Bobbin & Brush (CCB)

Stitch Up Club
2026-02-20 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London)
🎉 Stitch Up – Your Weekly Stitch & Social Club! 🧵Whether you knit, crochet, hand stitch, or machine sew – Stitch Up is the perfect weekly get-together for all things stitchy!

Bring along your unfinished projects or simply come for the creative vibes and friendly chatter. We’re here to support, share tips, and celebrate your crafty wins. Anything goes….crochet, needlework, knitting, sewing, patchwork, cross stitch whatever you have on the go or need to finish, bring it along and share a cuppa and cake.

🗓 Every week at the Cornish Craft Barn

🕘 Room available: 9:30am – 12:30pm (great for spreading out on our big tables or using our sewing machines!)

☕ Social hours: 10:00am – 12:00pm – the heart of the session

💷 £10 per session – includes refreshments and cake!

🍽 Stay for lunch and get 10% off all café purchases

Come stitch, sip, chat, and unwind – we’d love to see you there. Coffee and cake included!

Please reserve your spot in our upcoming Stitch Up session today!

Unleash your creativity! Come and join our friendly sewcial stitch club!

Cyanotype Printing
2026-02-23 10:00 - 16:00
Cyanotype Printing – Stunning ‘Botanical Blue Prints’ on paper. Join us for a whole day of exploring cyanotype printing. Lisa will lead you through a magical and simple photographic process using ultraviolet light (sunlight or a light box) to develop stunning ‘blue prints’ on paper, ready to frame. Everything is provided, including foliage. Please bring an apron and any extra (non spikey!) plants you may like to use.

Materials will be provided for the workshop; you need nothing! All excuses to ‘have a go’ have been removed. Treat yourself to some ‘you time’ and turn up energised and ready to explore cyanotype. Refreshments are also included during mid-session breaks, and you’ll also receive a 10% discount at the cafe and shop on the day. Come and join an enjoyable and creative atmosphere.Your Tutor – Lisa Lucas

Lisa is a contemporary mixed media artist living and working in Cornwall.

As a printmaker, painter, teacher and land worker her work is expressive and tends to have a botanical theme with an emphasis on rich colour, shape, texture and mark making.

Lisa is passionate about the magic of printmaking and painting and enjoys helping others to discover their creative spark through nature.

She offers a variety of inspirational art workshops in Cornwall and will be your guide to help you produce beautiful, expressive art.

February Fused Glass Workshop
2026-02-24 09:45 - 12:15
Get creative this spring with our Fused Glass Workshop at the Cornish Craft Barn.A hands-on, relaxed workshop where you’ll learn the basics of fused glass and make 3 of your own colourful unique designs.

✨ Get creative with glass at our February Fused Glass Workshop at the Cornish Craft Barn ✨

Join us for a relaxed, hands-on fused glass session where you’ll learn how to cut, layer and design glass to create your own beautiful pieces. This workshop is suitable for beginners and improvers alike, with plenty of guidance throughout.

During the session, you’ll make three unique fused glass projects, these photos are student pieces:

a curved glass piece

a picture

a wish stick

These pieces are perfect to display at home or to gift to someone special.

Once completed, your work will be professionally fired and will usually be ready to collect around a week later.

If you have a particular colour palette or idea in mind, please let us know in advance and we’ll do our best to accommodate it.

Come along, slow down, and enjoy a creative afternoon in our friendly studio space ☕🎨

All materials and tools are provided and no previous experience is needed – just come along, have fun and discover the magic of fused glass!

Your tutor is an experienced Adult Education tutor who has been teaching glasswork for nearly fourteen years and academic courses for over seventeen years. Passionate about sharing her craft, she’ll guide you step by step through the process, offering plenty of tips and inspiration along the way.

Please note:

Wear old clothes and bring an apron

No open-toed shoes, please

Long hair must be tied back for safety

Come and spend a joyful morning learning a new skill, meeting like-minded makers, and getting into the festive spirit.

All materials included – no experience necessary!

☕ Hot drinks & treats included in ticket price. Enjoy a delicious piece of cake from the CCB cafes with your choice of teas and coffees!

You’ll leave with a beautiful, handcrafted creation — perfect to keep or to gift as a thoughtful, hand made-inspired gift.

Spaces are limited to keep the experience intimate, unhurried, and personal, so early booking is recommended.

We’ll provide all tools and materials, along with drinks, snacks and seasonal inspiration.

