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: Wood carving

Leader: Allen Stichler

Cost: £85

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

Allen Stichler is a Lincolnshire based timber artist specialising in unique hand carved sculptures and with a wealth of experience in leading workshops.

Allen will teach you the techniques needed to carve a pattern of your choice into a block of wood. He will guide you through the process and you will leave with your own piece of art and a set of new skills. All tools and materials provided, no previous experience necessary.

Craft: Art Nouveau Lettering of Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Leader: Jane Jenkins

Cost: £60

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

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was in his early twenties and at the Glasgow School of Art when the Art Nouveau movement spread across Europe and into Britain.  His work as an architect, interior designer, painter and letterer was far ahead of its time and, therefore, not appreciated by many.  However, he is now world famous and we can see his influence in so many places.

In this workshop, we will be looking at his wonderful letters and also those of letter designers who have obviously been influenced by the Arts Nouveau movement generally, and CRM in particular.

Students should bring:

Felt tip Bullet Point Pens – as many different sizes as you have – black      Waterproof when dry

Fibre tip pens – as many different sizes as you have – black   Waterproof when dry

Pencil, eraser

Coloured pencils – watercolour, if possible

Rulers – 30cm (1 ft) and 15cm (6”)

Lined pad – A4

Round brushes – Nos 2 and 4

Water pot

Optional:

Plastic circle template

Plastic oval template

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.