Make and Take - tea light holders

Join Bea  Rapley, one of the Learning and Education Managers and the Education Volunteers on Saturday 22nd November at The Hub, where we will be making tea light holders from the original pier planks and clay between 11am and 4pm.

• No booking required: just turn up on the day, we have enough resources for 50 people

• This workshop is suitable for children and we especially welcome families to come and work together.

 

The wood to be used is ‘Ipe’ and is one of the hardest woods on earth.   It comes originally from Brazil, but was used on Hastings Pier as decking behind the West Pavilion (near to where the old Gritti Palace was situated).  The exact history of the wood is unknown, but the Project Engineer thinks it may have been put in place following the 1987 storms.

The planks have been especially prepared for the workshop by the pier’s construction and engineering apprentices. We will be hand sanding and oiling the wood with teak oil and linseed oil and making a little holder for a tea light.

 
Once you have completed your tea light holder you will be able to take it home with you, a little piece of the pier to twinkle on your mantelpiece, or to give as a Christmas gift.