Kingshill House

Alternative flower arranging - create a contemporary design in environmentally friendly mechanics and manipulation.

Join this fun and immersive camera-less Cyanotype workshop to create eco-friendly botanical prints from plants and explore the history one of the earliest photographic processes. Working with the sun or UV light source, learn how to create beautiful floral Prussian blueprints using the Cyanotype process. Be inspired by the botanical prints created by English botanist and photographer Anna Atkins who pioneered the use of the Cyanotype process to capture images of algae, ferns, flowers, and other plants. By using the photogram method, she was considered the first female photographer and...

Create your own paperweight decoupage and learn the art of decorative paper on glass, with the additional backing of dutch metal leaf in gold, silver or copper. You will cut out and carefully arrange your chosen paper design onto a 7cm round paperweight. Once the paper design is dry you can add a backing colour of gold, silver or copper dutch metal leaf. Keep your beautiful design or gift to friends and show off your crafting skills.

If you've ever wanted to learn how to make your own flower crown with fresh, beautiful and seasonal flowers, this is the perfect workshop for you. The art of flower crown making is extremely therapeutic and relaxing and the finished product is joyful and fun. Perhaps you have an upcoming party, wedding or event where you'd like to put into practice the skills and techniques you learn from this workshop, or perhaps you just fancy trying something different.

Eloise will guide you through a gong immersion starting with specific yoga breathing practices (pranayama) followed by gentle asanas (yoga postures) and stretches to prepare you for relaxation and allowing yourself to be completely immersed in the vibration of the gong. There will be time to ask any questions and to integrate the experience before heading home.

Join us for this enjoyable and creative hands-on workshop which introduces you to the wonderful world of stained glass. Using the jewel like qualities of glass you will learn to make your own delightful seaside themed suncatchers. This is a guided workshop suitable for both beginners and those with some experience and everyone will be working at the same pace during the day. At each stage in the process, Caroline will begin with a practical demonstration so that everyone is clear what they need to do next.

Designed with the minimum of equipment required, this workshop will teach you the basics of woodcut and hand printing. Produce your own woodcut stamp to then print away lots of beautiful designs, and take home with you. It will cover everything from suitable image design through to accurate registration allowing you to produce accurate prints with exciting and varied results.

Practice the art of Verre Églomisé you will gild your own clear glass cabochon in a choice of genuine yellow gold or white gold leaf. Whilst waiting for your gold leaf to dry you can design your own pattern or subject in which to draw onto your pendant later. You will also be given a pre-gilded cabochon to practice the technique on before your main one to the take home and wear for years to come, or gift to someone special. *You may either take the practice item home at...

Macrame is one of the many crafts being revived by those who love working with their hands and is being transformed from a 1970s relic into a hot, trendy art form. A versatile form of fibre art Macrame can be used to make everything from jewellery to plant holders and wall hangings. On the workshop you will be shown how to create different knots to start with and how to add wooden beads for a complete Boho look then go on to produce a lovely knotted wall hanging . So...

The ancient craft of weaving has long been recognised for it's humble practical beauty and meditative qualities while creating gorgeous decorative projects for your home. You can also reflect and relax through the repeating motions of yarn winding over the loom. You will learn how to warp up a simple wooden loom and the techniques used to add different textures and interest in your wall hanging including Tabby weave, Rya knots and loops, Soumak braid, egyption knots to name a few. You will be shown how to finish your weave,...

Celebrate the beauty and intricacy that nature creates, by making your own nature based ceramic pieces. Using local grown and foraged plants imprinted into the clay, we will be using handbuilding techniques and drape moulds to make your own completely unique pieces. Using drape moulds allows complete beginners to experience the joy of making pottery completely from scratch. With a variety of different shapes, you’ll each be able to make your own dish, to be used for everything from holding jewellery to serving nibbles. There will also be the option...

This workshop will cover everything you need to know to get started in oil painting; from basic equipment and how to use it to basic techniques and procedures. You will paint a still-life with step by step guidance from the teacher.

A day exploring colour and textures, printing with natural leaves and grasses. You will learn the process of sublimation printing using disperse dyes. We will begin by selecting leaves and grasses to print with and applying colour to the leaves using the heat press. There will be demonstrations at each step of this technique and you will be guided and encouraged to experiment with this exciting technique to produce some vibrant and interesting results.

Learn alternative environmentally friendly mechanics to create a circular design best viewed on a low table.

Weave a wonderful rustic gathering basket from locally sourced willow. This is a great introduction to the world of basketry, you will create and take home a beautiful and useful frame style berry basket.

Learn how to print your own t-shirt and bag using your own design and find out how this deceptively simple method can produce varied prints from one stencil. This technique is one of the most versatile and exciting ways to print without the need for a press. Cut paper stencil screen printing is one of the most versatile and exciting ways to print without the need for a press. The workshop is tailored to suit all abilities so you can be as intricate or simple with your design as you...

Let happy accidents happen with this creative, fun and experimental workshop. Create colourful pictures and patterns using beautiful leaves, layers of delicately sprayed paint and a touch of line drawing. You'll work on a range of papers and have the opportunity to make a few cards too.

Join Caroline for an enjoyable and creative hands-on day and make your very own beautiful copper-foiled bird in a nest! Using the copper-foiling technique made so famous by Tiffany, you will make a glass bird and learn to create a copper wire and hazel twig nest for it to sit in. The nest is then soldered to a copper post to push into a pot or into the ground outside. There will be a choice of Caroline’s original bird designs for you to choose from including a Wren, Blackbird, Robin...

Encourage small birds to your garden by weaving a delightful willow bird pod ideal for roosting. The pod is created from locally sourced willow and will be made using a stake and strand method. We will also be created willow bird feeders using a plaiting technique.