Discover Workshops in Amsterdam
Choose from 21 available workshops, and many more to come!
Ceramic Painting Workshop
Come paint ceramics! Whether you're coming with friends, your mom, your date, or flying solo, this is the perfect way to unwind and create something beautiful. No experience needed! During this creative glazing session, you'll learn to paint ceramics and create your own unique design. **How it works:** 1. Pick your pottery - Choose a mug, plate, bowl, candle holder, vase... whatever makes you happy! 2. Glazing time - Pick your colors and let your creativity flow! 3. Into the kiln - Your creation gets fired at 1050°C to make it food-safe and ready to use! 4. Pick-up & enjoy - After about 4 weeks, your piece is ready for collection. ADDITIONAL PAYMENT AT THE STUDIO The workshop ticket covers your session, but you'll choose and pay for your pottery item on-site (€15-€35 depending on the item you select). This allows you to pick exactly what you want to create!
Crochet Bag Workshop
In Viavera's workshop you'll learn to crochet your very own bag in just three hours, no experience needed! During this workshop, you’ll choose your own yarn, learn the basic crochet techniques, and create a bag that perfectly matches your style. At the end of the workshop, you’ll take home your very own handmade bag.
Introduction to hand building
Get introduced to the world of pottery and clay through handbuilding. Perfect for beginners! This hands-on workshop will guide you through the techniques of shaping clay by hand. Create your own bowl, plate, pot, mug, spoon rest, or whatever has been sitting in your Pinterest saves. This workshop is your chance to finally bring it to life. Professional guidance, clay, paint and glaze is included in the price. Your piece will be fired and glazed and ready to be picked up in 3-4 weeks in our studio.
Rooftop Painting Experience: Magnolia Flower
Join us for a relaxing and creative afternoon at Blue Amsterdam! Immerse yourself in the breathtaking view of the city from our rooftop while painting a beautiful “Magnolia” scene on acrylic canvas. Let your creativity flow as you sip on refreshing drinks and enjoy the company of fellow art enthusiasts. No experience is necessary - our art instructor will guide you every step of the way. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to unwind and unleash your inner artist!
Crochet Hat workshop
In Viavera's workshop you'll learn to crochet your very own hat in just three hours, no experience needed! During this workshop, you’ll choose your own yarn, learn the basic crochet techniques, and create a hat that perfectly matches your style. You’ll also learn how to read a crochet pattern, so you can confidently make as many hats as you like on your own after the workshop.
Ceramic Day Course
This beginner-friendly day course welcomes everyone who is curious about working with clay. Using fundamental hand-building techniques like coiling and pinching, you'll shape your own ceramic piece from scratch, guided by one-on-one instruction throughout the session. Once your piece is formed, you can colour it the same day using *engobes*. Engobe is a liquid clay slip mixed with natural pigments that are applied to the surface before firing to add texture and earthy colour. It's one of the oldest decorating techniques in ceramics, and a beautiful way to give your piece its own character. After the workshop, your piece will be fired twice in the kiln and is ready to take home approximately 2–3 weeks later.
Make your own Kokedama
Discover the art of Kokedama in this workshop led by Fabrizia from Youplant Amsterdam. Kokedama is a Japanese plant technique where a plant’s roots are wrapped in a ball of soil, covered with moss, and secured with string, creating a natural alternative to using a traditional plant pot. The moss ball can be placed on a tray or suspended to create a floating garden effect. It's a simple, space-saving, and visually unique way to display plants indoors. In this workshop, you’ll learn the step-by-step process of making a kokedama, from preparing the soil mixture to wrapping and caring for your plant. No prior experience needed! Just curiosity and a willingness to get your hands a little dirty! Fabrizia will also provide care tips to keep your kokedama thriving. And of course you get to take home your handmade piece. Feel free to enjoy the terrace and indoor cafe before or after your workshop. We will be serving food and drinks as always!
Still life painting
Take part in an acrylic painting session, painting a still life of a number of ingredients. A professional will walk around to offer tips and guidance. You’ll explore composition, light, and color at your own pace. No experience required.
