What are we known for?
We will come to your event with a workshop!
Up to fifteen people can also make crafts in our studio in the old town of Tallinn on Kuninga street.
Unique workshops according to your wishes!
Our customisable workshops create a memorable and personalised learning experience.
An environmentally friendly approach!
All workshops support sustainable thinking.
Instructors with long experience!
Reliability and quality backed by over 15 years of craft experience.
Workshops in Estonian, English, Finnish and Russian
Multicultural learning experience - our workshops are available in four different languages!
The background of Örreke
Örreke offers entertaining and creative craft activities for participants of all ages. In our workshops you can make practical and personalised items from simple materials.
In addition to the items, participants will receive new knowledge and positive emotions. We are committed to environmental awareness, recycling and using local raw materials.
Handicrafts have been a family tradition for generations. My grandmother taught me sock knitting and my mother sewed most of our clothes.
Ellinor Piipuu, our second grandmother, was the founder of Estonian garden ceramics. Her beautiful sculptures and utensils have been the jewels of our home.
I became a teacher of crafts and homemaking, and that passion lives on in the workshops at Örreke.
– Kadrin, the creator of Örreke
Where did Örreke get it's name?
Young birds love to perch on a straw, look down from above and learn life lessons. First-timers to our workshop are 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.
Our instructors
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. TThe environment-wise organization of workshops is under his constant attention. Katarina conducts workshops in Estonian and English.
Monika
has trained as a crafts teacher, which is also her current job. Gifts for her friends
usually by himself and infects people she knows with the crafting bug. Monika bakes great pies and cakes. She usually prepares a snack table for events. Monika is equally fluent in Estonian and Russian.
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.
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