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Jesmonite Festive Gifts, Decorations & Homeware
Sat, 2 Dec 2023
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Jesmonite is a versatile composite material invented in the United Kingdom in 1984 by Peter Hawkins and is now widely used in the creative arts sector. It is typically used for creating sculptures...
£95
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Festive Willow Stags Head
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
In a day spent with willow sculptor Jess Wilkinson you will learn the techniques and tips needed to work with and shape willow. Jess Wilkinson will guide you through this intensive day of...
£80 £95
All Levels
1 spaces available
Introduction to the Art of Glass Engraving
Thu, 7 Dec 2023
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Sandra Snaddon, a Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers, to learn a new skill and take home your very own piece of engraved glass. All equipment will be provided, and you...
£95
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0 spaces available
Copperwork - Design & Make Your Own Christmas Decorations
Fri, 8 Dec 2023
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
A fun session for the festive season and a gorgeous new medium to try! Learn the copperwork skill of hand piercing to produce unique copper creations for the tree or as an ideal...
£95
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Mosaics: Festive Hanging Stars
Fri, 8 Dec 2023
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Stars, seen as pinpoints of silver light in inky blue night time skies, are depicted throughout the world as symbols of hope and beauty, using multitudes of form and colours. Join Julie to...
£95
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Festive Handmade Paper Decorations Plus Lunch!
Sat, 9 Dec 2023
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Join ArtisOn regular and papercraft enthusiast, Gilly Knowles, for a half-day session of festive fun making paper-based, plastic free Christmas decs. Save money and feel good about reducing your Christmas consumption …then consume...
£60
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Traditional Christmas Wreaths plus Lunch!
Sat, 9 Dec 2023
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
This is a fun half day workshop where Sue will show you how to make a traditional Christmas wreath. From fairly minimal designs to sumptuous foliage and flowers, you will be guided you...
£60
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-1 spaces available
Dressmaking - Build Your Skills (6 x 3 hr mornings)
Wed, 13 Mar 2024
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
MORNINGS: Wed 13, 20, 27 March 2024 and 10, 17 & 24 April 2024 Join Claire's group of enthusiastic dressmakers to build your dressmaking and tailoring skills and let your skills and confidence...
£210
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3 spaces available
Wonderful Ways with Watercolour for Botanical Subjects (6 x 3 hr mornings)
Wed, 13 Mar 2024
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
MORNINGS: Wed 13, 20, 27 March 2024 and 10, 17, 24 April 2024 Join Karen to explore the wonderful world of painting plants and flowers over 6 weeks. Be part of small mixed...
£210
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1 spaces available
Dressmaking - Build Your Skills (6 x 3 hr afternoons)
Wed, 13 Mar 2024
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
AFTERNOONS: Wed 13, 20, 27 March 2024 and 10, 17 & 24 April 2024 Join Claire's group of enthusiastic dressmakers to build your dressmaking and tailoring skills and let your skills and confidence...
£210
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1 spaces available
Wonderful Ways with Watercolour for Botanical Subjects (6 x 3 hr afternoons)
Wed, 13 Mar 2024
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
AFTERNOONS: Wed 13, 20, 27 March 2024 and 10, 17, 24 April 2024 Join Karen to explore the wonderful world of painting plants and flowers over 6 weeks. Be part of small mixed...
£210
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0 spaces available
Ceramics - Porcelain Pouches, Pockets + Envelopes
Thu, 14 Mar 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Have a go at making a selection of beautiful and quirky creations in beautiful porcelain with ceramicist Charlotte Morrison. Learn techniques for working porcelain clay successfully to create cute and unusual containers perfect...
£95
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2 spaces available
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Painting Trees in Watercolour for Beginners
Thu, 14 Mar 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Trees can be an tricky subject to tackle, especially if you're relatively inexperienced. Join Jason and get to grips with how to paint trees effectively with watercolour. Learn techniques that can push your...
£95
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Chicken Wire Sculpture - Curlews
Fri, 15 Mar 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Chris Moss makes 3D open-wire pieces of sculpture, large and small. Learn from her how to use chicken wire to make your 3D Curlew suitable for inside or out. A bird of approximately...
