Short Courses

Winter Workshops

  • Date

    Saturday 12th December

  • Location

    Folly Lane Campus, HR1 1LT

  • Cost

    £45 - £55

Make a Silver Ring Workshop

Get creative this Christmas; spark your imagination and learn a new skill at one of our one day winter workshops.

Overview


Step out of the hustle and bustle of the Christmas shopping crowds and into one of our workshops to make a gift or decoration that's truly unique. Slow down, get creative, and bring some homemade charm to the festive season.

Try your hand at silver jewellery making or colourful linocut printing. Our expert tutors will teach you fundamental techniques in their specialist areas and guide you step-by-step to create something you'll be proud to gift or even to keep for yourself.

Close up of someone using the torch to heat up a piece of silver.
Someone carving a piece of lino to depict a picture of penguins lined up in a row.
Two girls smiling and chatting with each other whilst working in the small metals workshop.
Tutor Jess Bugler (wearing a light pink top and a blue denim apron) shows a student (green t-shirt, cream apron) a print on the printing press. The two women are smiling and looking at the print together.
Man with green hat and blue shirt using a magnifier to see detailed silver work.

What workshops can I choose from?

Full-day Workshop - £55

Learn the art of jewellery making and craft your own elegant silver ring in this relaxed, hands-on workshop. You will explore key techniques such as shaping, soldering, and polishing silver to create a timeless piece of jewellery.

Make a Silver Ring Workshop

Full-day workshop - £45

Explore classic print making techniques such as reduction linocut and chine collé in this dynamic and fun workshop. Come and make some extra special, colourful, Christmas cards that will definitely impress your family and friends.

A wide shot of the Folly Lane Print workshop. Various students are working at different workstations throughout the workshop. The room is filled with old fashioned printing presses, ink stations and is flooded with natural light from big windows.

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Workshops and Resources

FAQs

All materials are provided on our Winter Workshops.

You may want to bring a sketchbook for taking notes. We sell these at our college shop so you can buy one before your class starts if you want to. 

Make sure to bring some water, and dress appropriately for using college equipment (for example, no open-toed shoes and long hair tied back when using workshop equipment).

Unlike our regular termly short courses, our Winter Workshops do not provide you with a certificate. 

All our Winter Workshops are suitable for complete beginners. 

All our Winter Workshops will take place at our Folly Lane Campus, HR1 1LT. You will need to arrive at reception to be registered. 

You will need to arrive at our campus at 9.30am to register, and the workshops will start at 10am. 

There will be a lunch break at 12.30pm until 1.30pm.

The workshops will resume at 1.30pm and run until 4pm.

Our Winter Workshops are suitable for anyone over the age of 16. 

We recommend anyone aged 16-17 is accompanied by someone 18+ who is also a paying participant. 

We keep our class sizes small so that you benefit from a lot of contact time with the tutor. There will be a maximum of 8-12 people on the workshops. 

Yes, there is parking available on campus. Please use the car park at the back of our Folly Lane Campus, just off Whittern Way. 

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