Crafts and Skills Day is an opportunity to view handmade items from our collection and talk to the tutors who will be providing various adult craft classes over the coming academic year.

The traditional Potato Harvesting Basket. Part of the Little Bohemian Festival.

With Johnny Hamill.

Traditional woodcarving techniques are demonstrated upon a range of woods.

Use traditional painting techniques to create your own glass piece.

Exploring types of stone and their properties. This workshop will explore types of stone and their properties; as well as sourcing your material and tools and health & safety.

In this two-day workshop you will explore the extraordinary medium of hot glass.

Using a selection of different beads and coloured wire, participants will create a jewellery set.

This two day (13 – 14 November 2010) Contemporary Craft workshop for teachers of art, craft and design is a wonderful opportunity to revisit or learn new practical skills in Textiles and Ceramics, and discuss and explore developments in the contemporary crafts that will have relevance for the classroom and for your own creative practice.