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Chinese Knotting is a traditional art and handcraft, using different knots and designs to create a variety of decorative objects and artefacts.

These taster classes are bite-sized workshops designed to introduce you to the craft of Bookbinding at the Owl and Lion Bindery.

Bind and Go! Express bookbinding workshops: These taster classes are bite-sized workshops designed to introduce you to the craft of Bookbinding.

A series of nine individual workshops for people working with textiles.

Try out some ancient crafts as part of the Brodick Country Park Bronze Age roundhouse experience

One off introductory ceramic sessions - either handbuilding or throwing.

Students on this course will be shown how to make a simple garment from scratch which will then form the basis for exploring a wide range of embellishment techniques.

One day class in Ayr learning glass techniques.

Expand your jewellery making skills in Dundee's unique studio.

Govanhill Baths Community Trust’s Rags to Riches presents the new Spring Program of creative re-use and up-cycling short courses.

Summer sewing and patternmaking for beginners, intermediate and advanced.

This class is a designed to teach beginners everything they need to know about sewing via 3 full day classes. Lunch is included in the price!

Three day course to make and fire ceramic work in a paper kiln.

Join Fiona Byrne-Sutton in this introduction to hand built pottery in the inspiring surroundings of Charles Rennie Mackintosh's House for an Art Lover.

An introduction to working with clay, suitable for beginners or those with a little experience. Run by Fiona Thompson.

A hands on introduction to working with laser cutting on a variety of materials, including paper, card, acrylic, wood and fabric.

Learn to screen print onto textiles on this one-day course and take home with you four printed tote bags using your own design.

Three day introductory workshop on design, warping, loom-set-up and weaving on a 4 shaft table loom to weave your own tweed inspired by the landscape.

Try your hand at some creative carving with renowned Arran wood carver and sculptor Marvin Elliott during his two-day course at Brodick Country Park.

Jeff Zimmer will lead a five day class about creating three dimensional images on glass using both traditional and photographic approaches.

Create your very own felt pebble paperweight around a real stone pebble.

Spend a day creating a contemporary mixed media picture with a vintage inspired feel with a theme of “Home”. All levels welcome to this informal class with a maximum of 3 participants.

A day workshop exploring the amazing versatility of the Birch tree with a focus on the bark.

Participants will make an individual collection of four hand-stitched books, and an attractive folio style box.

Three day introductory workshop on design, warping, loom-set-up and weaving on a 4 shaft table loom to weave your own tweed inspired by the landscape.

Create a range of felt beads in different colours, sizes, shapes and styles.

Three day introductory workshop on design, warping, loom-set-up and weaving on a 4 shaft table loom to weave your own tweed inspired by the landscape.

A week of art, making, writing, poetry and reflection on Tanera Mor. Creativity and Slowing Down on the Summer Isles.

Hands on workshop exploring different approaches to the unfired clay surface- monoprinting colour, line and pattern.

Stone carving is challenging, dusty, therapeutic and fun. This holiday workshop introduces you to a variety of tools and techniques in Fife.

The first of two drawing classes especially for makers who wish to develop designs for application in their own creative media.

Create your own felted soap.

Talk and workshop with Norio Hosaka, a Japanese artist craftsman. You will learn the skills needed to make a vase, box or container.

During this 2 day workshop Amy Neville will teach you how to dye with both cold water and natural dyes.

Three day introductory workshop on design, warping, loom-set-up and weaving on a 4 shaft table loom to weave your own tweed inspired by the landscape.

The course includes creating your work of art and the technique and methods to create the final work in pressed cotton fiber pulp.

An introduction to the world of natural dyes.

A five day introductory workshop to Bronze Casting, instructed by Eden Jolly at Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Aberdeenshire.

A two day jewellery workshop in a beautiful location with a small class size allowing for plenty of individual tutoring.

Create your own custom made pattern and construct a made to measure corset using traditional or modern materials.

This course allows participants to experiment with plant papers, inclusions, layering with colours, watermarks and embossing.

This masterclass will introduce a wide variety of felt surface techniques, exploring how these can be applied to wearable items.

Summer School exploring the creative art of tapestry weaving.

Discover the relaxing and fascinating skill of handspinning using a spinning wheel in a two part set of one day workshops designed for complete beginners.

Explore the unique qualities of both native and exotic plant fibres, while gaining a better understanding of the processes involved in creating a variety of strong, beautiful plant papers.

Learn how to cut glass, design and make a stained glass panel in a weekend.

Four day introductory workshop on design, warping, loom-set-up and weaving on a 4 shaft table loom to weave your own tweed inspired by the landscape.

A five-day technical skills development class in sculptural flameworking using clear borosilicate glass, with Carrie Fertig.

4 day Summer School learning how to work with laser cutting on a variety of materials, including paper, card, acrylic, wood and fabric.

A one off four day ceramics workshop run by Fiona Thompson and Chris Donnelly.

Learn how to cut glass, design and make a stained glass panel in a weekend

During the three days, you will learn the reverse method of mosaicing, used to create a mosaiced table top that has an even surface that is beautiful and durable.

Explore and make different types of book structures during a 2 day workshop with Mary Sleigh.

This course allows you to take a theme, such as a journey or a special event in your life, and interpret and record it through the process of altering an old book or box.

Learn how to cut glass, design and make a stained glass panel in a weekend.

This is a week for immersing yourself in the colours, contours and textures of the west highland landscape, translating them through the medium of textile embroidery.

A weekend course introducing the traditional craft of basket weaving using natural materials found in wild places and gardens.

In the course of five days, you will cut, join, applique and quilt to your heart's content. The best results come with allowing your original plan to develop as the making progresses, so don't arrive with too fixed an idea of how your quilt should look.

Working with woven textiles, paper, metal, felt, plastic and ephemera of all kinds.

During this 2 day workshop Tracy will show you techniques including silk shading, canvas work slips and surface embroidery using a design based on a floral Jacobean design.

Three classes over three days in the fine surroundings of Hospitalfield House, Arbroath.

Learn how to cut glass, design and make a stained glass panel in a weekend.

A couching and needle weaving workshop with Toni Hanley using a variety of threads to produce evocative landscapes.

Create a unique piece of ceramic art using a variety of materials.

Learn how to cut glass, design and make a stained glass panel in a weekend.