About the Tutor – Liz Simpson

Liz Simpson is an experienced and passionate glass artist and Adult Education tutor.

Her friendly, hands-on approach makes learning both enjoyable and accessible, whether you’re a complete beginner or a returning maker. Liz loves helping people discover the joy of working with glass; from the first satisfying score and snap to the sparkle of a finished piece fresh from the kiln.

When she’s not teaching, Liz continues to explore her own creative practice, experimenting with colour, light and texture to produce stunning glass artworks inspired by the beauty of the Cornish landscape.

Experience the Workshop

Create and learn in our beautiful, inspiring venue with fantastic views — the Cornish Craft Barn — while enjoying the atmosphere, camaraderie, and creative buzz of spending the day with like minded people.

Change your life with Colour
2026-02-25 10:00 - 12:30
How colour can change your life with personal stylist and colour expert Anoushka Williams

“Ready to feel unstoppable? – This workshop will help you understand how to blend colour psychology with your true style to unleash your most confident self.”

In 2026, colour is taking centre stage as a “main character” in how we express ourselves. It’s our most powerful tool for feeling balanced, energised, and authentically us.

Join personal stylist and colour analyst Anoushka for a morning dedicated to you. She’ll help you turn your wardrobe into your very own ‘colour lab,’ where you’ll learn how to choose garments that don’t just look great, but actually support your mood and light upyour natural radiance. This immersive day is about so much more than just “picking clothes.” You’ll dive deep into colour psychology and discover your true style personality, giving you the freedom to step away from rigid fashion rules and embrace a look that feels like home.

You’ll leave with the confidence to step out every single day as your truest, most vibrant self. The workshop includes various interactive activities – so a lovely thing to do with friends or to buy as a gift for someone that’s stuck in a style rut.

WORKSHOP HIGLIGHTS:

Dive into colour psychology and gain understanding of the different colour seasons

Dopamine Dressing: Learn to use colour for emotional regulation—so you candress to feel happy, calm, or powerful.

Through a mini colour analysis demo – Watch and understand how differentcoloured drapes can darken or add radiance.

Style Personality Discovery: Move past style we’re told to love and find the style that truly matches your inner spirit.

WORKSHOP OFFER – Attending this workshop unlocks the following offers:Full Colour Analysis session normally £149 for a reduced price of £99 – if you book by the end of MarchAlso Offering 20 % off any of the other services on my personal styling website if booked by the end Marchstyledbyshuki.comSOCIAL MEDIA ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK @STYLEDBYSHUKI

Spaces are limited to keep the experience intimate, unhurried, and personal, so early booking is recommended.

About Anoushka –

I’m Anoushka, a fully qualified and accredited personal stylist and colour consultant. Before becoming a stylist I worked , and still do, as a TV and radio presenter. It’s a competitive world, where authenticity is essential. I quickly learnt that a unique sense of style gets you noticed.

Growing up my grandma was the most stylish person I’d ever seen. I watched her through wide eyes as she twirled in tulle and relayed her latest wardrobe purchases to me with such enthusiasm. She called me ‘Shuki’ so it seemed only right that I named my styling business after her.

Ever since I can remember I’ve loved clothes and the power they hold. A good outfit and wearing the right colours, can lift your mood and say who you are without you even having to speak.

Another thing about me is that I adore vintage clothes. You just can’t beat the quality, not to mention, the excitement of finding that unique piece that no one else has! If that’s your thing I would love to style you in vintage.

As a mum of two, now navigating midlife, I’ve found that when life shifts and changes, clothes can ground you and make you feel good, even on days when you don’t. Which let me tell you there have been many!

Diana von Furstenberg beautifully said

Style is something each of us already has; all we need to do is find it.”

If you feel like you’ve lost yourself or you feel like you’ve never truly found your signature style, I’d love nothing more than to help you. Equally, I’d also relish the opportunity to diagnose your colour season, as wearing the right colours will make you appear revitalised and youthful.

Experience the Workshop

Create and learn in our beautiful, inspiring venue with fantastic views — the Cornish Craft Barn — while enjoying the atmosphere, camaraderie, and creative buzz of spending the day with like minded people.

CCB ART CLUB: Creativity Unleashed!
2026-02-26 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-05 10:00 - 13:00
This month’s focus will appear here soon! Session includes 10% café and shop discount on the workshop days.

These sessions are designed as an ongoing series to inspire and develop art skills in various media. You will engage in fun, creative, and practical weekly activities that utilise multiple media and unexpected materials. Your creativity will be unleashed!

