THE WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
Créations & savoir-faire's 100% ARTS AND CRAFTS workshops: let your imagination run wild!
Want to unleash your creativity and turn your ideas into concrete projects? The Créations & savoir-faire workshops are for you! With almost 400 workshops, 4,000 students and over 600 hours of lessons, a team of 70 teachers (artists, designers, influencers, Meilleurs Ouvriers de France and passionate craftspeople) is waiting to share their know-how and tips with you.
Whether you want to try out new techniques, discover new practices or perfect your skills, our workshops are the perfect opportunity to explore, learn and develop your DIY skills. Sewing, embroidery, crochet, knitting, painting, decorating, jewellery, modelling, floral art, recycling, coaching... there's something for everyone!
And to share the creativity, some workshops are designed for children or as a 4-handed duo, perfect for a family moment together. Explore, experiment, create... and let your talent shine through!
Make sure you have a ticket to the show to gain access to the workshops.
Discover the themes of the 2025 workshops
For those with a passion for the art of yarn...
Once again this year, the thread arts are in the spotlight! Seven creative areas welcome you to explore sewing, embroidery, knitting, weaving, punchneedle, patchwork, carded wool... not forgetting the workshops offered by our partners on the Tombow, Mondial Tissus and Ateliers Mandala stands. Whether you're a curious beginner or a seasoned enthusiast, these classes led by talented designers will enable you to discover new techniques, perfect your gestures and enhance your skills. Everyone will be able to take away unique creations... and invaluable knowledge to take their practice even further.
Among the nuggets not to be missed this year:
- Learn how to sew your toiletry bag with Fe.Me DIY
- Introduction to modern quilting with Charlie Pompon
- Imperial Sashiko embroidery jewellery with Needlebox
The artists at the Textile Art Exhibition share their expertise with you...
To help you discover exceptional skills, the show is devoting one of its workshop areas to five artists from the Textile Art Exhibition. Embroidery, weaving, textile jewellery, painting... These workshops offer a unique opportunity to talk to the designers, immerse yourself in their world and learn their artistic techniques first-hand. It's a unique opportunity to enrich your practice and be inspired by the talents shaping the world of contemporary textiles.
Among the nuggets not to be missed this year:
- Embroidering memory with the association Days, semis and in-betweens
- Weaving sensitive material with the artist
Artisans are in the spotlight...
We are keen to offer you workshops led by exceptional artists and craftspeople, based on rare and fascinating skills: featherwork, bookbinding, straw marquetry, metal embossing, kintsugi, tenkoku (the Japanese art of engraving one's seal), paper strip weaving with master Japanese craftsmen, Provençal boutis, tapestry on seats, block print... All unique experiences to discover traditional techniques, learn new practices and create pieces that tell a story.
This year's not-to-be-missed nuggets include:
- Feather art: make a feather card with feather art Fanny Litzia
- Introduction to Provençal boutis with la maison du boutis
- Introduction to French bookbinding with Bluevert Soul
©L'Honorable - photo by Marion Supine for the book "Cabinet de curiosités en métal repoussé" published by LTA
Committed workshops...
Recovered materials, plant-based and organic materials, anti-waste creations, darning and upcycling... Numerous workshops invite you to create in a committed and responsible way. Do-it-yourself means choosing your materials, controlling where they come from and making sustainable objects and clothing, while combating over-consumption. It's a great way to give free rein to your creativity and make a positive impact on the environment at the same time.
Among the nuggets not to be missed this year:
- Border of cross-stitched advertising canvas with Jen Brode
- Take back clothes with holes at speedweave with We made together
- Create a carded wool exfoliating soap with S by kids and diy
DIY beginners? Get started!
Do It Yourself is all about Doing It Together! Do you dream of setting up your own business but don't dare take the plunge? Don't panic: there are plenty of workshops specially designed for beginners, in all creative fields. Whether you want to create a vitamin-packed poster using paper collage, write a haiku, create jewellery, learn watercolours, make a plant crown, try your hand at macramé, modelling or cyanotype, there's sure to be a workshop to suit you.
Among the nuggets not to be missed this year:
- Floral watercolour and reverse colouring with Amelie's Workshop
- Macramé plant holder with Octopus Créations
- Shell jewellery dish with Souk Charlotte
Get ready for Christmas with our dedicated workshops...
