Greencrafts Village
make, connect, inspire
A legendary field at Glastonbury, Greencrafts – the first ever crafts area at a festival, is an amazing place to experience. This year once again bringing an incredible lineup of fantastic creative opportunities.
If you’re interested in sustainability, hands-on making, the natural world and skill-share; this is the field for you!
Open every day from Wednesday at 10am (when many parts of the Festival are still not quite open) the Greencrafts field has over 60 venues, each run by independent makers, artists and craftspeople, who all use natural materials and only hand or solar power. Sustainability, skill-share, holistic well-being, and heritage craft traditions are at the forefront.
There’s hundreds of daily workshops on offer, all geared up for channelling your creative side and the making of beautiful sustainable items to take home (below is a full listing – from making silver rings to bars of soap, to wooden spoons, baskets and drums.) The independent makers are all small outfits and bring with them an assortment of canvas shelters, wooden wagons, yurts, tipis, and geo-domes for you to work in.
- From 10am to 11am daily, it’s the field’s Happy Hour, when all activities are free.
- All groups do a £5 making workshop, as an entry-level making of something small fairly quickly (from half an hour on). And this scales up to more expansive workshops where you can take longer and make something significant.
- You can always ask to ‘have a go for free’.
- No experience is needed.
- You can drop-by anyday, or book direct with craftspeople from the Wednesday morning onward.
Making with natural materials and hand tools is profoundly positively affecting for all humans. And this experience is matched with the elemental forces of fire, earth, air and water, which changed by the alchemy of human hand, becomes transformative. Greencrafts lead internationally in bringing this experience to festival goers; and has trail-blazed countless inspirations.
The field is one below the stone circle (with stunning views across the event). There’s loads of beautiful sculptures, gardens and hand-made seats plus shady and canvas awning spots where you can relax, take a rest and ground yourself from the headiness of the festival. As well as rediscovering your creativity, you can learn ways to live lighter on the land, and to create and special keep-sake you’ll treasure for years.
Full workshop listing
Woodwork
Spúnóg – Free whittling mushroom sticks & have a go on the shave horse; butter knife carving £5; spoon carving £10+
Amerton Art Studio – Free make a pine butter knife or help carve a marquee support post; make a pine wand £5; carve a chopping board, cheese board, spoon, spatula, or wooden stool £5-25
Rustic Carpentry – Free ash pole peeling workshop; ash wooden tent peg making £5; hazel walking staff making £15
Tŷ Pren – Help carve a roundwood timber frame that will be constructed at the festival, demonstrating this sustainable building alternative! Workshop, free
Spinney Hollow – Free hedgerow headdress, sword or woodturning project or have a go on the shave horse or pole lathe; turn a bead on the pole lathe £5; make a wooden wand, sword, staff, pipe or bespoke project £5-25
Forest Cool Crafts – Free make an Elderwood bead piece of jewellery or make small hazelwood cookies as pendants, games toys; whittle a hazel stick £5; make a 3 leg wooden hazel muster stool £40
Mark Flannery Wood Carver – Free learn woodcarving skills; carve a wooden totem or leaf shaped bowel, £5-15 (free during happy hour)
The Brand Stand – Learn the craft of pyrography and brand your own design into wood £5-30 (free during happy hour)
Funky Furniture and Woodcraft – Free try out the shave-horse; make a gypsy flower or magic wand (free in happy hour, £5 thereafter); make a walking staff or mushroom £5-15
Green Woodwork Ireland – Free try your hand at woodturning on the pole lathe or shaping wood on the shave horse; make a magic wand or doorstop £5; make garden dibber, potato masher, toy sword, rolling pin, walking sticks, staffs, spatulas, tent pegs £5-30