£95
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Make a Rag Rug Table Mat
Fri, 15 Mar 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Karina for a fun, relaxed workshop to create your own small table mat. Learn techniques and tips of the traditional heritage craft of rag rug making. There will be plenty of time...
£95
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3 spaces available
Beginners Silversmithing for Jewellery
Sat, 16 Mar 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
This is the perfect class for anyone who is new to metal working and wants a gentle introduction to the basic tools and techniques required to make simple metal jewellery. Caroline Brogden is...
£95
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Felted Crossbody Bag with Leather or Webbing Straps
Sat, 16 Mar 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Louise in the magical process of wetfelting to make a crossbody messenger bag inspired by the landscape. Using a variety of fibres you will create a bag with a long flap which...
£95
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5 spaces available
Bookbinding - Make an "Open Spine" Book
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
If you have some prior bookbinding experience, now move on to develop your skills in Open Spine bookbinding. Kate Bowles makes handbound books using recycled papers and fabric. Join her to make your...
£95
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5 spaces available
Silversmithing - Make a Fidget or Swivel Ring
Thu, 21 Mar 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
During this one day workshop you will make a unique silver fidget or swivel ring - a broad plain or textured ring with one or two narrow rings that swivel around it when...
£95
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Contemporary Papercutting
Fri, 22 Mar 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Anna is a professional papercut artist whose work is inspired by an obsession with old botanical drawings and the beauty of the natural world and many of her pieces feature woodland animals and...
£95
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4 spaces available
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Hand Embroidery + Textile Landscapes
Fri, 22 Mar 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Create your own stunning hand embroidered and textile landscape, with Textile artist, Louise Goult. Inspired either by a place you love, or an imagined landscape, you will learn how to select fabrics and...
£95
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2 spaces available
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Paths Into Printmaking - An Introduction
Sat, 23 Mar 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join printmaker Hester Cox, and discover how you can join the print revolution and create your own repeat images safely and easily at home. On this one-day workshop with Hester as your guide,...
£95
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0 spaces available
Silversmithing - Silver Bands + Knot Rings
Sat, 23 Mar 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Rebecca for a day of silversmithing. Using sterling silver you will be guided through the steps involved in making two rings - a simple band and a Celtic Weave ring - all...
£95
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Introduction to the Art of Glass Engraving
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Sandra Snaddon, a Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers, to learn a new skill and take home your very own piece of engraved glass. All equipment will be provided, and you...
£95
Info & BookNovice
4 spaces available
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Painting Mountains in Watercolour - Tricks + Techniques
Thu, 11 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
A perfect follow up to Painting Trees , this could be the next building block in your skills development in watercolour landscape painting... Tutor, Jason's love of the mountains was cultivated over several...
£95
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5 spaces available
Beautiful Botanical Bas Relief Tiles
Fri, 12 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
In this experimental course you will learn the various steps to making your own bas relief flower & nature plaster cast tiles. The course will cover rolling out the clay, designing and arranging...
£95
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Introduction to Modern Calligraphy
Fri, 12 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Whether you're a complete beginner or you have already had a go at traditional Calligraphy, join Sally and find out how relaxing and creative Modern Calligraphy can be. This is a highly accessible...
£95
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0 spaces available
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Stained Glass - Flamboyant Copper Foil Fish
Sat, 13 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
The beauty of colourful watery light streaming through stained glass is the perfect medium for flamboyant, colourful fish. Make gorgeous glass decorations to hang at the window or in front of a light...
£95
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Willow Sculpture - Little Pigs
Sat, 13 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Pigs are cute! Their stout bodies and short legs make them perfect willow sculpture subjects. Join willow sculptor Leilah Vyner for this workshop, where you will make your own little pig to snuffle...
£95
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1 spaces available
Fabulous Fabric Sculptured Journal - Half Day AM
Sun, 14 Apr 2024
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Discover the wonderful art of fabric sculpting and create yourself a stunning journal. In this session with Abigail, you will learn basic fabric sculpting techniques, and how to use the materials and embellishments...
