Shoebox Garden
Shoebox Garden

Shoebox Garden

This workshop is inspired by Juliette Losq’s installation for the exhibition ‘The Secret Garden’. You will learn how to use shoebox to create your own garden in a style of Juliette.

Suitable for ages 6 and up, the workshop takes about 2 hours.

You will need: Cardboard box, Paints (watercolour & acrylic), Paintbrushes, Thick paper or card, Scissors, Glue stick, Tape, Found objects as decoration e.g. leaves, sticks, conkers, pebbles and Tissue paper or scrap paper (optional)

Thanks to Alice Cui, who created this workshop during the 2025 SGS Work Placement at the RWA.

Download the workshop instruction sheets here.

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