Make it somewhere new.
Small Group Creative Retreats
Small creative trips found and hosted by Joy and Flo.
Travel to make, not only to see.
Joy and Flo find and curate local master makers and the places they work, then host the trip themselves. In each region, those masters teach you in their own workshops.
Joy brings a master's eye. Flo's trip-leading experience makes every trip run well. Small groups, unhurried days, and coming home with something you made.
The Art of Elsewhere: the art comes from the masters of that place. You go elsewhere to make something, and bring it home.
Morocco
Pottery Retreat
April 2027 · 7 nights · £1,200
From the winding, bustling lanes of the Fez medina to the quiet of the Rif mountains, this is pottery at its source. Spend four nights in a traditional riad, meeting the artisans of the old city, visiting a pottery cooperative and trying your hand at zellige mosaic and tagine glazing. Then head into the mountains for three nights with a local family, making and pit firing your own pots the ancestral way. Cooking, markets and lunch at a weaving farm complete the journey.
Barcelona
Art & Design
Dates and price to be confirmed
Barcelona has inspired creatives for over a century. Picasso made it his home, Miró was born here and Gaudí turned its streets into living works of art. We'll explore the Museu Picasso, the Fundació Joan Miró and MACBA, wander past the modernist wonders of La Pedrera and CaixaForum, and take a day trip to Dalí's extraordinary Theatre-Museum in Figueres. In between, there's time to slow down, soak up the colour and let the city that shaped these artists inspire your own work.
Nepal
Craft & Wellbeing
Dates and price to be confirmed
A journey for the hands and the heart. We begin in Kathmandu, among the colour and sound of its old streets, meeting local artisans and potters in their workshops. Then the trip goes rural to Pokhara, the laid-back lakeside town loved by trekkers and artists. A guided Himalayan hike brings mountain views all around, before we slow right down with a yoga retreat, finishing beside the lake. Come home rested, inspired and full of new ideas.
Small groups.
Real makers.
Somewhere new.
Meet Joy and Flo
Joy
Potter for over 30 years and founder of The Potting Shed Studio. Joy finds the master makers and brings a master's eye to every trip.
Flo
Travel creator and experienced trip leader. Flo finds the places, the people and the food, and makes sure every day runs smoothly.
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