£40
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5 spaces available
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Make a Macrame Plant Pot Hanger- Half Day AM
Sun, 14 Apr 2024
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
In this workshop with Ness Burrows, you will have the chance to learn some basic knots that will enable you to create your very own, unique Plant Hanger to give as a gift...
£40
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Fabric Sculpted Garden Gnome - Half Day PM
Sun, 14 Apr 2024
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Discover the wonderful art of fabric sculpting and create yourself a characterful and colourful little gnome, which can be given a place in your home or garden. Perhaps turn it into a mini...
£40
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Make a Macrame Dream Catcher - Half Day PM
Sun, 14 Apr 2024
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
In this workshop with Ness Burrows, you will learn some basic knotting techniques in order to create your very own modern Dreamcatcher in colours of your choice, along with embellishing using recycled beads....
£40
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2 spaces available
An Introduction to Soft Pastels
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
If you have ever wanted to get to grips with soft pastels, this workshop with Sue Orrey-Godden will get you on the right track. Sue will guide you through the basic techniques when...
£95
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0 spaces available
Wet Felted Pictures - Painting with Fibres
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
This workshop is for everyone who has a love of all things textural. You will learn the basic wet felting method and at the same time produce a picture made from Merino wool...
£95
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0 spaces available
Art for Starters
Fri, 19 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Have you ever wondered where to begin? Here's your chance to have a go at art for starters. Get some gentle and fun guidance and try out materials such as watercolours, pastels, acrylics...
£95
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0 spaces available
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Mosaics - A Regal Rooster in Picassiette
Fri, 19 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
The Rooster is a stunningly beautiful bird of rich, glossy colours, often symbolising confidence, good luck and protection. In this workshop with mosaic artist Julie Hand, you will create your very own regal...
£95
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Bookbinding - Single Section Bookbinding
Sat, 20 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
This workshop is the perfect introduction to bookbinding. It will introduce participants to three basic book structures which form the foundation for further more advanced processes. Suitable either for complete beginners or for...
£95
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Yarn Hooking - "Five Sheep" Picture
Sat, 20 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Come and enjoy a relaxing day of yarn hooking with Carole Rennison. Learn about yarn hooking, how it differs from traditional rag rug hooking and what gorgeous, finely detailed creations you can make. ...
£95
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Patchwork for the Impatient
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Durham based artist Betty Brown for a fun day breathing new life into colourful second hand fabrics. This isn't a cosy evening in front of the fire stitching patches the size of...
£95
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4 spaces available
Willow Sculpture - Hares
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
In a day spent with willow sculptor Jess Wilkinson, you will pick up many of the techniques and tips to help you create stunning sculptures in willow. By the end of the day...
£95
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2 spaces available
Introduction To Screen Printing
Fri, 26 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Screen printing is a vibrant, flexible medium beloved of artists and craftspeople, in which the print is created by pressing ink through a mesh screen with the image created by a stencil design...
£95
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1 spaces available
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Leno Loom Weaving
Fri, 26 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Come and enjoy a wonderful day of weaving with Jan Beadle. Jan will have her eight Ashford tabletop four shaft looms all warped up ready for you to weave a scarf width & length. On...
£95
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0 spaces available
Acrylic Painting - An Approach to Abstracting a Landscape
Sat, 27 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
If you like painting and pattern and would like to paint an abstract landscape but you're not quite sure how, this is the perfect workshop for you. Join artist Jane Burnley who will...
£95
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Blacksmith For a Day - Dragon Hooks & More!
Sat, 27 Apr 2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
A perfect opportunity to have a hands-on day of blacksmithing. Blacksmith/sculptor Adrian Wood brings with him anvils, tools and mobile forges and you will go home with several creations from your day, including a...
£130
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Magical Monoprint – Inspired by Meadows
Thu, 16 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
What could be better than a field full of meadow flowers? On this printmaking day with Hester Cox, you will be creating a folder full of gorgeous prints that will last long after...
