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Creative and eco-friendly craft workshops
We can come to you or you can visit our studio
Workshops in four languages:
Supervisors with long experience
An environmentally sound approach
THE STORY OF ÖRREKE
Crafts that connect
Örreke offers creative craft activities for participants of all ages. In our workshops, practical and unique items are made from simple materials, and you’ll leave with new skills and good emotions. We value environmental care, recycling, and local raw materials.
A love for crafts has been passed down through generations in our family. My grandmother taught me how to knit socks, my mother sewed clothes for our family, and my other grandmother, Ellinor Piipuu, the founder of Estonian garden ceramics, inspired me with her beautiful sculptures and everyday objects.
Örreke was born from this heritage.
Craftsmanship has been held in high regard in our family for several generations. This passion lives on in Örreke’s workshops.
Kadrin, founder of Örreke
Where did Örreke get its name?
Young birds love to sit on a perch, look down from above, and learn life’s wisdom. Those who come to our studio for the first time are also like young birds, thirsty for new knowledge and skills.
The Örreke generation has its roots in Saaremaa, where it’s said that the birds sit on the “ÖRREL”. That is where the name Örreke comes from.
Instructors who know how to inspire
Kadrin
is the founder and CEO of Örreke. Kadrin’s educational background is as a craft teacher and school psychologist.
Before founding Örreke, she worked as a human resources and training manager. With her third child at home, she developed an interest in and the time to make her own natural cosmetics at home. Together with friends, she made her first soaps and lip balms. From there, the idea of offering workshops for kindergartens, schools and companies grew. Kadrin conducts workshops for children and adults in Estonian, Russian, Finnish and English.
Katarina
is a graduate of Tallinn University, specialising in classroom teaching. Katarina has worked as a volunteer at the SOS Children’s Village in Armenia, has studied
as an exchange student for 4 months in South Korea and half a year in Finland at Tampere University. She has worked as a class teacher at Rocca al Mare School and Montessoor School in Tallinn. She is currently working as a circular economy expert and is the promoter of the travelling exhibition Lähme nulli!. Katarina runs the Ökopere blog and is one of the founders of RingKarp. Katarina is the initiator of Örreke’s eco-living workshops. The environment-wise organization of workshops is under his constant attention. Katarina conducts workshops in Estonian and English.
Kaja
is a craft teacher by training and has worked for many years in the field of human resources.
In addition, she studied andragogy and management at Tallinn University. She has attended various courses in art therapy and various craft techniques at both the Estonian Academy of Arts and Letters and Tallinn University. Kaja is the instructor in the crafting workshop “Lähme Nulli!” initiated by Örreke. Kaja conducts workshops in Estonian, English and also in Russian.
Monika
has trained as a crafts teacher, which is also her current job. She usually makes gifts for her friends
himself and also infects his acquaintances with the DIY interest. Monika bakes great pies and cakes. She usually prepares a snack table for events. Monika is equally fluent in Estonian and Russian.
Kairi
Kairi is a crafts teacher by education. She is currently working in a kindergarten, but she still has a “crafty streak”.
Kairi is constantly improving her skills through various courses and workshops. She is very interested in crafts and art as therapy. Kairi has an active lifestyle, loves travelling and hiking. For Kairi, moving in nature is a form of movement therapy, and she is also improving her skills in this area. Kairi is also a big theatre lover and has infected her family and good friends with this passion.
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