Vicky Smith

Cowshed Creative offers a lively calendar of workshops based in a two-storey Lakeland barn conversion nestled in the peaceful Kentmere Valley.

It’s not often you see a leather shop that also teaches its craft, but Evancliffe Leather does just that via an array of workshops.

The West Riding Stonecarving Association is dedicated to keeping the art of hand-carving stone alive and bringing it to the general public.

A Creative with Nature workshop that teaches participants sculptural weaving techniques to create their own willow fox.

A Newcastle Arts Centre class focused on the ‘art of the beautiful writing’, taught by South Shields-based calligrapher Angela Reed.

This beginners workshop will teach participants the traditional skills associated with blacksmithing, in the ‘Steel City’ of Sheffield.

Liverpool’s Zap Graffiti teaches all the basic skills and techniques you need to make a street-style creation you’ll be proud of.

This day-long book foredge decorating class will guide participants in simple techniques such as block colour and sprinkling.

One of many workshops hosted by local jeweller Helen Drye, here you’ll learn the technical skills required to make a chic stacker ring.

Head to Skipton’s Craven Arts Studios to create a unique mounted animal head for your home with local textile artist Jaki Bogg.

Come and experience the magic of fused glass at Glass Monkey Studio in Burnley, where workshops cater for all levels and abilities.

On this one day workshop you will explore the painter Van Gogh’s painting techniques to create your own Post-Impressionist painted landscape.