Resin Koi Pond Art Workshop at ShellBeacon Cafe, Hauz Khas Village: From 10 May Onwards, Create a Miniature Koi Pond in Resin This Sunday

Event Name: Resin Koi Pond Art Workshop

Venue: ShellBeacon Patio Cafe — 3rd Floor, 1A/1, Hauz Khas Village, Deer Park, Delhi 110016

Date & Time: Sunday, 10 May 2026 — 1:20 PM onwards

Ticket Price: Rs 549 per person (plus Rs 400 mandatory café charge, fully redeemable against food and beverage at the venue) 

ShellBeacon Cafe Hauz Khas Village: A Resin Art Sunday That Ends With Your Own Koi Pond to Take Home

Koi ponds have a particular visual quality that is difficult to replicate in most art forms. The sense of depth beneath a still water surface, the way light refracts through layers, the contrast between vivid fish forms and the muted tones of the pond floor — these are effects that require a medium capable of genuine translucency and layering. Resin, handled correctly, is one of the few materials that can reproduce all of those qualities in a small-format artwork.

The Resin Koi Pond Art Workshop at ShellBeacon Cafe in Hauz Khas Village on 10 May 2026 is built entirely around that challenge. Over the course of the session, participants work through the process of constructing a miniature koi pond in resin — not as a decorative exercise but as a structured technical practice involving multiple distinct stages. Instructors cover how to create convincing flowing water effects within the resin, how to build up colour and depth through layering, and how to introduce koi fish designs into the composition in a way that sits naturally within the water environment rather than floating awkwardly on top of it.

The workshop is described as beginner-friendly, and that framing is important because resin koi pond art is more layered as a process than it might appear from the finished result. Each visual element — the pond base, the water colour gradient, the depth layers, the fish forms, the surface — is added in a particular sequence. Getting that sequence right is what produces the dimensional, immersive quality that makes this style of resin art distinctive. The instruction is structured to walk participants through that sequence clearly, regardless of whether they have worked with resin before.

ShellBeacon Patio Cafe sits on the third floor of a building in Hauz Khas Village, with the Deer Park greenery providing a backdrop that suits a Sunday afternoon creative session. The setting is open and elevated — a practical improvement over ground-floor venues for a workshop that involves materials that benefit from good ventilation and natural light. The Rs 400 mandatory venue charge per head is fully redeemable on café orders placed during the session, folding the café experience naturally into the afternoon.

Suited for individuals who want to try resin art for the first time in a properly guided format, art enthusiasts looking to expand into a new medium, and anyone seeking a creative Sunday afternoon plan in one of South Delhi's most characterful neighbourhoods.

What to expect

• Guided instruction in resin koi pond art covering flowing water effects, colour layering, depth building, and koi fish design placement
• A structured multi-stage process walked through clearly by experienced instructors — suitable for complete beginners
• Each participant works on their own miniature koi pond composition throughout the session
• A finished resin koi pond artwork to take home at the end — a fully dimensional, layered piece
• All materials, pigments, moulds, and tools provided at the venue — nothing required from participants
• Third-floor patio café setting with open views over Hauz Khas Village and Deer Park
• Rs 400 mandatory venue charge per head, fully redeemable on food and beverage ordered at ShellBeacon Cafe during the session

How to reach

• Nearest Metro: IIT Metro Station, Yellow Line — Hauz Khas Village is approximately 10 to 15 minutes by auto or cab from the station exit
• By Road: Hauz Khas Village is accessible via Aurobindo Marg; enter through the main village lane and follow through to the Deer Park end where the venue is located
• Parking: Limited street parking is available around Hauz Khas Village — arriving slightly before 1:20 PM is advisable to allow time for parking
• Landmark: Deer Park, Hauz Khas Village — ShellBeacon Patio Cafe is on the third floor at 1A/1, accessible via the building staircase or lift within the village lane

SouthDelhi.com Context

Hauz Khas Village sits at the heart of South Delhi's creative and cultural geography, and ShellBeacon Cafe is among the neighbourhood's more distinctive venues — elevated, open, and positioned alongside the green boundary of Deer Park. For residents of Hauz Khas, Safdarjung Enclave, Green Park, Panchsheel Park, and Malviya Nagar, this is a genuinely local Sunday outing. A resin art workshop on a Sunday afternoon at a patio café in the village is exactly the kind of unhurried, neighbourhood-scale creative plan that South Delhi's weekend culture tends to support well — specific enough to be memorable, accessible enough to be spontaneous.