If you thought you were not creative or ‘arty’, unable to draw or produce pleasing artwork, these sessions are specifically for you. You will learn to draw, paint, and develop creative ideas, then visually bring them to life. Throughout these sessions, you will learn how to use watercolours, acrylics, inks, printing, and much more.

In sessions, we will navigate the journey to unlock our dormant or suppressed creativity. We will inspire you to work on mini-projects and actively encourage you to do so to unlock your creative potential as you develop your art skill set and ‘find your style’!.

Art and creative projects are superb ways to relax and feel re-energised, motivated and empowered. Treat yourself to some ‘you’ time and use these sessions to set aside any ‘I can’t do that…’ thinking and beliefs. Free your suppressed creativity and book your place today.

Expressive Painting – ‘EXPRESSION SESSION’
2026-03-02 10:00 - 16:00
Playful and Expressive Painting

The essence of this workshop is to focus on being free and expressive and having fun! Helping you to relax and free up your practice Lisa will be your guide to painting expressively by encouraging a playful approach using a variety techniques, mixed media and mark making tools. Please bring an apron.

Materials will be provided for the workshop; you need nothing! All excuses to ‘have a go’ have been removed. Treat yourself to some ‘you time’ and turn up energised and ready to learn to express yourself in art! Refreshments are also included during mid-session breaks, and you’ll also receive a 10% discount at the cafe and shop on the day. Come and join an enjoyable and creative atmosphere.Your Tutor – Lisa Lucas

Lisa is a contemporary mixed media artist living and working in Cornwall.

As a printmaker, painter, teacher and land worker her work is expressive and tends to have a botanical theme with an emphasis on rich colour, shape, texture and mark making.

Lisa is passionate about the magic of printmaking and painting and enjoys helping others to discover their creative spark through nature.

She offers a variety of inspirational art workshops in Cornwall and will be your guide to help you produce beautiful, expressive art.

Acrylics for Beginners - Bold, Fast & Loose!
2026-03-03 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-04-22 10:00 - 13:00
We will spend a fun-filled half-day immersed in the world of acrylics for beginners, which will include impasto techniques. We will establish a base set of acrylic painting skills and then deconstruct and simplify objects and references, enabling us to capture them in acrylics using thickly laid passages of paint, either with a brush or a palette knife.

By the end of the morning, we will have developed confidence in using acrylics and also applying paint thickly to the canvas, incorporating some on-canvas mixing and blending, without creating a muddy texture. We’ll get a bit messy, have loads of fun, kickstart a new painting habit (and technique), and enjoy cake from the café! What could be better? No previous experience is necessary; a no-excuse price with materials provided!

The morning will be filled with fast-paced learning exercises and mini-tutorials to entertain and help you make significant strides in your confidence and control in this interesting and freeing technique.

Impasto is a technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface thickly, usually thick enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible. Paint can also be mixed right on the canvas. When dry, impasto provides texture; the paint appears to be coming out of the canvas. (Wikipedia)

Bold, fast and loose technique

Value & Volume

Colour Theory

Dark to Light Layering

Form & Perspective

NEW!! ART CLUB: Open to new members For March 2026
2026-03-03 10:00 - 13:00
In response to popular demand and with Thursday morning sessions now over subscribed we have a new instance of the popular Creativity Unleashed Art Club. New monthly themes, always a variety of media from watercolour to acrylics to oils and everything in between used on a regualr basis to create variety and stimulate inspiration. Sessions includes 10% café and shop discount on the workshop days.

These sessions are designed as an ongoing series to inspire and develop art skills in various media. You will engage in fun, creative, and practical weekly activities that utilise multiple media and unexpected materials. Your creativity will be unleashed!

If you thought you were not creative or ‘arty’, unable to draw or produce pleasing artwork, these sessions are specifically for you. You will learn to draw, paint, and develop creative ideas, then visually bring them to life. Throughout these sessions, you will learn how to use watercolours, acrylics, inks, printing, and much more.

In sessions, we will navigate the journey to unlock our dormant or suppressed creativity. We will inspire you to work on mini-projects and actively encourage you to do so to unlock your creative potential as you develop your art skill set and ‘find your style’!.

Art and creative projects are superb ways to relax and feel re-energised, motivated and empowered. Treat yourself to some ‘you’ time and use these sessions to set aside any ‘I can’t do that…’ thinking and beliefs. Free your suppressed creativity and book your place today.

