Fig. [1] Loose Parts for Play, 2025  

CIRCULAR FREE PLAY PROJECT 

Studio TIP’s Circular Free Play project is a series of ongoing creative workshops available to children and adults across the UK.

Working predominantly with material surplus from manufacturing industries we teach circular economy and reuse principles through the act of playful making.

With no brief or set intention, intuition, curiosity and imagination are left to run free, your hands are left to explore. The only rule is no glue, instead materials are collaged, assembled and abstracted to create mini sculptural forms.

A key principle of the circular economy is repair and disassembly, allowing products to be adapted and improved. Through the no-glue rule, the workshop passively teaches design for disassembly, encouraging creative joining methods.

Each session highlights a unique palette from our partners and collaborators in the UK and includes a material library with information detailing each material included in the workshop.

Embracing natural creativity our sessions aim to provide a meditative approach to thinking through making and offer an opportunity for art-making that can be attended by everyone.

Workshops can be held in community spaces, schools, institutions or as corporate team workshops. Sessions are flexible from 30 mins to 2 hours, and can be adapted for children or adults.

Upcoming workshops:

17.04.26 Somerset House - Earth Day Weekender
11.06.26 - 12.06.26 Central Saint Martins MA Material Futures 
04.07.26 - 05.07.26 Festival of Making, Blackburn 

Past workshops:

2026
South London Gallery

2025
UCL  
barts fayre - OPen house london
London museum
horniman museum
Blue Shop Gallery
coal drops yard X Are you mad
Camberwell collage of art

2024
Dulwich Picture Gallery
CRAB Studio

2023
Now Gallery