Blackhorse Workshop x Blackhorse Creates

Blackhorse Workshop presents a series of creative events that celebrate design, making and the excellence of our creative community. All activities are at Blackhorse Workshop, a social enterprise dedicated to making, with wood and metal workshops, forge and maker studios, unless otherwise stated. For the full programme visit: www.blackhorseworkshop.co.uk/blackhorse_creates Next Gen: Creative Employment Panel Talk Hear from artists, makers and businesses supporting the next generation of local creatives into creative employment. How do we ensure as a community, that the skills and knowledge continue for generations to come? Thu 17 Sept, 4-5pm, Switchboard Studios, E17 5QJ Youth Insight Day Highlighting the route into the creative industries for the next generation of designers, makers and creative entrepreneurs. A day of youth insights for local schools, colleges and alternative provisions, to ensure our creative community continues to support local people into creative employment. With thanks to: Alfred Dunhill Ltd, Buttress & Snatch, Edward John Milton Studio, Gurmeet Sian of Office Sian, Laura Perryman of Colour of Saying, Mick Lapsley of Lapsley Frameworks Ltd, Shumba Maasai of Ancestral Futures, Oscar of Wildside Projects and Blackhorse Workshop Makers. Fri 18 Sept, appointment only Routes into Making Panel Talk Hear from Blackhorse Workshop Makers on their array of journeys into their current creative practice. What dictates a creative pathway? How might you follow a 'non-traditional' route into making? Sat 19 Sept, 12-1pm We Lift Each Other curated by ThisIsByron Exhibition showcasing the range of practices - furniture, joinery, blacksmithing, metalwork, sculpture, painting (to name a few) - that move through Blackhorse Workshop’s open access wood and metal workshops, member studios and community programmes. Sat 19 Sept, 12-5pm Studio Horao's Sound Installation by Marianna Glykofridi Interactive soundscape exploring the sounds and textures of Blackhorse Workshop’s environment. It considers how the workshop sounds over time, and how we may recognise the presence of others through subtle audio cues. Sat 19 Sept, 12-5pm Blackhorse Workshop Open Studios Get a 'behind the scenes' insight into the creative makers and businesses that operate from Blackhorse Workshop Maker Studios. From interiors to furniture, fashion to sculpture, meet the makers and find out what goes on in these creative workspaces. Sat 19 Sept, 12-5pm Blackhorse Responders 2026 Exhibition Since April 2026 a group of young people aged 16-25 years old have been designing, making and curating a month-long exhibition exploring creative activism. You'll see insights into their ever-evolving sculptures and manifestos on the walls of Pulse & Pickle. Sat 19 Sept, 12-5pm Collider by Signal to Noise Interactive sound experience, blending music creation with tactile digital interactions. Experience the interplay between the real and the virtual and explore sound and space in a deeply immersive way. Sat 19 Sept, 1-4pm, Big Penny Social, E17 6AL Fantastical Drawings to Solve Things by Barry Sykes Artist Barry Sykes will lead you through a fast and fun workshop as we use the power of drawing to invent surprising solutions for people’s everyday problems. Sat 19 Sept, 2-4pm, Big Penny Social Lungs of London by Jasleen Kaur, Demi Henderson and Alexis McAttee Historically, green spaces were imagined as the 'lungs of London' creating spaces to breathe that belong in the city. Using concrete poetry, create song lyrics about how the city, the neighbourhood, the park and the pavement make you feel. Sat 19 Sept,1-4pm, Workshop at Big Penny Social Making with Blackhorse Activators Join the alumni group of Blackhorse Responders to take part in an array of creative, activism inspired making activities previously exhibited and run at their Acme Studios Exhibition. Sat 19 Sept, 1-4pm at Big Penny Social