Wheal Treasure Stitch Club - 1st Tuesday Mthly
2026-03-03 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-04-07 10:00 - 16:00
Welcome to one of our many Cornish Craft Barn Stitch Groups. We run several regular groups that meet once a month. If you’re interested in joining one, please contact us or book in to attend if we have spaces available.

This is an all-day session where you can work on quilting projects on machines or by hand with other quilters who are looking to share ideas and experience and can provide guidance for each other – plus lots of lovely chat, cake and coffee! It is not a ‘tutored’ session but a room filled with abundant expertise from which to seek assistance. We can offer short demonstrations or mini projects from time to time if this is something the group decides they want!

The session runs from 10am – 4pm but feel free to attend as much of this as you can to fit in with your other commitments. Lunch can be bought from the cafe with a 10% discount. Plenty of parking outside and we can give you a hand to get your machines upstairs to the training room if needed.

We have several new Janome quilting sewing machines available to borrow for the day if you need one or find it easier than bringing one in from home. The cost is £4 per day. Please book ahead or let us know if you need one so we make sure we have enough available. We ask for payment quarterly in advance £15 per session, so £45 which covers three sessions for you. We close for August so will not run a session in August. For the remaining 11 months; you are allowed a 2 month ‘holiday’ from the sessions if you can’t attend. We can sort out these details and dates with you in person at the group, but for now booking a space secures your spot and gives you three sessions.

Macramé Upcycle
2026-03-04 10:00 - 12:30
Expand your creativity with new Macramé skills whilst bringing new life to glassware.

Workshop OverviewMaterials ListAbout Tutor

A half-day 10am to 12.30pm workshop that focuses on the ancient art of Macramé.

In this workshop we will be upcycling glass vases / jars with an array of Macramé designs.

There will be a choice of glassware available, but if you have anything at home you would like to add your design to, please bring it along. The only requirement is that the glass container has a neck or lip. TheMacramé yarn is not glued to the container, so can be removed later.

Depending on the size of your chosen receptacle you may complete one or a few projects during the workshop.

Your finished item could be used as a vase, candle holder, pencil pot or simply enjoyed as a piece of art.

This relaxed and friendly workshop is perfect for those with a basic understanding of Macramé but is looking for their next textile art project.

Under the guidance of Lucy, you’ll learn a few basic knots and techniques of Macramé and go home with an upcycled vase or two.

What’s included:

Step-by-step tuition in a fun and welcoming environment

All Macramé yarns, beads and accessories provided

Refreshments from the Craft Barn Café included in the workshop

10% discount off any cafe purchases on the day if you fancy staying for lunch after the workshop or grabbing breakfast before it!

Your own unique handmade craft to take home

If you catch the Macramé bug, you’ll also find a selection of other Macramé craft kits and tutorials available to purchase in the Craft Barn gift shop.

Spaces are limited so book early to secure your place.

Materials List / What’s included in the workshop?

All materials and Macramé yarn provided

Step-by-step guidance in a relaxed, creative atmosphere

Your completed decorations to take home and enjoy

Refreshments including a snack from our Barn Café

Lucy from Hearts and Pearls is a self-taught Macramé artist based in Falmouth. Grown from a hobby, her business specialises in propagating rare trailing semi-succulent plants, including the popular String of Hearts and Pearls, and through this, she first explored making decorative plant hangers from Macramé yarn. Having experimented with various projects over the years, she now runs Macramé workshops in the local area. She designs tutorials for others to learn the basics of this historic art form, some of which are available to purchase in the CCB gift shop.

Oils for Beginners - Landscapes
2026-03-04 10:00 - 15:00
A new format, 10 am till 3 pm, is a short-day workshop focusing on oil painting skills for beginners, progressing to a landscape in the afternoon session. In this workshop, we focus on core oil painting skills and then put them to use on a landscape. Best methods to approach a landscape in oils, from preparing the ground to blocking out and working fat over lean to bring our reference images to life. Method will be covered, and some key tips to make progress fast, but excitingly, it will still be your style that shines through and makes your pieces unique. You will be busy with practical exercises from the start and are sure to have an enjoyable day, becoming more confident with oils and transferable landscape painting skills applicable to other media.

