14 Educators providing Arts & Crafts courses near Devon

the sculpture school

Thanks so much to Andy for his incredible teaching skills and generosity with his time, enthusiasm and passion for his art. It has been a humbling and eye opening experience, and I feel as though many possibilities are opening up for

alison west ceramics

heirloom knitting

rosie brewer studio

Rosie Brewer Wood and ceramic kitchenware and sculptures handmade in the wilds of Devon

the open school of creative arts and well being (cic)

oak and smoke tannery

Oak and Smoke Tannery is dedicated to Natural Tanning and Traditional Leatherwork. Oak and Smoke Tannery is made up of Jane Robertson and Jessie Watson Brown. We are two individuals with a passion for the wildness in nature and the skills that enable us to live closely to the earth. Through this journey… we discovered tanning! The tanning processes we practise use only natural ingredients – locally harvested tree barks such as Oak and Willow, oils and Smoke. We tan and sell leather, rawhide and unique leather handcrafts. The Heritage Crafts association has categorised tanning as ‘critically endangered’ as a craft because there are so few people practising it and even less teaching it. We intend to demystify the art of tanning by teaching simple methods, with simple tools. This is how we were taught and how we still practise. We learned tanning in Washington State in America and more recently from traditional tanners in Scandinavia.  We love the discovery of learning how different skins and processes work, and seeing the alchemical change that they go through during the tanning process. When we first returned from America lots of people were asking us to teach them tanning so we set up our first hide camp. The first year was small with a group of friends, and it was a booming success. Since then its grown and grown every year and now we run numerous camps every year, as well as guest teaching on other courses and offering individual tuition. All this as well as of course tanning leather ourselves on Dartmoor and in Mid Wales. We would love to see tanning become normal in peoples homes, as it once would have been. Most of the UK's domestic animal skins get exported to other countries or tanned in chemically intensive commercial tanneries, and most wild animal skins are wasted - its heart breaking! We have very high standards when it comes to ethics and the environment [https://www.oakandsmoketannery.co.uk/ethics]. All our skins are by-products of farming and hunting, otherwise discarded.

alex o'hara

Alex O'Hara's Quilts offers One to One Tuition in Patchwork and Quilting in the comfort of your own home. We work at your pace allowing you to fully understand techniques and practice them until you feel fully confident. I can teach you a large range of skills from cutting accurately with a rotary cutter, sewing a straight line, (harder than it sounds) Applique, English paper piecing, following a patchwork pattern, putting a quilt together and free motion quilting. What you learn is up to you. I usually work in 3 hour sessions as there is a lot to take in and practice.

nicola crocker ceramics

From an early age I would always be knitting, crocheting, making cross stitch and borrowing my Mum’s old Singer sewing machine to make dolls clothes. At the age of 12 I remember my Nan buying my sister and I a knitting machine and we would spend many hours knitting up master pieces! Although on leaving school I did not realise my true vocation in life, it now seems natural that I have ended up working in the craft industry. In 2007 I embarked on an Art & Design course, followed by a Ceramics Degree. Since then I have been working as a Ceramicist & Teacher, selling my work in Galleries and exhibiting at Sculpture Exhibitions; Teaching and running workshops. For 8 years I was running a busy community studio in North Devon. I have recently moved my studio back home so I can concentrate on my own work; as well as small group lessons and workshops.

spirit of adventure

forest inspirations ltd