Stretch & Spaghetti: A Fresh Pasta Workshop
Join us for a cozy workshop where you'll learn the art of making fresh pasta from scratch, just like an Italian nonna. From flour and eggs to silky dough and hand-cut noodles, you’ll be guided step-by-step through the process of crafting your own pasta. By the end of the evening, you will be sent home with the fruits of your labor (aka a batch of fresh pasta to enjoy for a late dinner… or dry for another time, as well as one of my favorite pasta sauce recipes!) This workshop includes a full guidance through the process, a portion of pasta dough to take home, and a recipe for both pasta and sauce to recreate the magic. Let’s knead, roll, and cut our way through the night with doughy fingers. This workshop will be guided by Siena Avalon Ciancia.
Paint & Sip: Flow & Fun in Acrylics
Come and paint freely! No experience needed – this is a relaxed and welcoming space to play with colour, sip a drink, and explore your creativity. You’ll be guided throughout the session, but you’re free to follow your own rhythm. Everyone will create their own unique painting. We’ll offer inspiration and ideas to get you started, but you’re also very welcome to bring your own references or creative concepts if you’d like. We’ll be painting with acrylics – all materials are included. Just bring yourself (and maybe a friend!), and enjoy an evening of expression, laughter, and art.
Model painting workshop
Get creative as you explore the art of painting the human form. Punn will guide you through simple techniques and the basics of working with acrylics, from quick, expressive sketches to a final piece you’ll be proud of. Expect color, movement, and a good dose of creative freedom. No experience needed, just curiosity
Creative Writing
Get out of your head and onto paper. In this evening workshop by Tessa Sneller, you discover the power of creative writing, entirely in your own way, without rules or expectations. Through playful writing exercises and warm guidance, you move from a blank page to your own unique text or poem. Tessa doesn't teach you how it should be done. You learn by experiencing what it does to you. Hosted in a beautiful greenhouse in Amsterdam, Open met Dicht creates the perfect setting to slow down, pick up a pen, and surprise yourself. And as always: No writing experience needed.
Two-Part Ceramic Workshop: Make & Glaze Your Own Breakfast Set
Curious about working with clay? In this ceramics workshop at Comes Good, you’ll create your own handmade breakfast set from start to finish. The workshop takes place over two sessions: one for shaping your pieces in clay and one for glazing them. Using 1 kg of clay, you’ll design and make your own unique breakfast set. Depending on the size of your pieces, you can create around 2–3 items — for example a plate for toast, a bowl for yoghurt or oatmeal, or a handmade coffee cup. During the first session, I’ll guide you through a few hand-building techniques and we’ll practice together before you start creating your own pieces. While you work, you can enjoy a cup of coffee or tea. After this session, your ceramics will be dried and fired in the kiln. In the second session, you’ll glaze your pieces and choose from different colours to give them a personal finish. After the final firing, your breakfast set will be ready to pick up about four weeks later - perfect for enjoying your morning routine with something you made yourself. **Included:** – 1 kg clay – glazes and use of tools – kiln firings – coffee or tea with something sweet
Introduction to hand building
Get introduced to the world of pottery and clay through handbuilding. Perfect for beginners! This hands-on workshop will guide you through the techniques of shaping clay by hand. Create your own bowl, plate, pot, mug, spoon rest, or whatever has been sitting in your Pinterest saves. This workshop is your chance to finally bring it to life. Professional guidance, clay, paint and glaze is included in the price. Your piece will be fired and glazed and ready to be picked up in 3-4 weeks in our studio.
Saturday Rooftop Painting: Mindfulness Abstract
Join us for a relaxing and creative afternoon at Zoku Amsterdam! Immerse yourself in the breathtaking view of the city from our rooftop while painting a beautiful Mindfulness session and Abstract Mix media scene on acrylic canvas. Let your creativity flow as you sip on refreshing drinks and enjoy the company of fellow art enthusiasts. No experience is necessary - our art instructor will guide you every step of the way. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to unwind and unleash your inner artist! All materials are provided, 30x40cm canvas, paint, brushes… so you can simply show up and enjoy the experience.
