Health and wellbeing courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts

The one day stained glass workshop is an amazing way to start your journey into the addictive world of stained glass. The workshop is divided with four key activities : Morning Agenda: 1. Pattern selection. 2. Glass selection. 3. Familiarisation of tools. 4.Cutting glass and familiarisation of different angles and styles of cutting. 5. Grinding cut glass edges & unlimited supply of tea & biscuits:) Afternoon session: You will focus on completion of piece to take home....by 1.Understand copper foiling method. 2.Assembling your pieces together. 3.Use of soldering iron and...

2021 dates now scheduled! With the easing of lockdown we are recommencing our Abstract Art workshops (yay!). First date is 24th May with limited places to ensure 2+ mtrs social distancing. Please note the Jo Garden Art studio will be open for drop in visitors for the first & last weekend of June (8/9th and 26/27th) as part of the Suffolk Open Studios event. Come and have a peek at what we do - sculpture kits will be available to take away at a discounted rate. Welcome to an absorbing...

Learn how to carve in a single day with one-to-one tuition. A one day course specifically aimed at complete beginners with no previous knowledge. Learn how to carve a relief in wood in a single day, (the very foundation of all sculpture in the round) with highly personal one to one tuition in the beautiful surroundings of the Peak District National Park. One to one tuition is by far the best and quickest way to learn a new skill, without the usual distractions of a group situation. This is a...

The course will explore the interplay between traditional geometry and imaginative freehand ornament within Celtic Art from its Palaeolithic beginnings through to its Classical and Christian periods. Students will learn to draw and compose the traditional forms of Celtic knot work, zoomorphic animal patterns and Celtic key patterns as well as the unique geometrical methods of compass drawn spiral patterns. The Celtic practice of composing manuscript pages using the geometry of squares and proportional rectangles will also be covered.

Half day needle felting courses in Stroud and Bristol. Yvonne is a fully qualified adult education teacher with a Fine Art degree, and an advanced mindfulness certificate, with many years experience as a practising artist and a meditator. You will enjoy the benefits of mindful observation with a needle felt workshop. Get in touch with yourself, be in the moment to create your own needle felt picture or three dimensional felt sculpture. You will be taught the various techniques of needle felt and be encouraged to feel relaxed and empowered,...