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From pottery classes for children to glass-blowing lessons for grown-ups, in the Lake District you can really get to grips with a host of crafts. You can learn how to carve wood and engrave stone, work with paper and try your hand at weaving yarn out of wool.
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Staveley, Kendal
Ideal for a budding photographer, you need a refresher course or would just like to take better photos. Learn how to use the controls on your camera, discover the elements for strong composition and how to review your photos effectively, to ensure…
Staveley, Kendal
Create a stylish tote bag in a day. With expert step-by-step guidance, you will work from a pattern and learn how to cut out and stitch a beautifully lined bag with a pocket. Choose from leather or faux leather handles or straps, for a really…
Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith
Be an artist Blacksmith for a Day with Adrian Woods - making two Sculptural Garden Flowers.
Take Artist Blacksmith Adrian Wood arriving with his apprentice Andy from Cleveland equipped with 4 portable blacksmith furnaces, anvils and many tools…
Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith
Be an artist Blacksmith for a Day with Adrian Woods - making two Sculptural Garden Flowers.
Take Artist Blacksmith Adrian Wood arriving with his apprentice Andy from Cleveland equipped with 4 portable blacksmith furnaces, anvils and many tools…
Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith
A day with Richard & Annis creating your own Needle felt Herdwick Cushion top
Create your own unique and characterful needle felted Herdwick cushion top using quality Herdwick wools and other blends from local Cumbrian flocks!
Richard and Annis…
Staveley, Kendal
Enjoy a great day out in the countryside on our Lakeland farm learning traditional dry stone walling skills from an experienced and friendly tutor who will take your through the process. You will learn the basic principles; sorting stone, building…
Greystoke, Penrith
Come and enjoy a day experimenting in this ancient Japanese technique of glazing and firing pottery, using heat, sawdust, fire and smoky bins!
Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith
"To draw well, we must first learn to see well" . . . Observational Drawing Day with David Cemmick
Wildlife artist David Cemmick has drawn from life all over the world. Be it animals on the move or an animal skull in the studio, but we must all…
Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith
"To draw well, we must first learn to see well" . . . Observational Drawing Day with David Cemmick
Wildlife artist David Cemmick has drawn from life all over the world. Be it animals on the move or an animal skull in the studio, but we must all…
Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith
Painting a Looser Botanical in Watercolour with Lyn Evans
Lyn likes to paint her watercolours largely from life, choosing blooms which will stay open for a couple of days. She likes interesting shapes so Iris, Lilies and Tulips feature largely in…
Greystoke, Penrith
Over this busy one day course you will together build a cob pizza oven and so take home the knowledge to recreate your very own outdoor pizza oven (and huge source of warmth) in your own garden.
Staveley, Kendal
Join us for a fun day on a traditional Lakeland farm to develop the basic drawing skills you need to draw animals confidently and to observe animals in their natural environment. On this art course, you will have plenty of opportunities to…
Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith
Painting a Looser Botanical in Watercolour with Lyn Evans
Lyn likes to paint her watercolours largely from life, choosing blooms which will stay open for a couple of days. She likes interesting shapes so Iris, Lilies and Tulips feature largely in…
Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith
Beginners' Calligraphy Day with Gillian Hazeldine
Come and spend a day beginning to learn art of calligraphy, literally 'beautiful writing'. Contemporary calligraphy is based on the writing of scribes working from the 5th century AD right up to the…
Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith
Beginners' Calligraphy Day with Gillian Hazeldine
Come and spend a day beginning to learn art of calligraphy, literally 'beautiful writing'. Contemporary calligraphy is based on the writing of scribes working from the 5th century AD right up to the…
Staveley, Kendal
Held on two consecutive Saturdays, you will develop hand-building skills to create a range of pots or models that will exploit Raku glaze effects. These will be dried and biscuit fired ready for you to experiment with glazes and oxides the…
Greystoke, Penrith
Another great day with clay creating your own green man from stoneware pottery under Dave's guidance and expertise. Dave Norman Studied at the Glasgow School of Art, and then ran his own studio in Scotland, producing large architectural ceramics for…
Greystoke, Penrith
Design and make your own bespoke beautiful jewellery in a day. You can even bring along a small personal treasure to copy and make into a stunning personalised piece.
Staveley, Kendal
Be inspired by the wildlife and hedgerows of the Kentmere valley and learn the skills you will need to cut and print your own unique lino design, creating a small edition of stunning prints to take home.
With expert guidance, explore the…
Staveley, Kendal
Be guided by an expert through a variety of oil painting techniques, with an emphasis on experimenting with different approaches to mark making using both thin and thick paint, brushes and palette knives. You will also develop your skills in mixing…
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