£95
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1 spaces available
Sewing Skills: Unlock Your Overlocker!
Thu, 16 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
If you wish to build skills and confidence you need to unlock and get the most from your overlocker, this is the day for you! Saddle up your overlocker and join Claire Humphries...
£95
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Collaged Fabric Fragments + Threads - A Delicate Wall Hanging
Fri, 17 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
During this workshop under the guidance of Claire Humphries, you will create a unique, delicate wall hanging using a whole variety of textile techniques. Using techniques including trapping threads, gold flacks, paper and...
£95
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2 spaces available
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Wire Sculpture - Small Dogs in 3D
Fri, 17 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Perfect for pet-lovers, dogs are the subject of this wire sculpture workshop with Chris Moss. Chris makes 3D open-wire pieces of sculpture, large and small. Learn from her how to use wire to...
£95
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A Practical Introduction to Cyanotype Print Making
Sat, 18 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cyanotype is a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. It is literally a “dark blue impression”. Cyanotype images are made using light-sensitive chemicals to produce the permanent ‘blue print’. Join Kirstie...
£95
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2 spaces available
Wire Sculpture - A Pair of Boxing Hares
Sat, 18 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Evoke the essence of Spring with wire sculptor, Chris Moss, and create a pair of beautiful boxing hares. Chris makes 3D open-wire pieces of sculpture, large and small. Learn from her how to...
£95
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0 spaces available
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Adventures in Wild Art!
Thu, 23 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Let nature really feature in your art, with artist and nature addict, Wendi New. Join her for a day focused on finding and using natural materials, pigments, and equipment to make art. Learn...
£95
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2 spaces available
Willow Obelisks & Plant Supports for the Garden
Thu, 23 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Design and make your own willow wigwam obelisks, decorations and plant supports for the garden with willow sculptor Jess Wilkinson. During this day exploring the versatility of willow as decorative support, Jess will...
£95
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Collage-Decorated Owl in Papier Mâché
Fri, 24 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
This is a chance to create a gorgeous Papier Mâché Owl decorated with collage in a style of your own design, that you can easily complete at home if needed. Join Papier Mâché...
£95
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3 spaces available
Wet Felted Landscapes - Painting with Fibres
Fri, 24 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Create a painterly landscape using the wet felting technique. On this one-day workshop you will be guided through the steps Valérie uses when creating her own felt artwork. You will be encouraged to...
£95
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2 spaces available
Contemporary Collage - Inspired by Nature
Sat, 25 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Spend a day with artist Sue Orrey-Godden, learning a wide range of collage techniques You will spend the morning exploring the composition and design of your piece and creating painted and printed papers...
£95
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3 spaces available
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Have a Stab at a Delicate Needlefelt Hare
Sat, 25 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Be guided by Susie to sculpt your own delicate hare using needle felting techniques. Hares have beautiful, long, black tipped ears, and legs built for speed. Our swiftest land mammal, they have also...
£95
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2 spaces available
Beautiful Botanical Books
Fri, 31 May 2024 - Sat, 1 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Be inspired by Alice Fox and join her to explore a series of simple but effective techniques for making marks on paper using plant material. This two day course includes: - techniques for...
£190
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5 spaces available
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Ceramics - Sculpt a Seated Hare
Fri, 31 May 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join ceramic sculptor Suzie Wright to create your own unique hare from stoneware clay. Whether your is moon gazing with ears down or alert with ears up, you can make him or her...
£95
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0 spaces available
Blacksmithing - Fire + BBQ Tools with Ramshead Handles
Sat, 1 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
A rare opportunity to have a hands-on day of blacksmithing - working hot metal by hand and finding out how to create a ramshead handle. Blacksmith/sculptor Adrian Wood brings with him anvils, tools and...
£130
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0 spaces available
Photographing Landscapes + Nature
Sun, 2 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Extend your knowledge of your camera with this day concentrating on photographing landscape, flora and fauna, insects and birds with one of Yorkshire's nature and wildlife photographer's, Whitfield Benson. You will be learn...
