Decorative Arts

Inspired by the beautiful gardens at Toolerstone we will be exploring nature to identify flowers and foliage that we will then use to create lasting impressions in clay.  Using your imprinted clay your tutor will guide you through hand-building pottery techniques to create vases and coasters. You will then add colour to the surface decoration ... Read more

The willow Sarah uses is from the Somerset Levels and is a renewable and sustainable crop. It is the ultimate green product absorbing carbon from the atmosphere as it grows. The sculptures are made entirely of willow.  Sarah’s workshops are run at a steady pace and are suitable for beginners. You will be expertly guided ... Read more

This one day course will teach you how to cut, shape & solder glass together in order to make a stunning stained glass abstract flower. Working from a tutor pattern, as a starting point, you will design & make a stained glass flower using traditional methods. You will be using pre-coloured glass which is produced ... Read more

Join us for a wonderful willow weaving workshop and make an impressive heron sculpture for your garden. The willow Sarah uses is from the Somerset Levels and is a renewable and sustainable crop. It is the ultimate green product absorbing carbon from the atmosphere as it grows. The sculptures are made entirely of willow.  Sarah’s ... Read more

Join us in the glass room with our tutor, Jane, for a photography workshop with an emphasis on nature and summer. Jane will show you how to get the most from your smartphone. Do you wonder how people take such amazing shots with their phones when you are looking at Instagram and Facebook? We all ... Read more

Join us for in our Glass Room for a creative workshop to learn the skill and art of block printing with our tutor, Albert Harvey. Block printing, also known  as lino printing, is a relief print where the image is made by carving out parts of a linoleum sheet. The same technique is used with ... Read more