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Exciting Techniques in Gouache

What can be more emotive than wild seas crashing onto rough, rugged rocks! Really let your colours flow on this exciting weekend of watercolour wonderment. Let your senses run riot and try out some different techniques with this stimulating subject.

Batik into Book-making

The Magic of Silk Painting

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Stained Glass: A Beginner’s First Panel with Anna Conti

An introduction to stained glass of all sorts of colours and textures. Make your own stained glass panel or mirror using traditional stained glass techniques.

Sewing: A Sleeveless or Cap Sleeve Top with Appliqu

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Flower Arranging: Contemporary Spring Flowers with Anna Steven

Come and enjoy a new and stimulating approach to floral design. New ideas- techniques and skills will be explored in a friendly and fun environment.

Silk Painting – Day School with Mary Day

Come and enjoy silk painting and choose to make a picture or cushion cover- or even a scarf using luminous silk dyes. Its easier than you think!

Decorative Papercutting for Easter – Day School with Christine Green

Create some cut outs to celebrate Easter. Bunnies- eggs and flowers make for perfect papercutting images. Do bring along your own inspirational pictures to get your creative juices going!

Energy: Understand How To Reduce Costs and Environmental Impact with Tony Duffin

This energy course will help you understand your energy bills- cut through some of the jargon and guide you to reducing costs and environmental impact while staying comfortable.

Literature: Jane Austen’s Juvenilia and Later Works with Hazel Jones

Jane Austen's early works provide a fascinating insight into her developing talent. Murder and mayhem- scoundrels and adulteresses- parodies and burlesques

Watercolours for Beginners with Michele Floyd

A real opportunity to learn the hows and whys of watercolour painting! We will tackle colour and textures. Plenty of demonstrations- personal care and attention.

Authentic Italian with Peter Lien

Learn the art of keeping things simple and using stunning ingredients. Create authentic Italian dishes such as pasta- sauces- risotto- pizza and desserts.

Stumpwork Embroidery: The Cottage Garden with Joanna Pout

Learn some techniques from an English 17th century form of raised and padded embroidery. Bring your embroidery to life with a 21st century design using the cottage garden as your inspiration. All levels of experience are welcome.

Modular Knitting: Freeform with Jan Blight

Modular knitting is an addictive method of creating knitted fabric. The course will introduce knitters to the delights of knitting single and multiple freeform modules. All with no sewing up!

Willow Creatures – Day School with Norah Kennedy

An enjoyable Day School where you will discover simple basket making techniques while you create unique willow creatures using different colours of willow.

Embroidery and Beading: An Octopus’s Garden with Pat Trott

This course aims to give students the opportunity to combine the traditional techniques of hand embroidery and beadwork and to encourage students to experiment with new techniques and develop individual ideas.

Silver Jewellery with Pauline Payne

This course covers traditional jewellery techniques such as saw piercing- soldering and polishing to enable you to produce beautiful finished pieces of jewellery.

Willow Creatures with Norah Kennedy

An enjoyable residential course where you will discover simple basket making techniques while you create unique willow creatures using different colours of willow.

Spring Quilling with Liz Colyer

Quilled designs inspired by spring flowers and colours will be the theme of this course. Designs will suitable for those with some knowledge of the craft. So come and roll- pinch- crimp and shape strips of paper into beautiful unique designs.

Church Choral Music with Carl Attwood

For centuries the Church has been at the forefront of musical innovation

Easter Baking with Carrie O’Regan

The food served at Easter is full of traditions and symbolism- as well as the anticipation of spring. On this course you'll make some of the old favourites as well as new dishes that can be used for entertaining family and friends.

Rag Rugs and Recycling with Deborah Hastings

An introduction to four techniques for making rag rugs

Beading for the More Experienced with Pat Trott

If you have attended Beading for Beginners and Beyond at Denman- or elsewhere- and would like to learn more techniques and stitches- attending this course will extend your knowledge.

Embroidered Picture: My Favourite Things with Natalie Green

Design and create a stunning embroidered sampler that incorporates lots of things that are special to you.

Contemporary Embroidery for Beginners – Day School with Natalie Green

This is embroidery brought right up to date- combining traditional stitches with simple appliqu

Watercolours for Improvers with Michael Burgess

Building upon the skills and techniques learnt during Watercolours for Beginners- students will extend their expertise by creating mood- atmosphere and depth in their paintings.

The Home Deli with Paul Peacock

Learn how to make artisan foods with self sufficiency gurus- Paul and Diana Peacock. Make your own Toulouse sausages and chorizo- Wensleydale cheese and fabulous terrines.

Photography for Beginners with Stephen Green

See the image! Develop your ability to create interesting photographs. Learn to handle your digital camera with confidence. Suitable for all kinds of digital cameras.

A Trio of Brooches with Edna Oswald

An opportunity to learn three different techniques and make at least three brooches.