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  • Basket Making

    Island Arts Centre The Island, Lisburn, United Kingdom

    Beginners will learn from Welig Heritage Crafts’ expert basket maker and return home with their own beautiful handmade basket.

    £98

  • Lino Printing for Beginners with Madison Swart

    Crescent Art Centre 2-4 University Rd, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Enjoy learning a popular printing technique where you’ll learn the basics in Lino printing through demonstrations from the tutor. Then you will get a chance to experiment, before working with templates or coming up with your own design. Use lino cutting tools to carve your design onto a lino sheet and print your own series … Continue reading Lino Printing for Beginners with Madison Swart

    £56

  • Pottering Around Our Prehistoric Past Talk

    North Down Museum, Castle Park Road, BT20 4BN

    Ever wondered how pottery was made thousands of years ago? Join antiquarian and potter John Martin at North Down Museum on Tuesday 22 September for a fascinating talk exploring the craft and creativity of prehistoric pottery. Drawing on archaeological reports and traditional materials, John recreates Neolithic and Early Bronze Age vessels from Ulster, demonstrating the … Continue reading Pottering Around Our Prehistoric Past Talk

  • Beginners Pottery Course

    Island Arts Centre The Island, Lisburn, United Kingdom

    A course designed for those new to pottery. Simple hand building skills and throwing on the potter’s wheel will be explored alongside an introduction to glazing.

    £168

  • From the Far Wide to the Near Shore Exhibition

    Ards Arts Centre Town Hall, Conway Square, Newtownards, United Kingdom

    A series of strange objects and works on paper conjure imagined places and lives. Combining found, made, and fabricated elements from shoreline wanderings and imaginative meanders; Stuart’s work reflects a deep relationship with landscape and material culture. Stuart Cairns is an Irish artist exploring liminal environments—hinterlands, tidelines, and fringe spaces—through walking, photography, drawing, and collecting. … Continue reading From the Far Wide to the Near Shore Exhibition

    Free

  • The Body Remembers Exhibition

    Ards Arts Centre Town Hall, Conway Square, Newtownards, United Kingdom

    The Body Remembers is a solo exhibition exploring memory, trauma, and embodiment through porcelain clay and thread. Drawing on personal experiences of brain surgery and mental health, it examines how the body retains experience. Combining fragile porcelain with thread, the work creates sculptural and immersive installations that invite reflection, empathy, and connection. Interconnected pieces explore … Continue reading The Body Remembers Exhibition

    Free

  • Silversmithing techniques

    Ards Arts Centre Town Hall, Conway Square, Newtownards, United Kingdom

    Learn the skills of Silversmithing and make your own silver jewellery with Diane Lyness over 10 weeks of classes.   You will learn a variety of jewellery techniques including soldering, piercing, shaping, texturing metal and polishing. During the term, participants will work through the design and creation of a piece or pieces of jewellery. If … Continue reading Silversmithing techniques

    £190

  • Wool felt sea swimmers workshop

    Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre 24 Main Street, Limavady, United Kingdom

    Join tutor Carolyn Faith at Roe Valley Arts Centre for a wool felting workshop that celebrates the joy of wild swimming. Participants will make needle-felted figure inspired by life at the water's edge - a creative workshop full of colour, character and texture.

    £45

  • Mug and coaster hand-building workshop

    Flowerfield Arts Centre 185 Coleraine Road, Portstewart, United Kingdom

    Join Fiona Shannon at Flowerfield Arts Centre for a hand-building workshop: participants will make a coordinating pair of comfort mugs and coasters, featuring tactile botanical impressions inspired by cosy seasonal rituals and slow sipping. Works will be fired and ready for collection at a later date.

    £47

  • Make a John Surlis Leitrim Chair

    Green Woodwork Ireland Workshop, Minnowburn Ballynahatty Rd, Belfast, Minnowburn

    The Leitrim Chair is a traditional Irish Hedge Chair last produced by John Surlis in the 1980s. John was a skilled carpenter who mastered a craft that had been in his family for 400 years, distinctly traceable for 6 generations. In this 4 day workshop, Stephen Ryan from Green Woodwork Ireland will teach participants the … Continue reading Make a John Surlis Leitrim Chair

    £450

  • Yarn Festival at The Commons in Belfast

    The Commons 467A Ormeau Road, Belfast, Antrim, United Kingdom

    Ulster Guild of Spinners, Weavers, and Dyers are delighted to announce an impromptu community yarn festival at The Commons at Ballynafeigh, 'Wool, Wheel & Weft'.   "We’re welcoming Folklore Yarns UK, The Spinning Webb, Debbie McCann - Textile Designer , Debbie Orr | Natural dyer, Gracipity SoulScapes and more!"   Information on workshops can be … Continue reading Yarn Festival at The Commons in Belfast

  • Lampshade Making with Linda O’Kane

    Crescent Art Centre 2-4 University Rd, Belfast, United Kingdom

    Learn how to make a 20cm drum lampshade for a small lamp or as a pendant light. Once the technique is learned you will be armed with the knowledge to tackle larger or more complex shades. This workshop includes a kit and a piece of fabric or paper to complete your shade, in a choice … Continue reading Lampshade Making with Linda O’Kane

    £48