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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.
You may leave the Lake District, but once you’ve been, it’ll never leave you.
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Penrith
Mosaics - Feathers and Fins ~ with Helen Clues Spend a lovely and inspiring day with Helen creating some beautiful mosaic pieces, using a combination of vintage broken crockery (known as 'picassiette' in the trade), coloured glass and ceramic tiles.
Penrith
Felt Making is the oldest craft in the world, and it can be used to make textural artwork, as well as many beautiful and useful objects.Join Victoria for a fun and informative day of wet felt making, using pure Merino wool roving tufts to form…
Penrith
Spend a lovely and inspiring day with Helen creating some beautiful mosaic pieces in creams and whites, using a combination of vintage broken crockery (known as 'picassiette' in the trade) , coloured glass and ceramic tiles.
Penrith
Develop some different watercolour techniques that can be used for portraits. Photographs and photocopies will be used as source material for the portraits eliminating a lot of the time usually taken to draw out before painting.
Catherine…
Main St, Egremont
In this workshop, we'll explore the art of crafting stunning wreaths that capture the charm and elegance of dried flowers. Dried flowers are not only beautiful but also offer the advantage of longevity, ensuring that your creation remains a…
Kendal
Shibori is the Japanese art of indigo resist dyeing. In this hands-on workshop you will learn the basics of Shibori inspired folding, binding, clamping and stitching techniques. Dipped in Indigo, you will create your own stunning patterns on fabric…
Penrith
Learn a new skill and enjoy the freedom to get creative while making your own glass bowl to take home. With hands-on guidance from Roxanne you'll get a beginner-friendly introduction to different forms of glass, how colour changes in the kiln and…
Stramongate, Kendal
Enjoy making swooshes and swirls in modern calligraphy with tutor Claire Gould from 'By Moon & Tide'. You'll have fun practicing with a dip pen and copperplate nib in this friendly and fun calligraphy workshop
Penrith
Try your hand at "line and wash" – the creation of a pen and ink sketch tinted with a wash of coloured ink or watercolour – with landscape artist John Harrison.
Kendal
Inspired by grasses, cow parsley, poppies and much more, on this workshop you can create your own bunch of wire seed heads to display in a vase. You will learn to handle different gauges of wire to create a variety of wire drawings using leaves,…
Penrith
Join Alister Neville and learn to carve a design for a decorative plaque, board, bowl, house sign - or another project perhaps!
Penrith
A lovely day with Cumbria's Willow master Phil Bradley creating life size Sculptures : Hares, Hens & Cockerels, Curlew or a small Deer for summer or Christmas.
Kendal
Create three stacking bangles in sterling silver, brass and copper, set off with a charm. Learn to measure for a comfortable fit, use a jeweller's saw, create texture on your work, solder, file and finish. Perfect for beginners and more experienced…
Penrith
Design and create your own beautiful Stained Glass panel on this 2 day workshop with Lizzy Hippisley-Cox of Eden Stained Glass
Working with beautifully coloured and clear, textured glass - all provided by Lizzy - you will learn how to handle, cut…
Penrith
Join Helen for a lovely day being guided through how to make this beautifully detailed garden friend using the needle felting process. Your piece will have a slightly sculpted low relief appearance, subtly enhancing the natural features of this…
Stramongate, Kendal
In the morning, participants will create a beautiful piece of woven paper art using old magazines, maps, books, music paper and cardboard. Wool and threads will be available to enhance the work.
Penrith
Join Claire for this friendly and relaxed Calligraphy workshop and learn how to write using this wonderful style of modern Calligraphy to create your own gorgeous cards, gift tags and more! This By Moon & Tide workshops is perfect for absolute…
Temple Sowerby, Penrith
Espaliers, cordons and fan-trained apple and pears are best pruned during August – join this workshop with the garden team at Acorn Bank to learn why and how to carry out this important task.
Kendal
Join us on a traditional Lakeland farm to develop the basic drawing skills you need to draw animals confidently. There will be tips and techniques for using reference photographs to produce an animal portrait and advice given for observing and…
Main St, Egremont
Dive into the fundamentals as we delve into the art of flower conditioning, care, and storage. This will explain how to get the very best out of your flowers, to keep them fresher and looking good for longer. I will also explain how to get flowers…
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