Model Painting
In this workshop you'll be taken into the world of figure drawing and painting. Teacher and visual artist Lara Bult studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, where figure drawing and painting was an integral part of the curriculum. She will lead this workshop drawing on the knowledge and experience she gained there. A nude model will be present for this workshop. Different poses will be sketched step by step, after which you can work out a longer pose in more detail. During the sketching phase you'll work with charcoal, and afterwards you can optionally move on to oil paint. No experience is necessary, this workshop is accessible to all levels.
SPECIAL: Candlelight Hand-Building Class
Join our two-part candlelight ceramics hand-building class in Amsterdam and create something unique with your own hands. During this workshop, we will guide you step by step through the ceramics process in a calm and cosy atmosphere. In the first class, you will work on the basic hand-building techniques used when working with clay to create your own mug, bowl, or other piece. You will have two hours for this. After this class, your piece will stay with us to dry and will then be fired at 950 degrees. In the second class, you will learn how to glaze your work. You can choose from a selection of different coloured or transparent glazes to fully complete your item. After this class, your piece will remain in the studio so we can fire it a second time in our kiln. After approximately one week, you can pick up your work at our studio during opening hours. Additional pick-up times or shipping of your work can be arranged in consultation. Included: 4 hours of instruction Use of all materials + 600 grams of white or white-speckled clay A wide selection of glazes 2 kiln firings One or two handmade items to take home Unlimited tea, coffee, and sweet snacks
Jewellery Making Workshop
Wire wrapping is a jewellery making technique where a metal wire is shaped and wrapped around an object to turn it into a pendant. The wrapped item can then be used to create a necklace, a pair of earrings, or a keychain charm. Join us for a fun jewellery workshop open for all levels! In this beginner-friendly workshop led by Noam Shamy, we will learn basic wire-wrapping techniques and how to use simple tools such as pliers and wire cutters. We’ll explore how to wrap and secure an object and how to bind the finished pendant into a wearable piece. After the workshop, you’ll take home your own handmade jewelry. We will have a variety of materials and objects to choose from, but you are welcome to bring an object you'd like to turn into jewelry, for example, seashells or rocks from your beach vacation, your birthstone, small electronics, or little figurines. It’s a nice opportunity to transform something with sentimental value into a wearable piece. All materials are provided.
Intuitive painting
In this workshop you'll be taken into the world of figure drawing and painting. Teacher and visual artist Lara Bult studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, where figure drawing and painting was an integral part of the curriculum. She will lead this workshop drawing on the knowledge and experience she gained there. A nude model will be present for this workshop. Different poses will be sketched step by step, after which you can work out a longer pose in more detail. During the sketching phase you'll work with charcoal, and afterwards you can optionally move on to oil paint. No experience is necessary, this workshop is accessible to all levels.
Fabric Printing Workshop
Using simple, everyday materials like potatoes, lemons and fabric paint, we will explore the art of fruit and vegetable stamping on fabric. You will carve your own stamps and experiment with patterns, repetition, and colour. This technique is low-pressure and intuitive, making it perfect for beginners while still offering plenty of room for creativity. Anna will guide you through the process step by step, from carving your stamps to layering prints, sharing tips along the way and encouraging experimentation. All materials are provided. You’ll leave with your own hand-printed fabric piece.
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Digital Detox: Offline with Clay
Step away from your screen and create something with your hands. In this 2.5-hour ceramics workshop, you'll learn the core hand-building techniques to shape your own mug, bowl, or sculptural piece from clay. No experience needed! The Clay Centre guides you through the process step by step, in a calm and welcoming studio atmosphere. Conversation cards are on the table to spark connection with fellow makers (entirely optional), and there's always tea, coffee, and something sweet on hand. After the session, your piece stays at the studio to dry, gets fired twice, and is finished with a transparent glaze. You can collect your creation about 3 weeks later. **What's included:** 2.5 hours of guided instruction, all materials and clay, two kiln firings, one or two finished pieces to take home, and unlimited tea, coffee, and snacks. **What to wear:** Put on something warm that can get a bit dirty, the studio can be a little chilly.