Complete Wasters – Free wildlife house workshop or led workshop contributing to giant bug hotel creation; make twig pencil £4; cutlery hooks workshop £8+
Wood Doodles – Free learn how to use an axe workshop
Metalwork
Cobalt Blacksmiths – Free create a pendant, key fob or leaf with hot metal at the blacksmiths forge (free in happy hour and £5 thereafter); spend 45mins-1 hour creating a more advanced pendant, bracelet or keyring £30
Garry Johnson Artist Blacksmith – Free heat and shape red hot metal workshop at the blacksmiths forge; make a candle holder, fire poker, leaf keyring or bespoke piece £30-60
Circus Kinetica – Free embossing recycled copper; make a tin wind sculpture £30 (1-2hrs), create a feather windmill £40 (2hrs); heart & arrow, fish or double propeller sculpture £50
9Ironscraft – Free hot metal bending at the forge or stamping workshop; copper stamping £5; forge a piece of celtic iron jewellery £10+
Masquetherage and The Tinker Station – Free make a copper, brass or steel heart pendant or learn to make a traditional copper rivet; make a copper/brass tealight holder £5; specialist cold form metalwork workshop £15+
Six Dots Design – Free press a logo into metal or make a keyring; press an aluminium trinket tray £5+
Jewellery Making & Silversmithing
Ground Zero Recycling – Free copper stamping; stamp your own dogtag with leather cord £5; badge & pendant making £10; ring making £20
Embellished Metals – Free learn copper engraving techniques; make copper keyring £5; silver & cooper bangle and pendant making £5-25
The Lost Treasure Silver Workshop – Free copper keyring or dog tag stamping or contribute to brass festival story plaque; silver ingot charm workshop £35, silver charm bangle workshop £70, silver ring workshop £60, silver spinner ring workshop £80
The Jewellery Workshop – Free aluminium dogtag workshop or learn stamping techniques on copper; make an aluminium leaf pendant on cord £5; recycled silver ring making £35-70; recycled silver pendant workshop £25-30
Claire Mooney Silver – Free copper keyring workshop or learn copper chasing and repousse techniques; make a copper keyring £5; sterling silver spork £60; or pendant workshop £30
Pottery
Muddy Fingers Pottery – Free learn raku skills to contribute to joint bunting piece; make a glazed and fired tealight holder or small tray £5; create a raku glazed pot £12-25. Using worthy farm milk for raku glaze and all fired onsite to take home!
Mud Mugs & Bells – Free make a porcelain peace dove; make a sgrafitto clay heart £5, porcelain bell or mug making £18/25
Printmaking & Signwriting
DLJ Printmaking – Free block-printing workshop or have a go at carving print-blocks; make a mini print £5; Carve and print a pyramid stage print £15-25; create an A6 block and print £30
The Old Stores Studio CIC – Free hand paint a relief print; stencil making £3; botanical mono-printing on recycled paper A4/A3 workshop £5/10; screen-print a tote bag or kid’s clothing £15; screen-printing adult t-shirt workshop £20
Press Press Press – Free beer mat or mini A6 print making workshop; A5 print workshop using hand carved blocks and a vintage Adana printing press £5
Dartmoor Sign House – Free brush script lettering calligraphy workshop or have a go at reverse gilding, mini calligraphy and dried flower frame £5-20
Weaving and Textiles
Hapitat – Free make a tissue paper corsage or fabric flower badge; make a hair clip £5; create a fabric flower headpiece £15
Stab the Fluff – Free make a mini wool felt ball; make a cookie cutter badge £5; make a felt sculpture, broach or headpiece £20
Fifty Shades of Yellow – Free needle felt a smiley face, CND sign or love heart or have a go at wool winding, knitting; free plant dyeing demonstrations; make felted travel soap £5 or toadstool £10
Glen Mooar Cottage Crafts – traditional bracelet or woven hanging making, loom weaving with organic cotton, free of charge
Camp Bunting – Free bunting or button jewellery making; longer bunting workshop £10
Loom Room – Free workshop to learn tapestry weaving skills on upright frame looms; mini patchwork flag making £5; handmade flag workshop £35; 11am & 3pm daily free storytelling performance, fusing craftsmanship and expression through creative live performance.
