Hi, welcome to

The Making House!

The Making House, is a creative workshop space in Burton on Trent, run and owned by me, Anna Roebuck!

The Making House is my studio and also a dedicated workshop space where you can learn and develop your skills in a variety of crafts. My aim is to provide high quality workshops that enable you to enhance your skills, support you in your creative journey and, of course, for you to leave with something you’re proud of.

Many of the workshops are taught by myself. I’m a qualified teacher and have been delivering creative workshops for over 18 years in many different formats. I also like to bring in guest tutors, so that I can offer new and exciting projects to support my programme.

Find out more and book here:

Workshops

Anna Roebuck

Art and Jewellery

A little bit about who I am. I’m a mixed media artist, working in lots of mediums, but I’m best known for recycling plastics. I’ve been working in recycled plastics since setting up my first business Bags2riches in 2001.

​Like many artists I have a portfolio practise; I make work to sell, create bespoke works of art and jewellery, teach workshops, deliver residencies, give talks and much more besides. No week is ever the same. My favourite bit is experimenting, designing and coming up with new ideas and one off pieces.

I make and sell a selection of jewellery and artwork

The colourful ‘Nocean’ range is created from recycled plastics using specialist techniques developed by myself.

‘Out of Line’ is a range of jewellery and artwork created from etched metals, it explores my love of drawing, particularly nature and industrial heritage.

You can find out more and buy my work at

www.annaroebuck.com

Craft Club

Our weekly Craft Club is a key point in my week here at The Making House; in normal times we meet on Friday mornings from 10.30 until 12.30pm.

Craft Club is not a workshop, it’s a space for us to experiment, try out lots of new crafts and share ideas, but more than anything it’s a chance to meet up with other like minded people and have a good old chat! We take it in turns each week to introduce a theme and together work out what to do, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn‘t!!

In response to Covid – 19

We are consistently adapting to different Covid regulations; for January we’ll meet on Zoom. Booking is essential so please always check with Anna first; e.mail her at themakinghouse@gmail.com

Check out The Making House Craft Club  for more information and/or book here

Parties

We offer a selection of craft parties or group bookings for adults. Sadly we can no longer offer children’s parties here at The Making House, but I can visit your home and deliver a crafty session there.

Check out the party page for more information

or email me at themakinghouse@gmail.com

Art Projects

I deliver projects around the country, predominantly based around recycling, in particular recycling plastics. I’ve worked in many settings from schools, to community groups to festivals to Young People’s Exclusion Units.

I’m always looking for new opportunities to work on collaborative projects too, so if you work with a school or community group and you’re interested in me working with you, please do get in touch!

View some of my projects

on the Projects Page

The Making House is owned by

Anna C Roebuck

BA(hons) Fine Art Tapestry, Drawing and Painting.  PGCE. MA Creative Collaborations

Anna has over 20 years experience in helping all ages to have fun and express themselves through making objects and art, she is a qualified teacher and a master recycler. She designs, makes and sells a variety of Jewellery and Art including etched aluminium designs and her recycled plastic ranges.

Learn more about Anna’s creative journey here.