Gallery from previous workshop

Materials will be provided for the workshop; you need nothing! All excuses to ‘have a go’ have been removed. Treat yourself to some ‘you time’ and turn up energised and ready to conquer oils. Refreshments are also included during mid-session breaks, and you’ll also receive a 10% discount at the cafe and shop on the day. Come and join an enjoyable and sociable atmosphere with fellow aspiring artists and kick start ‘having a go’ with oils.

How to use your sewing machine
2026-03-05 10:00 - 15:00
Let’s get sewing….one day workshop to give you confidence and unleash your creativity

Do you have a machine gathering dust? Lost under the stairs?

Want to sew but don’t know where to start? Put off by the thought of trying to use your machine?

Then this workshop is for you!!

We’ll have a fun and relaxed day exploring the functions and features of sewing machines and learn what they can do and start to learn how to make and create gifts and items using fabric and cotton.

Learn to use your sewing machine – bring along any make or model of sewing machine in good working order and your manual. Or borrow one of our machines if you’d prefer!

By the end of the workshop you should feel confident setting up and using your machine. As well as threading, you will learn how to sew seams, neaten edges and sew hems. We’ll also cover how to clean, oil, maintain and look after your machine.

You will make and complete at least one simple product during the day. We’ll have a play around with the different functions on all the machines to give you confidence.

Who is this class for?

This class is for beginners and definitely if you have never used a sewing machine at all or if you have basic sewing skills but no machine confidence and just want a refresher on how to get going with your machine.

By the end of the day, you should leave feeling confident and happy and treat your sewing machine as your new best friend!

We’ll also provide plenty of coffee and cake! All attendees also receive 10% discount on any cafe purchases on the day from the Cornish Craft Barn.

What you need to bring…

Fabric

If you have some fabric already you wish to use please bring it with you; we are always keen to reuse and recycle what we have instead of buying new. The easiest fabric to work with is 100% cotton of a good quality – often called quilting cotton.

Cotton Thread

100% cotton thread in a neutral colour, I like pale grey or beige – we have this for sale in the shop

Sewing Machine

If you have one you want to use please bring it; don’t forget its cable, foot pedal and instruction manual. We do have Janome machines you can borrow.

Basic sewing kit

Scissors

Needles

Cotton thread

Pencil and notebook

Pins/Clips

Bag or work box for all your stuffi

Illustrate & Write A Children's Book (4 Half Day Sessions!)
2026-03-06 10:00 - 13:00
In this workshop series, we will apply the principles of numerous well-known children’s authors and illustrators, review good practices from our carefully curated CCB library of children’s books, and unlock our creative illustrative skills through explorations with unexpected materials during each session. We will draw from our imaginations, capture the essence of a story, and produce our visuals around a well-crafted narrative, whether with rhyme, alliteration, playful repetition, or even wordless. Let the illustrations tell the story!

March 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th – 10am till 1pm includes 10% café and shop discount on the workshop days.

In this fun, hands-on-from-the-start workshop series, you will get to:

Apply good practice for a wide variety of picture book types

Develop a plot structure and storyboard it

Work on character development (written and design)

Look at writing techniques and styles

Create a book dummy for words and pictures

Develop your style and approach for page spreads

Explore illustrative techniques and unusual materials

Design your book cover

Cover final artwork and book design file for submission

Plus much more. Join today and lose yourself in a rewarding and fulfilling experience. You’ll leave with the knowledge and tools to produce an end product to be proud of, share with family and friends, or even publish.

* Please note this ticket purchases four sessions on consecutive Friday mornings with the final Friday joining the monthly Children’s Book Workshop Meet Up where you can meet your peers and share your work with them for feedback and they will with theirs. 🙂

In terms of setting expectations this workshop block is for 12 hours in total (3 hours x 4 sessions) and will allow you to set the scene for your book, create a book dummy and establish the tool kit skills required to take it to completion. Full book completion, however, will naturally require more than 12 hours work! A monthly meet up is provided for those who have attended the workshop series before and allows you to maintain momentum 🙂

NEW!! ART CLUB: Open to new members For March 2026
2026-03-10 10:00 - 13:00, 2026-03-17 10:00 - 13:00
In response to popular demand and with Thursday morning sessions now over subscribed we have a new instance of the popular Creativity Unleashed Art Club. New monthly themes, always a variety of media from watercolour to acrylics to oils and everything in between used on a regular basis to create variety and stimulate inspiration. Sessions includes 10% café and shop discount on the workshop days.

These sessions are designed as an ongoing series to inspire and develop art skills in various media. You will engage in fun, creative, and practical weekly activities that utilise multiple media and unexpected materials. Your creativity will be unleashed!