£95
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4 spaces available
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Wet Felted Sheep Picture - Painting with Fibres
Sun, 2 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
This workshop is for anyone who loves all things sheepy. If you love sheep and the beautiful look and texture of wool, in this workshop, Liz Emery literally combines the two! You will...
£95
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Pyrography - Burning Designs on Wood
Fri, 14 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Pyrography is the art of decorating wood by burning designs onto the wood. Join Bob who will be able to inspire you to create your own burnt wood designs. Bob will be able...
£95
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Stone Carving - Botanical Subjects Carved in Relief
Fri, 14 Jun 2024 - Sat, 15 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Botanical subjects have provided a source of inspiration for relief stone carvers for thousands of years. Whether it was as symbols of fertility and renewal, or the passage of time and death. Flowers,...
£190
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The Craft of Green Wood Bowl Carving
Sat, 15 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
On this one-day introduction to the ancient craft of bowl carving with Mike Craig you will use traditional hand tools to carve your own bowl from native green timber. The joy of this...
£95
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More Green Woodworking - Bowl Turning with a Pole Lathe
Sun, 16 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Chris Helliwell specialises in the ancient art of bodging, green (unseasoned) wood working techniques. The turning of wooden bowls on a foot-powered pole lathe is a craft that has been in use since...
£110
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3 spaces available
Woven Tapestry Hanging with Plant Materials
Sun, 16 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Learn from Averil Otiv, how to harness the potential of frame based tapestry weaving techniques to showcase the beauty and versatility of plant fibres, and produce a gorgeous woven fibre wall hanging. Averil...
£95
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4 spaces available
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Landscape Drawing for Beginners
Sat, 22 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
If you dream of just sitting in the landscape and sketching with some skill, this workshop is your chance. Join artist Jason Skill, who believes it's an achievable goal even for beginners. Why?...
£95
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3 spaces available
Pewtersmithing Using a Rolling Mill - Jewellery
Sat, 22 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Ella to create your own pewter jewellery such as earrings, bangles, pendants and brooches (approx 3-4 finished items). Using lead free pewter we will apply texture and pattern to the metal using...
£95
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4 spaces available
Pewtersmithing: Spoons
Sun, 23 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
A full day of spoon making with Ella. We will cover a whole variety of traditional pewtersmithing skills to create your own unique spoon design. Ella will guide you through each process with...
£95
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0 spaces available
Printmaking - Techniques for Block & Stamp Printing on Fabric
Sun, 23 Jun 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join our printmaker for a fun day experimenting printing on fabric. You create a design and learn how to use lino cutting tools to carve it into an 'easy carve' block. Then you...
£95
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6 spaces available
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Abstracting Landscapes in Acrylics
Thu, 5 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Abstract landscapes is an area of art that has grown so popular in the last few years. Abstracting can be fun, enjoyable to paint and popular with buyers too. It's proving a golden...
£95
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Cold Wax + Oil Painting
Thu, 5 Sep 2024 - Fri, 6 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Exploring oils and cold wax In this experimental 2-day course you will be guided step by step on the methods for building up paintings in layers, using cold wax, oil paints and pure...
£190
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6 spaces available
Loom Weaving - Classic Tartan Weaving Patterns
Fri, 6 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Come and enjoy a wonderful day weaving a tartan scarf using a four shaft table loom. Explore classic tartan weaving patterns and go home with a lovely scarf. This course is a perfect...
£95
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0 spaces available
Blacksmithing - Sculptural Flowers for the Garden
Sat, 7 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Forge your own gorgeous gifts on this hands-on day whether you are new to blacksmithing or want to try your hand at something different. Blacksmith/sculptor Adrian Wood brings forges and anvils and you...
£130
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Willow Baskets - Make A Traditional Round Hedgerow Basket
Sat, 7 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Working with willow and other hedgerow plants, this workshop will guide you through the fascinating process of willow weaving, and by the end of the day you'll have created your own unique basket....
