The Ministry of Straw offers a range of workshops to help you develop your straw making skills. Whether you are new to straw work or more experienced, there are plenty of options. Learn to make corn dollies, plaiting techniques and more such as mask making and folk hangings.
Join a workshops in Oxford or book me to run one for your own event or company well being day.
Feedback from recent events:
‘Penny provided us with a fabulous workshop on The Lost Art of Corn Dollies for our second ever Cirencester History Festival. To help remove barriers to access and benefit as many people as possible, we made this an all-day free drop-in event, which isn’t at all easy to pull off from a practitioner’s perspective as it involves a lot of crowd management and great interpersonal skills alongside crafting expertise. Penny did a fantastic job of putting that all together and ended the day with over 120 people having made their own harvest trophy. Hats off to you, Penny, and please do join us at the festival again soon.’
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‘Penny is a fantastic tutor. She is thoughtful, organised, warm and generous in sharing her craft. Her harvest knot activity was very popular at the museum Late Night and I saw lots of people proudly wearing their beautiful finished pieces. I'd love to find more ways we could work together on sharing her important and endangered crafts.’
Beth McDougall
Families and Communities Officer, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford.
Please see events page for latest available dates and venues
Organic silk scarves
https://www.pennymaltby.co.uk
The Ministry of Straw can supply commissions and film props. We have previously provided work for a variety of productions such as Sister Bonniface (BBC) The Baby (Sky HBO) and a music video for the band Squid. Please use the contact form for your enquiry.
Set prop for TV
I regularly take part in exhibitions and events using straw skills and other heritage crafts.
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