HERITAGE CRAFT WORKSHOPS

2025

Saturday 15 February – Book binding (Fully booked)

Saturday 22 February – Glass gilding (Fully booked)

Saturday 8 March – Painted Letters

Saturday 26 April – Stonecarving (Fully booked)

Saturday 10 May – Lino printing

Saturday 31 May – Roses and Castles

Saturday 15 February 10.00 – 15.00

Craft: Book Binding (Fully booked)

Leader: Emma Lloyd Jones

Cost: £55 (10 places)

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. Venue: Peter Harrison Room

Create a multi-section notebook – make a sewn multi-section notebook with a hard cover. This session builds on the one Emma did last year & is suitable for beginners with some manual dexterity. Materials are provided.

Emma Lloyd-Jones is a book & paper conservator with 36 years’ experience working in libraries & archives. She has been freelance for the past 11 years working for national institutions & private clients.

Saturday 22 February  10.00 – 15.00

Craft: Gilding on to glass (Fully booked)

Leader: Rob Oldfield

Cost: £65 (10 places)

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. Venue: Parish Hall

Rob Oldfield is a gilder, typographer and educator, with nearly forty years’ experience working in museums and historic interiors. He recognises the importance of crafts like gilding and he has a desire to pass on his knowledge so that it does not become yet another ‘forgotten art’ in an increasingly digital world.

Building on previous classes, this session will involve gilding onto glass with real gold leaf. Rob and ACT Heritage will provide all materials including; real gold leaf a glass panel, and a frame.

This class is suitable for all abilities.

Saturday 8 March  10.00 – 15.00

Craft: Painted Letters

Leader: Jane Jenkins

Cost: £55 (8 places)

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. Venue: tba
Painting Letters has been a part of calligraphy and also of fine art for centuries.  Artists have created them in many ways but this workshop is by way of a tribute to the great lettering artist, Adolf Bernd.
We’ll be working with colour and will be learning watercolour painting techniques.
This is suitable for beginners to those who wish to extend their skills.
All materials can be provided but if you prefer to use your own, we will be using H and 3B pencils, 12″ and 6″ rulers, a fine, propelling eraser and watercolour paints.
Paper and paint will be provided for you but if you have any watercolours do bring them.
Brushes:
All synthetic – no.2 and no. 4 round and no. 3 or no.4 liner.

Saturday 26 April 10.00 – 16.00

Craft: Stone carving (Fully booked)

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.

Saturday 10 May  10.00 – 16.00

Craft: Lino Printing Workshop

Leader: Rachel Jones

Cost: £70 (8 places)

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. Venue: Peter Harrison Room

Make a Lino print cushion.
In the morning you will design and carve your own linocut. In the afternoon you will print your design onto a cotton/linen cushion cover to create a unique piece of art for your home. You will leave with a complete cushion and your linocut that you can use for your own printing at home.

This workshop is suitable for beginners or those with prior experience of linoprinting. Plenty of guidance will be given throughout and there will be art books and ideas available for design inspiration. If you already know what you‘d like to print then do bring a picture with you on the day.

Saturday 31 May  10.00 – 16.00

Introduction to “Roses and Castles” – the folk art of English Canals and
Waterways

Leader: Lynda Brookhouse

Cost: £55 (6 places)

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided. Venue: Minster

The workshop will be led by Lynda Brookhouse, a former boat owner and artist who has been practicing the craft for more than 30 years.
The course is designed for all abilities, from complete beginners to more experienced artists.
What to expect
During the morning session you will learn about the history of canal art and how it developed over a period of 200 years, when commercial carrying by narrowboat had an important role to play as part of our transport infrastructure.
In this session we will be looking at “Castles”, following on from the earlier workshop which concentrated on how to paint canal “Roses”. This will be a standalone workshop – it is not necessary for you to have attended the previous “Roses” workshop.
Everything you need will be provided, and by the end of the day you will have created an original piece of artwork to take home.
Canal art is now on an endangered list of heritage crafts. There are very few artists who do this work professionally and the tradition is carried on by enthusiastic hobbyists who keep the art from alive and relevant today. Lynda is keen to share her knowledge and experience with you in the hope that you will continue to practice and promote this unique and beautiful example of English Folk Art.
To ensure students get the most out of their day, the number of places will be strictly limited so please book early to avoid disappointment.
Make it your new year’s resolution to learn a new skill and treat yourself, or purchase as a special present for a friend or loved one. What could be more romantic than a gift of “Roses and Castles”?