All courses, craft kits and handcrafted gifts in North West

If you're interested in fashion design and dressmaking, this sewing course gives you access to 20 hours of tuition spread across ten creative sessions to help you develop your skills. Make a garment of your choice or choose to learn a specific sewing set of sewing techniques. Your expert teacher can tailor your classes to your needs. Make a piece of clothing designed by you or learn specific skills such as pattern cutting, usage of a sewing machine or sewing techniques. Classes within this sewing course include the use of...

For the course dates please click on the link above. This five day woodwork course is a self interest woodwork course where my aim is to give you the confidence and the knowledge to use basic hand tools and some of the more common power tools, to show you how to look after your tools, keeping them sharp and in a good usable state. We will discuss what to look for when you go shopping for tools, the safe use of hand held power tools and again, how to look...

Please come and join me at my forge in the heart of The Yorkshire Dales for a knife making experience you are sure to remember forever. In my cosy, fully equipped smithy you will have the opportunity to forge a lasting memory using age-old techniques. In this 6 hour Damascus knife making class you will be forging, hardening and tempering your kitchen knife using traditional techniques. The blade and the handle will be forged from the same piece of Damascus steel known as an integral handle. Once your knife had...

The Whole Class Guitar Workshop is designed to engage, inspire and develop a love of playing music. Step by step, the class will learn to play along to pop and classic rock music that people can relate to. Everyone will play a part, regardless of ability, resulting in the whole class playing together as a band. In addition to Schools, the workshop is suitable for: Home Education Groups, Scout Groups, Festivals, Community Events and Private Parties. The Whole Class Guitar Workshop is a proven gateway to acquiring a guitar and...

Summer 2022 Masterclass Weekend Come get away from your bench and relax and learn lots of new things! Both days will take place at Rachel Hearne Jewellery School located 3rd floor in the historical Grade II listed Glassworks building in Lancaster. The studio is a fully equipped school offering students at every level the tools and support for their individual learning needs. Gemstones for Jewellers August 6th Day 1 Gemstones for Jewellers is an intensive bespoke course on the most frequently used gemstones in the jewellery trade today. It was...

We have an amazing and unique experience to make a 60 layer damascus knife or axe. We will cover every aspect from basic forging techniques and hammer control, then grinding and profiling followed by heat treatment and fitting the handle. Day 1 starts with you making your own damascus billet, it’s a thrilling experience with sparks flying and the use of seriously heavy duty machinery, or if you wish you can do it manually with a great deal of hammering. Day 2 and 3 drawing and planning your knife/axe, then...

Please come and join me at my forge in the heart of The Yorkshire Dales to design and make your very own sword. In my cosy, fully equipped smithy you will have the opportunity to forge a lasting memory using age old techniques. I'll start by lighting the forge, then after a short safety briefing we will rough out the design of the blade, cross-guard and pommel and then you'll be at the anvil - hammer in hand. You will be forging your sword entirely from scratch, including fitting and...

Are you one of the tens of thousands of people who love watercolour but find it a bit frustrating?…Accept the challenge! Your mission should you choose to accept it is to master a range of simple techniques over the next 12 weeks that will put the fun back into watercolour for you and get you producing loose, vibrant, atmospheric, impressionistic, watercolour landscape paintings that have focus in just a few hours. You in?…

Please come and join me at my forge in the heart of The Yorkshire Dales for a knife making experience you are sure to remember forever. In my cosy, fully equipped smithy you will have the opportunity to forge a lasting memory using age-old techniques. In this 6 hour Damascus knife making class you will be forging, hardening and tempering your kitchen knife using traditional techniques. The blade and the handle will be forged from the same piece of Damascus steel known as an integral handle. Once your knife had...

These mosaic pet portraits are bespoke and a work of art. They can be ordered 1 month in advance and delivery can be negotiated. I keep in touch throughout the process via whatsapp or email/FB so you can adjust/have a say in the final piece. My art career spans over 35 years and my expertise in mosaic is foremost in my current commissioned work.