guides of putting up shelves (or anything on the wall) at home. We’ve had amazing feedback of people springboarding from this course onto gaining so much more confidence of DIY at home and taking on tasks and fixes they never thought possible! We have another of these workshops available in the 5th of July, and our next lgbtq+ only version will be coming later in the summer/autumn.

These courses are made radically financially accessible thanks to our grant fund from

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08/05/2026

Dogs in pyjamas, cackles and uplifted grins, homemade furniture you’ve made all from scratch?! That’s what we do! Extra Building Basics course added for June 12th!

Do you want to learn the basics of carpentry and everyday DIY tools, in an inclusive and pay-what-you-can space? We gotcha! Due to such high subscription we’re adding an extra ‘Building Basics’ in for June 12 for new people who haven’t been able to book on yet. Spend the day with Georjie (), gain confidence on the tools and knowledge on how to do basic carpentry at home.

Book on website or by link in BIO! Free bursary places available 🥰

Big thanks as always to who help us run these sessions and empower so many women and gender diverse folks on the tools!

06/05/2026

Our third release of our Craft Summer ‘26, a workshop for adults and young people! Join Georjie (she/they) to learn how to make a bug hotel!

Would you like to spend the day with a young person in your life (8-15yr old), learning empowering and creative woodworking skills together? This course will guide you both through the process of creating your own bug hotel. You will learn to use hand saws and drills, while also having the opportunity to contribute your creative ideas to the project. The session is designed to be gentle-paced with supportive facilitation, and offers the unique opportunity to set gender diverse role models around tool useage, an important messaging to your young pal!

A bug hotel is a carefully constructed structure made from natural materials such as wood, bamboo, pinecones, and stones. These habitats offer safe spaces for beneficial insects, including solitary bees, butterflies, ladybirds, and other pollinators, to nest, rest, or hibernate. Incorporating a bug hotel into your garden can help support biodiversity and contribute to a healthier outdoor ecosystem.

Link in bio or book via website!
Our non-profit craft summer school is offering our community the opportunity to learn new skills with our team of returning and new highly skilled tutors.

23/04/2026

Join our joinery tutor Rae to learn the age-old skill of brushmaking!

Brushmaking in the UK dates back to medieval times when artisans created brushes using natural materials like animal hair and wooden handles. These early brushes were primarily used for domestic chores, painting, and personal grooming. Today, handmade brushes are sought after by professionals in fields like fine art, woodworking, and traditional shaving. There is also growing interest in sustainable, plastic-free alternatives, leading to a renewed appreciation for handmade brushes. (excerpt from Heritage Crafts)

After learning about different uk timber species, together we will work through different shaping techniques, using jigsaws, straight and curved knives, rasps and spokeshaves. Then we will learn different methods for adding bristles - stitched and glued, before trimming your bristles of your finished brush! Set in our peaceful and inspiring workshop space, this course will prioritise creativity, no two brushes will be alike.

Sliding scale ticket prices £55-95. Low income tickets are for those financially struggling and low-income/unemployed.

Link in bio!

Address

Buncton Farm
Steyning
BN443DD

Website

http://www.inourhandsproject.org/

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