“The tutor made the day very relaxing and gave us confidence to experiment.”
– Sandra
Art for Starters
“Very encouraging and helpful and a lovely calm way of teaching. Loved creating my Hare and seeing him finished.”
– Julia
Willow Hares
Tags: Sculpture Willow & Plant Fibres
“Just wanted to say what a great weekend it's been - having fun back at Artison.
You should be really proud of what you've achieved there - it's such an inspiring place which attracts both lovely teachers and interesting participants. The venue is perfect, catering superb (not good for the waistline!), it's great to see photos and examples of previous courses to tempt us (successfully) to return! The website is brilliant, great design, images etc, always up to date - far better than any other equivalent I've seen. Can't wait for my next visit!
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– Glenda
Revive & Reupholster an Antique Chair
Tags: Creative Home Heritage Crafts Painting & Drawing
“Obviously highly skilled and experienced, Claire guided us really well. I was a complete beginner and she gave clear instructions and good encouragement. I enjoyed the whole experience , the expertise, the company and the lunch. I will definitely be back.”
– Angela
Freehand Machine Embroidery
Tags: Sewing & Textiles
“I get to be a big kid for a day, take something nice home and someone else cleans up!”
– Martin Lawson
2017 Open Day
Tags: Special Events
“Claire is friendly, yet professional, a highly skilled teacher – great communicator .”
– Hilary
Sew Your Own Cushion Cover
Tags: Sewing & Textiles
“It's a wonderful welcoming place in which to develop and express my interests and skills in so many ways and of course to learn new ones!”
– Carol Banks
2017 Open Day
Tags: Special Events
“It was a very relaxing yet energetic day - just what I needed!”
– Derek
Woodturning using a Pole Lathe
Tags: Heritage Crafts Wood & Stone
“Hester is an excellent tutor and everyone is so friendly and welcoming.”
– Penny
Introducing Printmaking
Tags: Printmaking
“The opportunity to share the experience with other like minded people. Excellent course with lots of preparation from the tutor, excellent meal and very warm welcome. Wish I'd found the place years ago. Will certainly come again.”
– Caroline
Needlefelt Hare
Tags: Sculpture Wool & Felt
“A big 'Thank You!' for the fabulous lampshade making workshop on Friday night. I had a great time and felt very well looked after. Your warm welcome, cakes and cups of tea were much appreciated, especially as I had travelled from York to join you. Georgia was a fabulous teacher - showing us how to make the lampshade step by step, providing very clear written as well as verbal instructions and giving us with support as we needed it. All the resources were readily available and Georgia's amazing fabrics are beautiful. I really enjoyed the whole experience and feel very proud of, and delighted with, the lampshade that I made, especially as a 'creative novice'. I posted a picture of the finished lampshade on my own Facebook page and have had a record 77 'likes'/'loves'/'wows' from my friends already!”
– Kathryn
Lampshade Making Evening
Tags: Creative Home Sewing & Textiles
“The opportunity to relax and explore watercolours with friends. That everything about the structure of the day is designed to be low stress, comfortable, and welcoming.”
– Jan
Wonderful Ways with Watercolour for Botanical Subjects
Tags: Painting & Drawing
“Perfect – great company, fantastic facilities. It was great to be able to make professional looking items with all the materials and equipment available – didn’t want for anything.”
– Pauline
Willow Hedgerow Basket
Tags: Heritage Crafts Willow & Plant Fibres
“Fantastic day – lots of information given, friendly and willing to help and provide ideas. Enjoyed everything! Thw workshop was great, really enjoyable and the food was fantastic!”
– Natalie
Porcelain Tealight & Lanterns
Tags: Creative Home Pottery & Ceramics
“Friendly people, great feed, great tutor and I managed to produce a good picture!”
– Judith
Introduction to Soft Pastels
Tags: Painting & Drawing
“Great tuition of the basics and then very flexible in what we actually made. Think everyone making the same first piece was really good because it got us all up to speed with basic skills quickly and being able to make something more individual later meant I came home with something I really wanted.
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– Julia
Stained Glass + Copper Foil Leaves
Tags: Glass & Mosaics
“It's inspiring, encouraging and always very enjoyable.”
– Kelly Cooper
2017 Open Day
Tags: Special Events
“I had a fantastic day. Great hospitality and excellent staff. I really enjoyed it.”
– Pete
Blacksmith for a day
Tags: Heritage Crafts Metal Working
“I can learn a new skill, develop it and laugh and eat delicious food at the same time.”
– Margaret Merrall
2017 Open Day
Tags: Special Events