If you thought you were not creative or ‘arty’, unable to draw or produce pleasing artwork, these sessions are specifically for you. You will learn to draw, paint, and develop creative ideas, then visually bring them to life. Throughout these sessions, you will learn how to use watercolours, acrylics, inks, printing, and much more.

In sessions, we will navigate the journey to unlock our dormant or suppressed creativity. We will inspire you to work on mini-projects and actively encourage you to do so to unlock your creative potential as you develop your art skill set and ‘find your style’!.

Art and creative projects are superb ways to relax and feel re-energised, motivated and empowered. Treat yourself to some ‘you’ time and use these sessions to set aside any ‘I can’t do that…’ thinking and beliefs. Free your suppressed creativity and book your place today.

Wheal Rose Stitch Club (2nd Tuesday Mthly)
2026-03-10 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-04-14 10:00 - 16:00
Welcome to one of our many Cornish Craft Barn Stitch Groups. We run several regular groups that meet once a month. If you’re interested in joining one, please contact us or book in to attend if we have spaces available.

This is an all-day session where you can work on quilting projects on machines or by hand with other quilters who are looking to share ideas and experience and can provide guidance for each other – plus lots of lovely chat, cake and coffee! It is not a ‘tutored’ session but a room filled with abundant expertise from which to seek assistance. We can offer short demonstrations or mini projects from time to time if this is something the group decides they want!

The session runs from 10am – 4pm but feel free to attend as much of this as you can to fit in with your other commitments. Lunch can be bought from the cafe with a 10% discount. Plenty of parking outside and we can give you a hand to get your machines upstairs to the training room if needed.

We have several new Janome quilting sewing machines available to borrow for the day if you need one or find it easier than bringing one in from home. The cost is £4 per day. Please book ahead or let us know if you need one so we make sure we have enough available. We ask for payment quarterly in advance £15 per session, so £45 which covers three sessions for you. We close for August so will not run a session in August. For the remaining 11 months; you are allowed a 2 month ‘holiday’ from the sessions if you can’t attend. We can sort out these details and dates with you in person at the group, but for now booking a space secures your spot and gives you three sessions, whether those are June, July and September or later is up to you.

Watercolour Ink & Wash Travel Journalling Half Day Workshop!
2026-03-17 14:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-29 10:00 - 13:00
Learn to ink and wash like Danny Gregory and Felix Scheinburger. Capture your memories, whether daily journalling, meals and experiences out and about or a journal dedicated to your travel trips.

The morning will be filled with fast-paced learning exercises from the start, featuring mini-tutorials to engage and guide you forward at a steady pace, making significant strides in your watercolour confidence and control. By the end of the session, you will be in control of what happens on your paper, and in your journal!

We will spend a fun-filled half-day immersed in the world of watercolour, with a particular focus on travel journaling and referencing well-known artists, such as Felix Scheinburger and Danny Gregory, to name a few, as well as styles for this medium.

Student Gallery Work: Previous Workshop

We will learn how to replicate the core elements of the style and approach in this genre, so that you can leave able to use watercolour ink and wash to lift your pages and memories with some colour and sketch to work with your words.

No previous experience is necessary; kick-start a creative habit here.

Cornish Coastal Scenes in Collage
2026-03-18 10:00 - 16:00
Join award-winning artist Susan Watt for a vibrant and inspiring workshop where the dramatic beauty of the Cornish coast comes to life through paper! Susan has spent over a decade perfecting her unique technique, ‘painting with paper’, which utilises recycled magazines and PVA glue to create richly textured, painterly artworks. In this hands-on session, you’ll explore composition, colour, and texture as you build your dynamic seascape collage. Perfect for beginners and experienced artists alike, this workshop will leave you seeing paper in a whole new way. Let the colours of Cornwall inspire your creativity!

All materials are provided; however, bringing a few magazines would be appreciated, but not essential.

An amazing tutor and collage specialism workshop to capture a coastal Cornish scene. View more of Susan’s work here. includes 10% café and shop discount on the workshop day.

Bold, Fast & Loose Watercolour Workshop
2026-03-18 14:00 - 17:00
We will spend a fun-filled half-day immersed in the world of bold, fast and loose watercolour, with a particular focus on wet-in-wet applications to create vibrant pieces that are pleasing to the eye and evoke a smile. By the end of the afternoon, we will have completed several mini-project exercises and created various pieces, varying in subject matter.

