36 Courses in Birmingham

the crafts collective

The Crafts Collective is based in the heart of the historic Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham, UK. The building is dated in the mid Victorian period of the 1860s and was originally a jewellery makers. The workshops are delivered by an experienced and passionate maker and crafter. Rest assured that the workshops will always be friendly and relaxed and include light refreshments as well as all materials for your workshop of choice. Workshops are suitable for a range of abilities and help is always at hand. The Crafts Collective studio offers an experience, as well as the tuition needed to leave with a handmade product.

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saz's ceramics & crafts

Paint your own pottery or create your own craft; it's creative fun for everyone, no matter how old or young you are! So, how does it work? It's easy peasy! Normally, you can pop down to the studio to select your craft, e.g. pottery painting, silk clay, throwing and handbuilding with clay (it's advisable to phone ahead if you want to come down at the weekend as we're often running special workshops). Obviously, not so easy peasy in Lockdown, but we've got loads of take away options to keep you out of trouble whilst at home. If you don't mind waiting for your masterpiece, choose one of the many, many pieces on display on our Take away pages, grab an apron and a paint brush, let your imagination run riot with the wide range of glazes, leave your creation with us for a few days, then collect your glazed work of art and enjoy! We're sure it'll be worth the wait!

vesey arts and crafts

From leading brand art and crafts materials to picture framing and printing, as well as design services right through to stationery and classes. We have the stock, tools and product knowledge to offer the right solution. There is so much more to Vesey Gallery than meets the eye, so browse through our website or come and visit our unique store to see why we are the regions premier art and craft retailer. We are open Monday to Saturday with heaps of free car parking. vesey gallery

tom sherlock

Born and raised in Birmingham, Tom has always been obsessed with making things. This obsession continued right through school and on to London where he studied furniture making. It was whilst in London his unusual style prompted his teacher to suggest he study sculpture. Taking his teachers advice after completing the year, he moved back to Birmingham and began his sculpture degree in Wolverhampton commuting daily before opting to move to West Wales School of Art - where they teach the fascinating process of bronze casting - to complete his degree. After completing his degree, Tom once again moved back to Birmingham where he continued his sculpture practise alongside working with family to further refine the carpentry and woodworking skills he learnt in London before setting up by himself a few years ago. The relatively recent decision to start offering courses came about almost by chance. The positive experience Tom had in West Wales ignited a desire to want to teach his skills to others – something that became even more apparent after taking on a couple of apprentices. However, with business being so busy it wasn’t until the apprentices highlighted the lack of woodworking courses available in the Birmingham area outside of full-time college or university courses. It was at this point Tom realised that this would be a great opportunity to give those interested in woodworking a way in without having to commit full time.

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stained glassic

‘Stained Glassic’ (est. 2010) offers custom-made handpainted glass. With an excellence in design, glass painting, and drawing, Stained Glassic offers its services to a wide variety of global clients.  It covers traditional as well as contemporary methods and styles of stained glass making. Jamal has an interest in the visual arts and music since he was 5 years old. He always had meticulous eyes when it comes to observe and artistically interpret the visual world. His creative abilities enabled him to draw and paint with ease. Old school observation based skills of drawing and painting feature his work that one rarely experiences nowadays in modern artworks. Stained Glassic has a commitment to never send a commission out until the artist and the client are fully satisfied with the final outcome.

kairos sculpture

Ruskin Glass Centre | Home to a wide array of glass crafts

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woodsetton art pottery

Rooted by materials, training and history to The Black Country village of the same name for over thirty years, using clay and metal to make truly unique pieces of use. At Woodsetton two generations and an upcoming third, have made their livings as designer makers for over 50 years. David Bates, a furniture designer and manufacture, and Gill Bates an antique dealer, later came together to work with pewter. The Victorian house and workshops which housed their early business was built by the Parkes family of Iron founders who were descendants of Abraham Derby 1st, and so there has been a long line of metal working at this address. For the latter 30 years Lorraine Bates has run a pottery here using stoneware and metal to make pieces of use. The combination of these two materials has an illustrious history in the Black Country in the shape of The Ruskin Pottery who made stoneware in The Arts and Crafts tradition and ethos which is still a strong influence on our work. Lorraine Bates and the team at Woodsetton, now have a history of making for galleries, museums and exhibitions in the UK, America, Japan and Europe.