Victorian Valentine’s Puzzle Purse with Nastasha Boyce

Name: Victorian Valentine’s Puzzle Purse with Nastasha Boyce
Start: 2025-02-15T10:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-02-15T14:00:00+00:00
Location: David Parr House, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, UK

Schedule

Sat Feb 15 2025 at 10:30 am to 02:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

David Parr House, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, UK | Cambridge, EN

Make a linocut Victorian Valentine’s Puzzle Purse with Nastasha Boyce aka Little Enn. A unique alternative to the everyday greetings card create a treasured keepsake for your loved one with a hidden message folded away inside.

In this workshop you will:

Use patterns and motifs inspired by the David Parr House to create Victorian Puzzle Purses.
Carve and hand print your own designs using lino print techniques.
Discover the traditions of Victorian Puzzle Purses.
Fold your artworks into heart-shaped mementoes for your nearest and dearest.
Have an optional walkthrough of David Parr House.
Enjoy refreshments tea coffee and biscuits.

Please wear old clothes as you will be working with textile ink. Aprons will be provided.

All money raised from our workshops goes towards maintaining David Parr House – thank you for supporting us.

More about Natasha:

Nastasha Boyce is a Cambridgeshire-based illustrator and printmaker also trading as Little Enn where she produces artwork greetings cards and products with a focus on bold patterns and bright colour.

Find out more about Natasha here: www.littleenn.com