Enter into the Christmas spirit and create your own festive Macrame Gonk – every home needs one! This 3-hour workshop is open to all ages and abilities as you learn how to use knotting and fraying techniques to create your Gonk. Tutor Jo will demonstrate how to cut and knot the macrame cord and how to build up the layers on the cardboard frame. Select your own colour scheme and Jo will help you as you bring your Gonk to life. You’ll also learn how to fray the cord and how to attach wooden beads and other festive embellishments. Tutor Jo Shearer is an artist and art educator living and working in Leicestershire. Jo studied BA (Hons) Visual Arts and English Literature and a PGCE in secondary art. She taught in schools and colleges in Hertfordshire and Leicestershire for over 10 years. After leaving mainstream education she continued her love of teaching through tutoring and went on to develop workshops like this one. She enjoys the freedom to work in a variety of media and believes that art is for everyone. All materials are provided.