Thursday 19 November 2026
10.15 - 11.45am
12.30 - 2pm

Join artist Kate Alger to learn how to weave, twist and fold paper into beautiful, sculptural stars.

These impressive handmade decorations make a striking feature for your home, whether suspended in a window, displayed on a wall or incorporated into a seasonal arrangement. By the end of the workshop you will have made a creative decoration for you to take home and enjoy year after year.

Handmade, Sculptural, Reusable & Festive

Meet the artist

Kate Alger is an award-winning multi-disciplinary analogue artist-printmaker; all of Kate’s work is created by hand – from detailed pen drawings to many disciplines within printmaking and various crafts.

A selection of Kate’s monotypes, silkscreen prints, coffee-lift etchings, collagraphs and blind embossings have been shown at the prestigious Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair (2021, 2022, 2023 - The Director’s Cut), as well as the New Ashgate (2019), the RBSA (2021), the Royal Automobile Club during London’s Motor Week (2021), Watts Gallery (2022), Oxmarket Contemporary (2022), Southbank Printmakers’ Gallery (2022, 2023, 2024), Ironbridge Printmakers (2023, 2024), The British Motor Museum (2024), Mall Galleries (2024), and other galleries and exhibitions.

Kate firmly believes in the power of art for wellbeing and alongside her personal work and teaching at Watts Gallery, runs weekly sessions for adults in Guildford, is the art lead for The Flying Child (a non-profit for adult survivors of CSA), and runs a variety of art and craft workshops for both children and adults.