The 11 best workshops to do in Lyon

Are you looking for an unusual activity or want to give a gift to a loved one? So think about the workshops in Lyon!

More and more handicraft workshops are being developed in the capital of Gauls. And there are fortunately for all tastes and desires.

Do you like cooking? You will find a lot of workshops to learn how to prepare some specialties, from the terroir or from all over the world. But you can also learn how to create a scarf or a skirt, a personalized jewel, make cosmetics or a knife, or even initiate you with brazing and beekeeping.

Whether for yourself or to offer, the Lyon workshops are always a great discovery. Do you want to experience a unique experience in the Rhonalpine city? So, don’t hesitate to test a few!

1. Design your midi skirt

Are you passionate about fashion or simple novice? Take advantage of the workshops in Lyon on textile to create some custom creations and discover a little more this universe!

You can create your own silk scarf, or a skirt to your taste. And there is not only clothing, you can also try to sewing and make for example a unique cushion cover in Lucile’s studio, a tailor-made craftsman.

2. Initiate yourself at the jewelery

The workshops in Lyon on jewelry making are also great present to offer to you or your loved ones!

For women or men, and in all materials, you will find many spaces to express your creativity. You will obviously be framed by professionals and lovers of jewellery.

Among the workshops in Lyon we recommend you in this topic, there is obviously Cécile. For two hours, it will accompany you step by step in the making of your jewel, from the choice of model to the making.

But you will find many other workshops to learn how to create rings, earrings or pendants!

3. Create your ceramic vase

Reconnect with ancestral know-how with workshops in Lyon dedicated to pottery and ceramics. These disciplines allow to create both useful objects and purely artistic productions.

Introducing to the pottery is obviously one of the workshops to be done absolutely in Lyon. Enjoy it to awaken your creativity, reconnect with the pleasure of creating by hand and touching raw materials!

Among the workshops on these themes, you are particularly recommended to initiate the pottery tower by Luisa.

You can also discover the work of earth and modeling with Livia. This ceramic craftsman will accompany you in the realization of your cup and its tea filter.

Marie-Hélène also proposes to create with the help of a special land, the gray sandstone, some elements of our daily dishes.

4. Make your artisanal soaps

Among the best workshops in Lyon, we obviously count all those related to cosmetics. They will seduce, among other things, those who wish to take care of them and protect the planet.

Trend, the creation of home cosmetics is both organic, healthy, economic and often zero waste.

Elise, soap craftsman, offers you to discover the technique of cold saponification and create a set of cosmetics 0 waste. The technique only requires simple ingredients, and you will have no difficulty recreating these products at home!

But you will also be able to create a shampoo and your solid deodorant under the direction of Bénédicte, or create your solid dish cake and your home-flavoured softener with cosmetic designers, Marion, Sandra and Melanie.

The workshops are not missing on the subject in Lyon! So, go on, be alone, as a couple or friends.

5. Make your paste in croute or your cuvée de Gin

The kitchen is certainly one of the most attractive workshops in Lyon! The Capital of Gauls is known as a high center of gastronomy in France .

These activities are perfect gifts, to offer your loved ones, curious or passionate about cuisine.

With these workshops in Lyon, you can learn how to cook specialties from all over the world, not just from the Rhone region.

Among our favourites are Marco’s workshop, pizza craftsman, which will include you in the workshop .

With Hugo and Ricardo, you can learn to . Passionate about Chinese street food? Discover the secrets and with Yu, specialist chief.

Of course, you will find a lot of other workshops in Lyon on the kitchen: there are really many for all tastes!

6. Handcrafted beer.

The brewery is no doubt an exciting activity! Fortunately, there are workshops in Lyon on the subject. Did you or a loved one always want to instruct you?

So, jump on the occasion and discover this universe with Lorris, a successful craftsman. With the help of its precious tips, you will make your own beer and brewing several litres of artisanal beer.

Do you prefer wine? Discover the winemaking profession and the different stages of vinification with Marie-Anne, Yves, Stéphane and Timothée, winemakers. You will even assemble your own cuvée at the end of this workshop!

7. Realize the bag of your dreams

Here are a few more workshops in Lyon that will delight fashion lovers or just the curious! Bullying means all the creative work around leather.

Many craftsmen from the Rhonean city or its surroundings want you to discover this exciting world.

You can make your custom handbag with Auriane. In the workshops in Lyon de Marie, you will also learn to create wallet or leather belt.

Each master craftsman will let you discover his methods, and this unique, ancestral material.

8. Realize your little terrarium

Have you always dreamed of beautifying your home with some plant creations? Do you know a close-up plant addict, or just want to let his creativity go free?

Several workshops in Lyon are dedicated to plants, whether with the creation of bouquet, Christmas crown, ideal gifts.

But our favourite workshop in Lyon on this theme remains that of Alexandra and his teams. These offer you to compose your unique terrarium.

They will not guide you in your creation, from the choice of land to that of minerals and plants that will ultimately form a true ecosystem!

9. Discover the magic of shooting on wood

Woodwork is certainly one of the most noble and rewarding professions. Whether to offer or to initiate, the workshops in Lyon on this theme have unforgettable experiences!

For a few hours, you work using your hands and special tools of beautiful and flexible materials.

Make your design coffee table with Clement, wood designer. Or stretch your dishes by creating a beautiful wooden spoon with Patrick, a sculptor.

And for an unusual activity, opt for the workshop of Brice, artisan shaper and skateboard pro. The latter will teach you to make your unique skateboard from A to Z! This unusual activity is the ideal gift for all skate lovers.

10. Discover beekeeping

Trend, in harmony with the environment, beekeeping is another noble trade. Do you love bees or do you know a loved one that the craft is passionate about? So, offer him or yourself an initiation to beekeeping !

We recommend Camille’s workshop which will let you discover the work of the beekeeper as well as the operation of bees and beehive. You will learn all the steps that make it possible to make a good honey.

11. Make your knife

Have you always dreamed of having your knife, useful accessory and so dear to so many people? So enjoy the many workshops in Lyon on the cutlery and create your own tool.

We especially recommend two workshops in Lyon that will let you discover the work of the forge and the art cutlery: that of Thierry and that of Olivier. Both men are passionate and reputable designers!