Abstract loose works

Vibrant art

Pleasing results quickly!

No previous experience is necessary; kick-start a new watercolour habit here. You will develop a watercolour confidence, which you can take away or top up on a follow-up workshop with us at the Cornish Craft Barn.

The afternoon will be filled with fast-paced learning exercises from the start, featuring mini-tutorials to engage and guide you forward at a steady pace, making significant strides in your watercolour confidence and control. By the end of the session, you will be in control of what happens on your paper, not chance!

Wheal Friendly Stitch Club - 3rd Thursday Monthly
2026-03-19 10:00 - 16:00, 2026-04-16 10:00 - 16:00

Hydrangeas in a Vase – Collage Workshop
2026-03-19 10:00 - 16:00
Join award-winning artist Susan Watt for a relaxed and inspiring workshop celebrating the beauty of hydrangeas in bloom. Using her distinctive technique of ‘painting with paper’, Susan will guide you through creating a vibrant still-life collage of hydrangeas arranged in a vase, using recycled magazines and PVA glue to achieve rich colour, depth, and texture.

In this hands-on session, you’ll explore shape, composition, colour harmony, and subtle tonal variation as you build your artwork petal by petal. Susan will share tips on translating soft floral forms into paper collage, helping you create a piece that has the look and feel of a painting.

Suitable for beginners and more experienced artists alike, this workshop offers a joyful, mindful way to experiment with colour and texture while creating a finished artwork to take home.

An amazing tutor and collage specialism workshop to capture hydrangeas. View more of Susan’s work here. includes 10% café and shop discount on the workshop day.

Watercolour Essentials (Extended Edition) - £49 Day Workshop!
2026-03-25 10:00 - 15:00
From zero to watercolour hero! We will spend a fun-filled extended day immersed in the world of watercolour. By the end of the day, you will have developed complete confidence in watercolour, which you can take away and apply to ideas and projects you have ready or begin using for some journaling, home and abroad. No previous experience is necessary; kick-start a new watercolour habit here.

The morning will be filled with fast-paced learning exercises from the start, featuring mini-tutorials to engage and guide you forward at a steady pace, making significant strides in your watercolour confidence and control. In the afternoon we will take on landscape work, washes, skies and water. By the end of the session, you will be in control of what happens on your paper, not chance!

BOTANICAL PRINTMAKING – Botanical 'One of a kind' Monoprints
2026-03-26 10:00 - 13:00
Playful Botanical Printmaking

The essence of this workshop is to focus on being free and expressive and having fun! Helping you to relax and free up your practice Lisa will be your guide to painting expressively by encouraging a playful approach using a variety techniques, mixed media and mark making tools.

Materials will be provided for the workshop; you need nothing! All excuses to ‘have a go’ have been removed. Treat yourself to some ‘you time’ and turn up energised and ready to learn to express yourself in art! Refreshments are also included during mid-session breaks, and you’ll also receive a 10% discount at the cafe and shop on the day. Come and join an enjoyable and creative atmosphere. Please bring an apron.Your Tutor – Lisa Lucas

Lisa is a contemporary mixed media artist living and working in Cornwall.

As a printmaker, painter, teacher and land worker her work is expressive and tends to have a botanical theme with an emphasis on rich colour, shape, texture and mark making.

Lisa is passionate about the magic of printmaking and painting and enjoys helping others to discover their creative spark through nature.

She offers a variety of inspirational art workshops in Cornwall and will be your guide to help you produce beautiful, expressive art.

Bold, Fast & Loose Watercolour - Beginners £29 Half Day Workshop!
2026-04-21 10:00 - 13:00
We will spend a fun-filled half-day immersed in the world of bold, fast and loose watercolour, with a particular focus on wet-in-wet applications to create vibrant pieces that are pleasing to the eye and evoke a smile. By the end of the morning, we will have completed several mini-project exercises and created various pieces, varying in subject matter.

Abstract loose works

Vibrant art

Pleasing results quickly!

No previous experience is necessary; kick-start a new watercolour habit here. You will develop a watercolour confidence, which you can take away or top up on a follow-up workshop with us at the Cornish Craft Barn.

The morning will be filled with fast-paced learning exercises from the start, featuring mini-tutorials to engage and guide you forward at a steady pace, making significant strides in your watercolour confidence and control. By the end of the session, you will be in control of what happens on your paper, not chance!