As the festive season approaches, let your creativity run riot and prepare for Christmas with your own hands! Our themed workshops invite you to make your own unique, personalised Christmas decorations, to add a touch of originality and homemade charm to your festive celebrations.
Among the nuggets not to be missed this year:
- Natural straw Christmas decorations with Kinocrea
- Paper Christmas wreath with An'imato
- Embroidered felt decorations with Jokes
©Katia
Workshops for children...
To stimulate children's imaginations and awaken their creativity, we've put together a special range of fun and educational workshops! The minimum age required is indicated on each workshop sheet, to ensure that everyone gets the most out of the experience. Some workshops are even designed to be carried out with 4 hands, so that the child can create accompanied by a parent or relative: DIY then becomes a moment of complicity and pleasure shared as a family.
Among the nuggets not to be missed this year:
- Plant weaving with Atelier Poëtisv
- Creative journaling with My Daily Bullet
- Plant frame with Kinocrea
©An'imato
Meet your favourite influencers for a workshop!
The Créations & savoir-faire show is also a unique opportunity to meet in person the designers you follow every day on social networks. Meet your favourite talents, chat to them and find out their techniques and tips live! These include: Emma De Toni, My Daily Bullet, L'Honorable, Mélanie Seynat, Amélie's Workshop, Needlebox, Poulette Magique, Calligraphique, Koala Kim Lan, Barbara Colour, Morgan2M and Petype M... and many more. An inspiring experience to learn, share and create alongside your favourite designers.
Among the nuggets not to be missed this year:
- Embroidered rosette brooch with The Honourable
- Art colouring with Barbara Colour
- Travel diary with Magic Owl
©Emma Popaddict - Photo by Laure Langlois
Discover traditional Asian techniques!
As in previous years, the show will be highlighting Asian know-how, through the exhibitors in the Allée du Japon, as well as through workshops that will plunge you into the heart of fascinating traditional and contemporary techniques: Kintsugi, Sashiko, Haïku, Bojagi, Mizuhiki, Kokedama, Saeksilnubi... and many more to explore. These workshops offer a unique opportunity to learn about ancestral practices, discover new techniques and create your own Asian-inspired pieces, leaving with unique and inspiring creations.
This year's not-to-be-missed nuggets include:
- Kintsugi with Enchanted Craftery
- Mizuhiki jewellery with Audrine Studio
- Saeksilnubi embroidery with Maryse Allard
©Miki Umeda Kubo
NEW! Do you want to become a professional designer? Discover our training and coaching workshops
This year, 3 major themes in creative entrepreneurship will be addressed in the form of training workshops. A round-table discussion and coaching session with industry professionals who will give you the keys to getting started:
- How to use Instragram to make it the #1 channel for your creative sales with Emma Popaddict.
- Dare to create your own dedicated DIY space and understand how to make it profitable with Alice de Patronnerie.
- Get to know the basics of developing your professional activity in connection with creative crafts with Mélanie Seynat from the podcast Fait Main.
The team's favourite workshops :
- Punchneedle with NEEDLE BOX, to create original textured patterns.
- Haiku, short Japanese poems, with AUDRINE STUDIO, to play with words and poetry.
- Watercolour, felt-tip drawing and oil pastel with artist Juliette Plisson, to explore all the nuances of your creativity.
- Linocut and gel printing with L'ATELIER DE SANDRA, to bring your artistic prints to life.
- Feather art with feather artist Fanny Litzia, to transform feathers into veritable works of art.
- Plant weaving with Atelier Poëtis, combining nature and creativity in unique compositions.
- A paper plant in your image with Idea Ateliers to make a paper art plant that's truer than life!
- Recipes for making your own gouache and watercolour with Cook your paint, for natural paints and made-to-measure colours.
- Bohemian bowls with Mila Luce, made from self-hardening clay
- Pinatex marquetry with Maisoncinq, to discover pineapple-based vegetable leather and create a pretty pattern in cut-outs and soft shades.
- Introduction to the Block Print technique with the creation of a self-printed bandana with Mandala Workshop.
Each workshop is an opportunity to be introduced to new techniques, to be inspired and to leave with unique creations.
Make sure you have a ticket to the show to gain access to the workshops.