Heritage Craft Workshops

Craft: Stone carving

Leader: Alan Micklethwaite

Cost: £90 (8 places)

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. Please bring your own lunch.

Over the past two decades Alan Micklethwaite has established his reputation as one of the country’s finest stone carvers. His diverse portfolio, featuring both contemporary and traditional figurative work, demonstrates an intuitive understanding of materials and techniques.

Be inspired by the carvings around the Minster and create your own piece of stone sculpture. Alan will teach and guide you through all the techniques needed to carve a pattern of your choice into a block of Tadcaster limestone to take away with you. All tools and materials provided, no previous experience needed.

Craft: Patchwork and Quilting

Leader: Hilary Spilsbury

Cost: £60 (12 places)

Venue: Parish Hall. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. Please bring your own lunch.

Title: ‘Yule Logs and Christmas Stars’

Using the heritage technique of ‘Manx log cabin’, this session will give a tester of traditional quilt- making using hand sewing. Participants will also have the opportunity to make a folded fabric star Christmas decoration.

All fabric and sewing equipment will be provided. No previous experience is required but being able to sew a running stitch is all that is needed.

Hilary is Area Representative for The Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles, an education charity, which promotes sewing skills and the preservation of historic and contemporary Quilts. Hilary has been patchwork quilting for forty years, volunteers for the Quilters’ Guild and runs a local Quilt Group. Hilary was formally a University lecturer and recently retired social care trainer who finds sewing beneficial for well being and relaxation.