Absolute Beginners

A new kind of factory for Park Royal Industrial Estate, NW London, where local young people can learn how to make basic goods in radically sustainable ways.

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Young people in Brent - want to learn some carpentry skills? @SufraNWLondon and @MetrolandC are running a free, 3-day workshop next week. Check it out!

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Free 3-day community carpentry workshop in half-term week.

Meet new people, learn new skills and support @MetrolandCultures with the long-awaited glasshouse building! Free cooked lunches on-site.

Email [email protected] for more info

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Amazing opportunity for artists in Brent. 💪🚨

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OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS!

If you’re connected to Brent and interested in community practice, apply now for Peer-to-Peer.

https://t.co/CMyvd1OnDm

#OpenCall #ArtistOpportunity #Brent

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YOUTH WANTED for PAID making workshops in Park Royal! 🚨🚨

We’re looking for a new group of 8 young people from Brent and Ealing to take part in our PAID workshop programme, starting January 2024! 💪🏭💸

Click here for more info: https://t.co/5lDUjX2nRN

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Massive shout out to Mariam Eish, Sahara Fagan-Michaelson, Sara Dehbouzorgi and Hona Saleh for being incredible; to Phil Root for his skill, ideas and labour in leading the workshops; and to Ayse Koklu for supporting the young people with such care.

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FILM ALERT! 📽️📷Over the last six months, we've been working with clay from HS2's site at Old Oak Common, just around the corner from Park Royal. Now HS2 have made a film about the process - and it's lush! Check it out here: https://t.co/CgsIzdekvg

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Led by ceramicist Phil Root, our young people designed, made and fired a new product: Low Speed Plates!

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No need to book - just turn up. Aprons provided, but it’s a wet activity, so don’t wear your best 👟!

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WORKSHOP ALERT. We're running a £FREE, drop-in Paper Making workshop this Sunday, 17th September, as part of this year's @L_D_F. Come down!

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2-4PM on Sunday 17th September, at Park Royal Open Workshop, inside EX2, 41-43 Standard Road, Park Royal, London, NW10 6HF.

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Stay tuned for more info on what we’re making.
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ANNOUNCEMENT: the Absolute Beginners factory is about to come back to life. 💪🏭⚒️

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And we want to build that alternative now, not just in the future.

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Come and see a factory fit for the future, at 41-43 Standard Road, Park Royal, London, NW10 6HF. We’ll be there from 10am - 6pm, Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th September.

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THE FACTORY SHOP IS BACK! The Absolute Beginners Factory Shop will re-open this Friday 23rd and Saturday 24th September. We're part of the Park Royal Design District of this year’s @L_D_F. You can find more info here:
https://t.co/YNy1qfpDAm

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We’ll be making paper LIVE and selling futuristic basic goods. And remember - 50% of our sales go to the young people who were involved (they also got paid London Living Wage for their time). So get buying.

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A nice interview about Absolute Beginners here, including a reference to everyone’s favourite peasant, this nameless medieval box comb maker.