£95
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Stained Glass - Create a Leaded Glass Panel
Thu, 26 Sep 2024 - Fri, 27 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Using light and colour to depict images and stories, stained glass has illuminated our lives for centuries. This two day workshop will enable you to create your own leaded stained glass panel roughly...
£190
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0 spaces available
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Woven Textile Wall Hanging Using a Frame Loom
Thu, 26 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Come and try this traditional, straightforward weaving method and make a gorgeous textured wall hanging using a frame loom. This workshop is perfect if you're new to weaving. Using a frame loom, you...
£95
Info & BookNovice
6 spaces available
Beginners Silver Art Clay Jewellery - Nature Inspired
Fri, 27 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Enjoy a day with Tara learning how to capture nature and all its detail in silver art clay to make beautiful nature inspired pieces of jewellery. No previous experience is necessary. Tara has...
£95
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Drawing with Wire
Sat, 28 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Come and join Helaina and make your very own art wirework. Taking inspiration from your own images/objects you will learn techniques for working with wire to create three-dimensional, wall mounted, drawings. You will...
£95
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6 spaces available
Try Your Hand at a Potter's Wheel
Sat, 28 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
We've all seen skilled potters take a round, moist, lumpy clump of clay, lob it into the centre of their potter's wheel and then use their hands and thumbs to form fabulous shapes....
£95
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Ceramics - Paperclay Lanterns + Tea Lights
Sun, 29 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Create beautiful translucent porcelain tealight holders. Using a range of clays including porcelain and paperclay, which both show the light through beautifully, you can expect to create 5-6 tealight lanterns in a variety...
£95
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Try Your Hand at a Potter's Wheel
Sun, 29 Sep 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
We've all seen skilled potters take a round, moist, lumpy clump of clay, lob it into the centre of their potter's wheel and then use their hands and thumbs to form fabulous shapes....
£95
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0 spaces available
Dressmaking - Build Your Skills (6 x 3 hr morning)
Wed, 2 Oct 2024
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
MORNINGS: Wed 02, 09, 16, 23 October 2024 and 06 & 13 November 2024 Join Claire's group of enthusiastic dressmakers to build your dressmaking and tailoring skills and let your skills and confidence...
£210
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5 spaces available
Wonderful Ways with Watercolour for Botanical Subjects (6 x 3 hr mornings)
Wed, 2 Oct 2024
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
MORNINGS: Wed 02, 09, 16, 23 October and 06, 13 November 2024 Join Karen to explore the wonderful world of painting plants and flowers over 6 weeks. Be part of small mixed experience,...
£210
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3 spaces available
Dressmaking - Build Your Skills (6 x 3 hr afternoon)
Wed, 2 Oct 2024
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
AFTERNOON: Wed 02, 09, 16, 23 October 2024 and 06 & 13 November 2024 Join Claire's group of enthusiastic dressmakers to build your dressmaking and tailoring skills and let your skills and confidence...
£210
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5 spaces available
Wonderful Ways with Watercolour for Botanical Subjects (6 x 3 hr afteroons)
Wed, 2 Oct 2024
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
AFTERNOONS: Wed 02, 09, 16, 23 October and 06, 13 November 2024 Join Karen to explore the wonderful world of painting plants and flowers over 6 weeks. Be part of small mixed experience,...
£210
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4 spaces available
Bookbinding - Leather Wrap Books
Thu, 17 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Kate Bowles makes handbound books using recycled papers and fabric. Join her to make your own leather wrap book. During this one-day workshop you will be introduced to the heritage craft of bookbinding...
£95
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5 spaces available
Introduction to Wet Felting - Textured Rock Pool Wall Hanging
Thu, 17 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join feltmaker Louise Curnin for this workshop and get a real taste of the art of felt making. You will not only learn the basic skills needed to make flat felt from wool...
£95
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4 spaces available
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Charleston-Inspired Painted Treasure Boxes
Fri, 18 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join artist Sarah Baqai and be inspired by the work of Bloomsbury group to decorate a treasure box using a range of techniques, using Annie Sloan chalk paints. Sarah will introduce the day...
