I Love Blackpool – A paper collage tribute to our town

Join artist Sarah Buckett in this colourful collage workshop.

There’s no place like home!
In this paper collage workshop we will be celebrating the Blackpool we each know and love through a series of handmade postcards using chopped up magazines and hand decorated papers.
At the end of the session, you will have a truly original piece of art you can then frame and hang at home (or send to someone you wish was here!)

• All materials provided.
• This workshop is suitable for families with children aged 7 and up.
• Young people under 16 years must be accompanied by an adult.

This activity is part of ‘Handmade High Street’, a series of creative workshops organised by Blackpool Heritage Action Zone (Blackpool HAZ).

Access info
If you have additional access needs (e.g. large print, BSL interpreter, level access) please let us know by emailing (using the contact organiser button/link) or sending us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790.

Level Access
We’re in the process of having a lift installed. Work should be completed by late August 2023.

• The morning session will take place downstairs.
• The afternoon session will be in the upstairs workshop space

If you need level access, please choose the morning session.

Stairs – description
It’s a single flight of 14 steps, then you go around the corner and there are two small steps. Once you’re upstairs, there’s a loo. You shouldn’t need to come downstairs for anything until the end of the event.

Tickets £2.50

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About the artist
Sarah Buckett is an artist who creates illustrations and collage art using vintage and contemporary magazines from her home studio in Lancashire.

“I love fashion and have devoured and collected magazines since I was a young teenager. It feels almost poetic that these same magazines now provide both my creative inspiration and my raw materials.

My work is very playful and reflects how I’ve developed my creative voice as a self-taught artist. I experiment and give myself grace to make those inevitable mistakes. I love using colour and simple clean shapes to create images that feel joyful and slightly nostalgic. My inspiration comes from my daily life, the things that catch my eye, make me smile or evoke memories. Collage is a way for me to reuse and repurpose physical paper and also create new meanings from existing imagery and photographs.”