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How to Write a Story

This enlivening day will stimulate your imagination and help you tease out a story from the everyday material around us.

Fabric Printing with Flowers

Transfer colour from flowers and other plants into beautiful patterns to make your own silk scarf.

Fun with Calligraphy

Be guided through simple projects to get you started with the beautiful art of Calligraphy.

Zentangle

This meditative drawing method creates abstract art by drawing and shading simple patterns in a creative, relaxing style.

How to Get your Book Published

For anyone who has ever wanted to have their work published, this informative day reveals various insider publishing knowledge.

Woodcarving Taster Day

Learn all the basics about wood and how to work it to create effects with different tools and techniques.

Silver Wire Jewellery

Learn techniques to make different items of jewellery to take away with you.

Nia Dance

A fun and invogorating blend of dance, healing and martial arts to make the body smile.

Usui reiki level 1 workshops

Usui reiki level 1 workshops

Enamelling on Silver Clay

Silver clay is magical stuff. It is a mixture of tiny particles of pure silver mixed with a binder. *            work with silver clay and enamel *            create your own original jewellery *            embellish your work to make it unique to you *            ideal day course for all, whatever your skill level The clay binder enables you to mould the...

Batik

On this relaxing one day course, you will discover how to design and create a beautiful hard-backed book with your own piece of batik on the cover. *            create a unique piece of batik *            learn formal book binding *            use your batik as a cover for your book *            suitable for beginners and more experienced crafters You will begin...

Rameses the Great: An Egyptian Superman

Everything about Ramses II was great. His reign was the longest of any pharaoh, his building works were the most colossal, his military successes were outstanding, his children numbered over one hundred and his self-praise was unlimited. His reign ushered in the height of Egyptian power in the region with Ramses crushing any...

Ukulele Jam

This will be a fun and relaxed day of playing the uke and jamming with a group of equally enthusiastic players.  You’ll already be able to play the uke to a basic standard (know some basic chords and strumming patterns) so we’ll start with some songs that get us playing together and then...

Dao Yin and Tai Chi

Spend a day enjoying a variety of flowing Chinese exercises and leave feeling relaxed. This course is suitable for men and women, for beginners and those with experience of Dao Yin or Tai Chi. We will work on a variety of Dao Yin exercises, including some from the Baton set, and a section...

Woodcarving: One Day Workshop

This one day taster course is suitable for the complete beginner, or those who have some experience of woodcarving.  You will be introduced to tools and woods and learn some basic techniques with a simple relief design.  If you already enjoy this creative craft, come along and embark on your chosen project with...

Beads Day – Lily Pad bracelet

Have you ever wanted to master encasing a soft touch cabochon?  Then this is the course for you. The lily pad base is made using the netting technique, whilst the soft touch is encased with peyote stitch using size 11 Delica beads and crystals. These single elements can be made into bracelets, necklaces...

Coloured Pencils Basic Techniques

The day will go through the advantages and possible problems of the media, the choices of pencil brands (with an opportunity to try a selection), a look at the different papers that can be used, and the basic techniques for producing a picture. There is plenty of opportunity for questions and answers, and...

Goldwork Embroidery Day

Be introduced to goldwork embroidery by making a delightful Christmas decoration. This course is ideal for beginners, but is open to all wishing to learn the basics behind this form of embroidery through a small set project. Students will work up a small section of each technique and will have learnt enough to...

Beads Day- Wirework, Fairies & Angels

Spend a wonderful day exploring the world of fairies and angels.  These little creatures are made from a combination of wire and beadweaving techniques, but no experience of wire is essential – its really very easy!  Watch them take on their own personalities whilst you work. They look great on the Christmas tree...

The Edge of History – Hitittes

Who was the great power of ancient Anatolia during Homer’s ‘Tale of Troy’?  Who was the cultural medium through which Hesiod created his pantheon of gods and goddesses?  Who created annals and the record of heroic deeds of their kings?  Over these sessions we discover the Hittites, their culture, their history and their...

Beekeeping Experience Day

This course is for people who would like to know about keeping honey bees and to decide if beekeeping would be a suitable intention. Beekeepers within their first two years of keeping honey bees may also find this day beneficial.  This may be an opportunity to broaden your beekeeping skills as many aspects...

Let’s Paint with Drama Like Van Gogh in Mixed Media

A great day to create a mixed media painting inspired by Van Gogh’s colour and light. Come and be creative and original.  You could collage using coloured, textured and printed papers, use ink, pastel, acrylic, watercolour or gouache etc.   The composition, colour choices  and tonal balance of your painting  are of great importance...

Read the Russian Alphabet

Are you planning a trip to Russia? Or are you intrigued by a new language challenge? If you want to learn to read the Russian alphabet, this one-day course is for you. We will quickly learn to recognise all 33 letters of the Russian alphabet by using familiar international words. This will be...

Why do we act like that? Understanding each other

Why are some relationships such hard work? Why don’t you understand what I’m saying? Why can’t I say ‘no’? This simple model of communication preferences shows us how to: understand ourselves and others better; grasp what people are really saying; predict behaviour and deal with stress; flex what we do for...

TLC: Tender Loving Care

This is a practical course (non medical, non denominational) for those accompanying or visiting someone at the end of their life.  At a time of emotional distress it can be very helpful to be already equipped with an understanding of the stages in dying and how best to offer support. This knowledge may...

Paper Cutting & Layered Collage for Beginners

During this day workshop you will be introduced to the main techniques of paper cutting. You will make samples, as well as a beautiful, larger finished piece of your own design. *Materials supplement of £3.00

Chinese Brush Painting

This weekend course will study a number of subjects such as flower, bird, fruit, animal, fish or landscape, all taught in the traditional method of demonstration and practice. Learning will continue on Saturday evening with a presentation on painting or travel for example. This course is suitable for both beginners and the more...

Spring Scrapbook Day

During the day we will create a double 12 x 12 inch layout with lots of fold out sections and a single 12 x12 inch layout. You will need photos to be cut to these sizes:- For the double layout: Six 6 inches wide x 4 inches tall. Five 6...

Pastel Pencils and Hard Pastel Basics Introduction

An examination of the choices available, the types of suitable paper, the brands of pencil on the market and the basic techniques.  Following a look at picture choices, we will explore ways of starting and developing a picture from a photo source, blending colours and adding detail. We will also consider ways of...