Bringing arts and crafts to your local neighbourhood
Deepwell Arts in Leicester collaborates with Armonia Music Tuition and Creative Space, a well established creative venue at Martyrs Church Hall in the heart of the West End of Leicester. Deepwell Arts aims to bring new life to the area with a mix of arts and crafts workshops, drop-in sessions, occasional events and open studio times.
What’s on in our Leicester studio
The workshop list is growing, so do scroll down to see the full range, and come back and discover new offerings! Pre-booking is required for most events. Contact me directly to book a one-off or special event such as a group awayday or community event – a pottery party or similar, for instance making clay animals, ceramic vases or decorating tiles.
Up to date workshop listing and booking for all Deepwell Arts scheduled events at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/deepwellarts? or email me [email protected] to buy a gift voucher for handbuilding or pottery throwdown experiences – prices start from £70
New! A holiday treat on 23rd April – One-day block printing workshop
Pottery Wheel Experience on Thursday 27th March: 4.30-6.00 pm or Thursday 27th March: 6.00-7.30 pm. Book now to secure your space
Make your own jewellery in polymer clay
Friday 4th April 6.30-8.30 pm
Using wonderful colours of polymer clay, make colour-rich hook earrings – baked and completed within 90 minutes!
Gift or keep? The choice is yours!
£15 all materials included
Block printing
In this one-day workshop you will be printing blocks for repeat patterns and overlapping designs for paper and fabric. This friendly session will enable you to prepare and print your own designs using a special thick printing lino with expert tuition from print-maker Jo Shearer.
Adults and accompanied teenagers.
£49 per person (£89 for a pair)
Making a mug
Thursday 24th April – 6-8.30 pm
Using a range of hand-building techniques you will make a ceramic mug and have opportunity to decorate them with texture and colour.
You will leave your creations at the studio for firing and glazing and they should be ready to collect in four weeks’ time.
Adults and accompanied teenagers.
£29 per person (£50 for a pair)
Mosaic Workshop
You will be guided through the process to produce a delightful piece of mosaic art. There is a finishing process of grouting that needs to be done at least 24 hours later, which you can come back to the studio to complete, or take the grout home with you.
£25 all materials included; or £40 for two of you attending.
*** Earlybird £20 until 25th March
Pottery Decoration
In this pottery special, we will explore some common decorating techniques such as sgraffito, slip trailing and low-relief which you can apply to a pre-prepared tile or form during this creative evening of pottery.
Your decorated piece will be fired and ready for you to collect within a few weeks.
£25 all materials included.
*** Earlybird £20 until 26th March
Print-making with Textures
Fridays 9th and 16th May, 6.30-8.30 pm (2 evenings)
This friendly session will enable you to prepare and print your own designs using collagraph techniques with expert tuition from print-maker Jo Shearer. Designed for beginners, this workshop will also inspire more experienced attendees.
Adults and teens welcome.
£39 for both evening sessions.
Pottery Essentials
Tuesday evenings 6.30-8.30 pm and
Wednesday mornings 10.00-12.00
Come and spend Tuesday evenings or Wednesday mornings in the company of adults working with clay learning simple techniques in hand-building to produce your own work with tuition from Frances.
Beginners and more experienced potters are welcome. Individual evenings or mornings are available at £20 per session.
£100 for six sessions, including materials and firing – email [email protected] to book the series
Throwing on the Wheel
Thursday 27th March
Friday 24th April
This is your chance to spend a couple of hours with Frances but not at our usual venue. We will meet at The Clay Room in centre of Leicester. You will learn the basics of how to throw a pot and have plenty of practice on a wheel.