monthly masterclass

New for 2025 we will be launching Monthly Masterclasses which will take place on a Saturday or Sunday throughout the year. We will be inviting guest tutors to deliver sessions that are a little different from our main craft courses.

may - STONe setting


Mays Masterclass is Stone Setting with Sharon Justice

A great workshop for people with some experience of jewellery making. Advance your skills by making a series of settings for cabochon and faceted stones, using bezel wire, gallery strip, tubbing and claws. Sharon will guide you through processes to enable you to produce settings which you can use in your own designs. The basic materials will be provided including a selection of stones. Extras can be purchased from the tutor.

This is on Saturday 24 May 10-3pm and costs £95. Most materials included and lunch provided. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements when booking. 

If you'd like to buy more materials there may be opportunities to buy from the tutors​

june - block printing for textiles

June’s Masterclass is Block Printing for Textiles with Kathryn Green

Join textile design and resident maker Kathryn Green as she hosts an inspirational block printing workshop at Making Space. Spend a day exploring the possibilities of using traditional wood blocks to create stunning and unique textile outcomes. Play about with colour and composition on a variety of hand picked items which you can select from on the day. Leave with finished items to enjoy at home and the knowledge and inspiration to continue block printing at home. 

This is on Sunday 8 June 10-3pm and costs £95. Most materials included and lunch provided. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements when booking. 

If you'd like to buy more materials there may be opportunities to buy from the tutors

july - KIntsugi

July’s Masterclass is Kintsugi with Richard Walker

Kintsugi (golden joinery) started in Japan around 500 years ago.  When a clay, porcelain or glass item was broken, instead of hiding  any repairs, the art (and idea) of Kintsugi is to celebrate the damage as part of the life journey and history of a piece. 

Using contemporary materials, this Kintsugi class is a chance to explore the potential of this craft with your own items.  Whether you have cracked, broken or smashed vessels that need repairing, or wish to break something anew within the class in order to repair it, any cracks, gaps or chips can be repaired using pure gold-leaf to turn those imperfections into something beautiful. 
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As well as kintsugi, we will also have a brief look at the art of glass gilding, using pure silver. This will be a demonstration, with the option of having a go on the piece yourself!

This is on Saturday 5 July 10-3pm and costs £95. Most materials included and lunch provided. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements when booking. 

If you'd like to buy more materials there may be opportunities to buy from the tutors

september - etched steel plates for jewellery

One of September’s Masterclass is Etched Steel Plates for Jewellery with Sharon Justice

Using a Super Saturated Salt Solution, a battery charger and a selection materials as stopouts, explore how to create your own etched steel plates. Transfer your ideas and designs onto the steel so you can roller print onto silver, copper and brass. Create designs on the day or come with ideas and designs to experiment with on the day. Materials will be provided. Expect to produce several plates.

This is on Sunday 28 September 10-3pm and costs £95. Most materials included and lunch provided. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements when booking. 

If you'd like to buy more materials there may be opportunities to buy from the tutor

september - drawing

One of September’s Masterclass is Drawing
​with Tanya Wood
On this weekend masterclass come and discover how to portray what you see through drawing. This masterclass will explore traditional and contemporary drawing techniques used and developed in the course tutor- Tanya Wood’s own meticulous drawing practice. Tanya will share her passion for drawing, guide and support you with practical tasks, demonstrations, one to ones and discussion to help you make the most of these two days. You will learn about graphite pencils, their properties and potential to produce a wide variety of marks, taking drawing far beyond a line. You will explore materials, techniques and drawing elements such as line, tone, texture and composition through a selection of carefully devised exercises. Working from life as well as black and white photographs you will explore the unique qualities of pencil and paper to produce life-like drawings. This masterclass would be ideal for those starting or returning to drawing as well as those wanting to extend and develop skills, appropriate for sketches, designs and finished artwork. By the end of the course you will have gained confidence and knowledge in the use of materials, learned new techniques, increased awareness in the possibilities of drawing and developed new ideas about your own drawing.

This is on Saturday 27 September and Sunday 28 September 9.30-1pm each day and costs £130 for both. Most materials included and brunch provided. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements when booking. 

If you'd like to buy more materials there may be opportunities to buy from the tutors