Building a home for fabrication in Teesside

SAWDUST WORKSHOP NOW OPEN TO NEW MEMBERS 🪚

A wood workshop for artists. A lab for reimagining our streets. A place where ideas get built.

Sawdust is a creative fabrication workshop and placemaking organisation. We provide affordable access to the equipment, space and technical knowledge artists need to produce ambitious work locally.

Alongside supporting individual practice, we deliver projects in public space. Working with partners and communities, we use fabrication as a practical way to test ideas, improve everyday environments and bring creativity into the civic realm.

A workshop for artists. A resource for Teesside.

Join Sawdust

MAKE your work

Our workshop is a shared space for making, learning, and connecting.
We offer affordable memberships for artists and makers to access CNC tools and woodwork equipment.

Become a member

LEARN new skills

Hands on sessions and artist led workshops open up woodworking and CNC to more people, whether you are starting out or developing your practice, Sawdust provides bookable sessions to learn skills.

Book Workshops & Classes

BUILD better places

We work with partners and communities to deliver thoughtful, well made improvements in public space, using the facilities and talent based at Sawdust. We beautify and add vibrancy to our urban centres.

Work with us

Who’s it for?

Practitioners who need access to professional tools, space and technical support to fabricate work, develop commissions or extend their practice without leaving the region.
Independent makers and technicians looking for shared infrastructure to prototype, build and test ideas efficiently.
Those developing their skills or starting out who need practical access to equipment, guidance and a working environment to build confidence and experience.
Residents and grassroots organisations wanting to design and build tangible improvements in shared spaces, with practical support and collaboration.
Councils, housing providers, creative organisations and place-based initiatives looking for fabrication capacity and creative thinking to test ideas and deliver visible, well-made outcomes.