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Work and Play's First Newsletter!

Exciting news from here at Work and Play Scrapstore - we've just sent out our very first newsletter! It's filled with everything you'd...

Come to the store on Thursdays: get some crafty ideas with our demonstrations

One of our members, Jean Nicols from Bramble House School participated today in a demo run by our talented volunteer Freyja. Today...

Make your own Matisse

Work and Play Scrapstore recently visited the now closed Matisse cut out exhibition at the Tate Modern The pictures were amazing - so...

‘World Of Waste’ - Volunteers’ Tour Of Western Riverside Recycling Centre

Western Riverside Waste Authority process waste and recycling for the boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham, Lambeth, Wandsworth and...

Who says rubbish isn't art?

The Scrapstore just visited the last days of a fantastic exhibition at the Science Museum. Artist Joshua Sofaer who has an ongoing...

Big hand and foot printing...

Look at the fantastic art work you can make with hands and feet, the back of a tatty old end of roll of wallpaper, some old trays and...

Using Sticky Backed Metal Tape

This week, Freyja, one of our talented volunteers, looks at how to make amazing embossed designs with very simple tools. Looking at some...