About

Welcome to Ginger + Make

I’m Jenni, an artist, teacher and maker, and the person behind Ginger + Make.

I truly believe everyone is creative. Sometimes that creativity gets buried beneath busy lives, work, family, self-doubt, or the idea that being creative is something you’re either born with or you’re not. I want Ginger + Make to help people rediscover that part of themselves and feel inspired to build a creative life that fits around their own.

At the heart of Ginger + Make is a simple belief: making is good for the soul.

For me, creativity isn't about being perfect or producing something impressive. It can be spending an evening sewing while listening to an audiobook, learning a new skill, making something alongside other people, getting away from your phone, or having the chance to focus on something with your hands.

There is something magical about making somethig. You imagine it, learn how to make it, and then watch it come into existence. Whether that's a piece of clothing, a wire word, something made from reused materials, or simply something you've never tried before, there’s a real sense of achievement in being able to say, “I made that.”

So, what is Ginger + Make?

I run beginner-friendly creative workshops and creative clubs in Plymouth and South East Cornwall, as well as private creative workshops and personalised wire writing.

My workshops give you the chance to learn a particular skill and make something yourself, while my creative clubs are more relaxed opportunities to come along, bring a project, try something new or simply spend time being creative with other people.

Sewing and textiles are becoming an increasingly important part of Ginger + Make too. I love making clothes and want to create more opportunities for people to learn practical sewing skills, experiment and gradually become more confident making things for themselves.

You don't need to be “creative” to come along. You don't need previous experience. You don't need to know what you're doing.

You just need to be willing to have a go.

Making That Matters

The phrase Making That Matters became my tagline because I've become increasingly interested in the role that making can play in our lives.

We live in a world where it's very easy to consume, use it briefly and move on to the next thing. I don't think the answer is to become perfect or to stop buying things altogether. But I do think there is a difference between passively consuming something and spending time making something yourself.

When we make, we slow down, pay attention and learn. We connect with other people and we get a sense of achievement. We get away from our phones and spend time doing something because we want to.

And perhaps when we understand the time, skill and thought involved in making something, we appreciate the things around us differently too.

That's what I want Ginger + Make to offer: a chance to stop, make, learn, connect and feel creative again.

How I got here

I studied Photography at university before working in fashion and e-commerce in London. Later, I retrained as an Art and Photography teacher and finally felt like I'd found my thing. I loved helping people develop their creativity and seeing the moment when something clicked.

Life had other plans. Covid, starting a family and moving from London to the South West meant my school teaching career ended up being much shorter than expected.

But it also led me here.

Ginger + Make grew from a long-held wish to work for myself and build a creative life around the things I care about: creativity, making, learning, connection and having enough space for family life and my own creative work too.

The name Ginger + Make came after a lot of deliberation, asking friends and family what they thought… and then mostly ignoring their advice and following my gut.

“Ginger” comes from my family, three out of four of us are redheads, and “Make” felt perfect because making can mean so many things here.

A little more about me

Some of my happiest moments are sewing clothes while listening to an audiobook, crafting with other people, or bobbing around in the sea while my family eat sandy snacks on the beach nearby.

I'm slowly, but very intentionally, building a creative life I once only dreamed about.

Ginger + Make is part of that, and I’d love to share some of it with you.

Whether you come along to a workshop, join a creative club, learn to sew, make a wire sign, or simply try something you've never done before, I hope you leave feeling that little bit more creative, confident and connected than when you arrived.