£95
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1 spaces available
Sew an Upcycled Patchwork 'Woodgie' Cushion
Fri, 18 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Durham based artist Betty Brown for a fun day breathing new life into colourful second hand fabrics. Betty's "Woodgie" Cushion creation is the comfort cushion to end all comfort cushions! It's quite...
£95
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6 spaces available
Freehand Machine Embroidery - Colouring-In with Your Sewing Machine!
Sat, 19 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Anyone who has a sewing machine can have a go at freehand machine embroidery. Kirstie Allsopp called it "the crack cocaine of the crafting world" so prepare to get hooked! It is quick...
£95
Info & BookNovice
7 spaces available
Stone Setting in Silver Jewellery
Sat, 19 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Stone setting is the craft of securely and accurately fixing stones and gems into jewellery. On this quite intensive workshop you have the chance to learn some basic silversmithing techniques, making a very...
£95
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0 spaces available
Ceramics - Festive Wreath Decorations
Thu, 24 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Design and make your own unique and beautiful hanging Christmas wreath from stoneware clay with Charlotte Morrison. Perfect to hang in a window, hook on a fireplace or on your tree. Make one...
£95
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8 spaces available
NEW
Painting Field Patterns in any Medium
Thu, 24 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Field Patterns are a key feature of landscape painting. This workshop could be the next building block in your skills development as a landscape painter! It could be the perfect follow-up both to...
£95
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3 spaces available
NEW
Collagraph Printmaking - Curlews, Coots + Cormorants
Fri, 25 Oct 2024 - Sat, 26 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
On this beginners two-day workshop, printmaker, Hester Cox will reveal just why collagraph will always be her favourite method of printmaking and hopefully you'll be hooked too. Using birds, real or imagined, as...
£190
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0 spaces available
Painting a Portrait in Oils
Fri, 25 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Richard, a portrait and figurative artist, for a full day workshop painting portraits in oils from photographs. Get to grips with portrait painting via the medium of the old masters. Through step-by-step...
£95
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5 spaces available
Stained Glass - Beautiful Copper Foil Leaf Decorations
Sat, 26 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Everyone loves stained glass and the gorgeous effect of the light streaming through it. Well imagine being able to make your own gorgeous glass decorations to hang at the window or in front...
£95
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0 spaces available
Blacksmithing - Sculptural Flowers for the Garden
Sun, 27 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Forge your own gorgeous gifts on this hands-on day whether you are new to blacksmithing or want to try your hand at something different. Blacksmith/sculptor Adrian Wood brings forges and anvils and you...
£130
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0 spaces available
Introduction to Foldforming Silver Jewellery
Sun, 27 Oct 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Caroline Brogden for this introduction to the technique of Fold-Forming first discovered by Charles Lewton Brain. Fold forming is a technique that uses a method of folding, forging and annealing the metal...
£95
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5 spaces available
Creative, Visible Mending
Thu, 14 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Visible mending is the art of repairing a garment or piece of fabric, yet keeping the repair visible, creating a piece of work that expresses your personality and results in a completely unique...
£95
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8 spaces available
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Make a Rag Rug Table Mat
Thu, 14 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Karina for a fun, relaxed workshop to create your own small table mat. Learn techniques and tips of the traditional heritage craft of rag rug making. There will be plenty of time...
£95
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5 spaces available
Chicken Wire Sculpture - Pheasants
Fri, 15 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Chris Moss makes 3D open-wire pieces of sculpture, large and small. Learn from her how to use chicken wire to make your own fabulous pheasant suitable for inside or out. A bird of approximately 12...
£95
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0 spaces available
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Multi-Section Bookbinding
Fri, 15 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
If you've already done single section bookbinding, this is your next step. Join Roger for this intermediate bookbinding day and take home a beautiful multi-sectioned sketch book you've bound yourself. Roger will guide...
£95
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0 spaces available
Mixed Media - Natural Forms in Large Scale
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 - Sun, 17 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Anna for this extended 2 day workshop on the 30/31 May where you will have the time to explore the forms and colours found in nature, using an experimental range of mixed...