MacrAmys Macrame – Free macrame keyring or community wall hanging contribution workshop; macrame people keyrings £5; macrame plant hanger, water bottle carrier, belt or wall hanging workshop £25
SP Creative Crafts – Free wind charm, sample piece pr upright community pillow bobbin lace workshop; bobblin lace bracelet workshop £5
Leatherwork
Shamanic Drums – Free make an ash drum beater stick or learn techniques of shamanic drumming; make a shamanic deer hide drum and beater £120 full day workshop
The Leather Lounge – Free make a personalised leather keyring or contribute to a group piece of leatherwork; make a leather coaster, keyring or wristband £5-15
Archery & Survival Skills
Golden Lotus Archery – Free arrow fletching workshop; traditional bow making workshop £35
Wildwood Bushcraft – Free whittle a wooden spatula or feather stick or knotwork workshop learning how to tie useful knots; cordage bracelet workshop (with nettle fibre or willow bark) £5; Fire by friction, spark fire lighting or spoon carving workshop £10-20
Fancy Firewood – Learn traditional bushcraft fire lighting techniques, free – £10
Axe and Paddle Bushcraft – Free fibre cordage bracelet making workshop; sterling silver and feather or beetle wing earring making £5; Birch bark pot making workshop £15
Glasswork
White Rabbit Gallery – Free create a drop from molten glass workshop; make a tear drop glass pendant £5; make a glass mushroom pendant or glass bauble using glassblowing techniques £5-35
Recycled Stained Glass Mosaic and Textiles – Free make a small mosaic mirror, pendant or picture frame; small broach making £5; stained glass window or mosaic workshop £8-20
Lightlust Stained Glass Tent – Free learn glass cutting techniques; make a small hanging glass shape £10; make a stained glass panel £80 (full 5 hour workshop)
Stone
Southern Stone – Free stone carving workshop
Tom Clark Stone Carving – Stone Carving £5+
Cosmetics & Natural COsmetics
Compass Rose Soaps – Free make a herbal wash ball or learn how to make soap through a talk through demo; soap on a rope workshop £5; soap making workshop £8-10
Faith and Betty – Free herbal oat bath soak workshop or perfume making demonstration; bath bomb making £5; Aroma roller scent or perfume mist workshop £12/15
Willow
Juliette Hamilton Design – Free willow star wand or leaf shape workshop; make a willow fish on a pole, dragonfly, mayflies, bees, bird feeders, frame baskets or sitting hares £5-40
Wyldwoodwillow – Free willow star or willow stripping and bracelet making workshop; willow basket or dragonfly workshop £10-85
Ould Crafty – Coracle making interactive demonstration, free of charge
Chainmaille
Past Crafts – Free make a Moorish rose charm or learn the art of chainmaille contributing to a communal piece; chainmaille small earring workshop £5; keyring, pendant or large earrings £10; bracelet making £20-35
Floral, Plant, Fibre
Orchis Floral Design – Free flower badge or tattoo or contribute to large flower arch workshop; create a fresh flower and foliage head piece £5-25
Rosa Harradine Brush Making Workshops – Free make a simple fibre brush or contribute to a large brush sculpture workshop; brush making workshop £5-25
The Dog’s Knots – Rope splicing and knots workshop, make a rope dog toy, free of charge
Rustle of Reeds – Free straw star necklace or decoration workshop; straw star neckpiece workshop £10
Guerilla Archaeology – Free antler log keyring or charm workshop or antler craft history and basic skills workshop; antler ring workshop £5
Coker Cordage Rope Makers – Free have a go on the cycle powered rope braiding machine; make a 2m length of rope £5; make a 10m length of rope £10
Geomakery – Free himmeli sugarcane fibre sculpture workshop; make metal himmeli pendant, earrings or decoration £5
Buildings and Wagons
R. Jones Wheelwrights – Traditional wheel banding demonstration using fire and water.
The Armadillo – Roofing shingles from recycled beer cans workshop, free of charge