£190
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4 spaces available
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Painting Rain in Watercolour
Sat, 16 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Painting the appearance of rain in the landscape is a skill most landscape painters hope to master. This workshop could be another building block in your skills development as a landscape painter! It...
£95
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2 spaces available
Soft Pastels - Texture & Softness in Wildlife + Animal Painting
Thu, 21 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sue Orrey-Godden is a local artist whose work is known for capturing wildlife and animals. Join her for this workshop, aimed at all levels to learn some of her techniques. You will learn...
£95
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5 spaces available
Printmaking - Winter Wildlife in Linocut
Fri, 22 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join printmaker, Hester Cox, and learn how to create a lovely wildlife-themed, graphic design that can be repeated to form an edition suitable for making into cards or for gifts. Taking inspiration from...
£95
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0 spaces available
Textile Taxidermy - Fabric "Trophy" Heads
Fri, 22 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Hand stitch and stuff your own unique “trophy” head in textiles. Typically, you can create a festive Scandi-style Rudolf complete with antlers, or go off-piste and stitch up your favourite animal – hares,...
£95
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7 spaces available
Festive Willow - Wreaths + Stars
Sat, 23 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Willow sculptor Jess Wilkinson will guide you through the process of designing and making a stunning willow wreath along with a range of smaller willow decorations - stars, hearts and other motifs. -...
£95
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4 spaces available
Further Foldforming - Develop Your Skills in Silver & Copper
Sat, 23 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join jewellery maker, Caroline Brogden, for this day designed to extend and develop your fold-forming skills. Foldforming is a technique that uses a method of folding, forging and annealing the metal repeatedly to...
£95
Info & BookIntermediate
1 spaces available
Blacksmithing - Fire + BBQ Tools with Ramshead Handles
Sun, 24 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
A rare opportunity to have a hands-on day of blacksmithing - working hot metal by hand and finding out how to create a ramshead handle. Blacksmith/sculptor Adrian Wood brings with him anvils, tools and...
£130
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5 spaces available
Have a Stab at Needlefelt - Christmas Decorations
Sun, 24 Nov 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Come and have a stab at needlefelting and get in the mood for Christmas with us! Join Susie and have a go at needle felt hanging decorations for the festive season. Tangerines, apples,...
£95
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9 spaces available
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Sew a Cross-Backed Reversible Apron in a Day
Thu, 5 Dec 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
The cross-backed apron is the perfect cover-up apron - just the think for painting, crafting, gardening, cooking and it could even be the ideal Christmas gift. Pick the fabric suits the apron's function...
£95
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1 spaces available
Willow Sculpture - Festive Reindeer
Thu, 5 Dec 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Willow sculptor Leilah Vyner will guide you through this intensive day of willow weaving. You will create a beautiful festive reindeer to take home and install in the garden or indoors. You will...
£95
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9 spaces available
Mosaics: Festive Hanging Stars
Fri, 6 Dec 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Stars, seen as pinpoints of silver light in inky blue night time skies, are depicted throughout the world as symbols of hope and beauty, using multitudes of form and colours. Join Julie to...
£95
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0 spaces available
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Papercutting with a Festive Theme
Fri, 6 Dec 2024
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Join Anna, who is a professional papercut artist and with her guidance you will create festive themed papercut items for Christmas. You will develop your papercutting skills through some simple projects and be...
£95
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6 spaces available
Festive Handmade Paper Decorations Plus Lunch!
Sat, 7 Dec 2024
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Join ArtisOn regular and papercraft enthusiast, Gilly Knowles, for a half-day session of festive fun making paper-based, plastic free Christmas decs. Save money and feel good about reducing your Christmas consumption …then consume...
£60
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6 spaces available
Traditional Christmas Wreaths plus Lunch!
Sat, 7 Dec 2024
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
This is a fun half day workshop where Sue will show you how to make a traditional Christmas wreath. From fairly minimal designs to sumptuous foliage and flowers, you will be guided you...
£60
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0 spaces available