Intermediate Drawing & Painting - MON @G1
Join Fiona on Mondays, 10am to 12pm (throughout the year), for Intermediate/Advanced Drawing & Painting.
Winter Term - 4th November until 9th December
New Year Term - 6th January until 10th February
Weekly tickets are now available - spread the cost of the course by paying weekly!
In our weekly Drawing and Painting day class you will develop a range of drawing and painting skills, with plenty of opportunity to explore new techniques and processes.
This popular day class is welcoming and relaxed and best suited for anyone wishing to build on existing skills, or for those who are more experienced to progress.
Why not join Fiona for our Globe Art Club which follows on from Drawing & Painting, providing extra time for further development.
Book the block altogether for a saving, or pay weekly with ‘weekly tickets’ - tuition, materials and refreshments included in the price!
If you’re a beginner, then Lindsay’s Beginners Drawing & Painting might be perfect for you!
“I thoroughly enjoy Fiona’s weekly drawing and painting class and really look forward to them. She has shown us lots of different techniques and gives useful tips on how to improve. I like that she shares information about different artists and their works too. Her enthusiasm is infectious and the two hours simply whizz by!”
Hand-building for Beginners - MON @G2
Join our new tutor Lauren over at Globe 2 for hand building ceramic course!
Winter Term - Mondays 1-3pm - 4th November until 9th December
New Year Term - Mondays 1-3pm - 6th January until 10th February
This course is perfect for beginners and intermediates, and is a small intimate group with a maximum of 6 places per term, to ensure you get the proper guidance and tuition needed.
Tuition, materials and refreshments all included in the price
Mondays, 1-3pm
Fused Glass and Stained Glass - TUE @G2
Join Zoe to learn the basic skills in Fused Glass or Stained Glass, perfect for beginners/intermediates.
Weekly tickets are now available - spread the cost of the course by paying weekly!
Choose which type you’d like to learn;
FUSED GLASS - you'll learn the basics, how to use the materials including frits, confetti, stringer and inclusions in 3 mini projects! (If you’ve been before, you’ll be advancing to using techniques of fused glass making including powders, moulding, printing and more - perfect to experiment and create your own small project pieces.)
STAINED GLASS - you’ll learn how to make pattern pieces and cut glass, foil, solder and polish!
Book the block altogether for a saving, or pay weekly with ‘weekly tickets’ - tuition, materials and refreshments included in the price!
This is a tutored course with structured project based teaching, with an opportunity to continue your own practise if you take up one of our memberships!
Tuesday’s, 1.30 - 3pm AT GLOBE 2, HOLME MILLS
“Had a lovely time was not only informative with step by step instructions but also stress free and calm … loved it and loved working along side Zoe”
Throwing Ceramics - WED @G2
Join David over at Globe 2 for our latest ceramic course- throwing on the wheel!
FULLY BOOKED UNTIL 2025 - USE THE BUTTON BELOW TO BOOK FOR ‘NEW YEAR TERM’
NEW YEAR TERM - Starts Wednesday 8th January until 12th February - 1-3pm
This course is perfect for beginners and intermediates, and is a small intimate group with a maximum of 6 places per term, to ensure you get the proper guidance and tuition needed.
Learn the exciting art of throwing on the potter's wheel. You will develop the skills to throw your own pots in just a few weeks; learning how to centre the clay, open out the shape, pull up the walls and control the form. You will also learn how to apply glazes before your creations are fired in the kiln.
During week 1, 2 & 3 we will be making and shaping our pieces
During week 4 we will be focussing on trimming our pieces to achieve a crisp finish
On week 5 we will decorate with glazes and other details
And on our final week, you should have something to take home as creations will have gone through the kiln, and you can continue making any finishing touches to any other ongoing pieces.
(Please note - the course price includes upto 3 pieces per term, you can pay extra if you want to fire and glaze more pieces, which can be paid for at the end of term to the technician on shift)
Over at Globe 2, Holme Mills 1-3pm on Wednesdays
Do evenings work better for you? How about joining us in our New Year term on Monday evenings?
“Throwing was great! Very therapeutic.”
Print Club - WED @G1
Join Fiona for this laid back Print Club
WINTER TERM - Starts Wednesday 6th November until Wednesday 11th December
NEW YEAR TERM - Starts Wednesday 8th January until Wednesday 12th February
Each week you can follow Fiona's guidance in different printing techniques, or develop your drawing and painting pieces with Fiona's expertise!
All abilities are welcome to this productive club which take place on Wednesdays, 1 - 3pm.
We have a weekly ticket option if you wish to drop in on one session, or save money by booking the whole block
Beginners Drawing & Painting - THUR @G1
Join us for this relaxed painting course
WINTER TERM - Starts Thursday 7th November until Thursday 12th December - taught by Annie Roche
NEW YEAR TERM - Starts Thursday 9th January until 13th February - taught by Lindsay Kirby
Weekly tickets are now available - spread the cost of the course by paying weekly!
Learn the very basics needed to feel more confident in your painting abilities!
Work with a range of materials, using different techniques to build your confidence with painting.
Book the block altogether for a saving, or pay weekly with ‘weekly tickets’ - tuition, materials and refreshments included in the price!
Craftanoon - THUR @G1
Craftanoon is our relaxed afternoon of crafting with Carolyn
Weekly tickets are now available - spread the cost of the course by paying weekly!
Scroll down the schedule to find the date/s you want to book, and select ONE TICKET at a time, please do not purchase multiple tickets on ONE DATE (unless you’re bringing a load of mates along)
It's a time to try new skills and create your own handmade, uniques pieces! Each term you will learn a new craft, in past terms they have covered; weaving, paper cutting, felting and book making.
One of our favourite topics was 'Plastic Fantastic', and the class created upcycled fairy lights and garden windchimes!
Winter Term outlines are…
Week 1 & 2 - Create spectacular felt baubles!
Week 3 - Learn about to art of ‘mandala’ as you relax and design a mug to keep
Week 4 - Have a go at some festive safe-printing!
Week 5 - Create wrap tags and cards to add an extra personal touch to your Christmas gifts this year
Book the block altogether for a saving, or pay weekly with ‘weekly tickets’ - tuition, materials and refreshments included in the price!
Sketchbooking with Jackie - MON @G1
A brand new short course at Globe Arts Studio with Jackie!
Runs Monday 18th November, Monday 25th November and Monday 2nd December 1-3pm.
Receive a free Pink Pig sketchbook when you book all 3 weeks together
Sketchbooking – lets grow your confidence!
Ever felt afraid of the blank page? Don’t know where to start? Lets free you up and grow your confidence!
Artists use sketchbooks as part of their ongoing practice. They use them as reference and to problem solve for larger, more refined pieces of work and to quickly record ideas in the moment. It’s likely you’ll find a sketchbook in the back pocket or bag of any decent creative!
However, don’t be thinking that a sketchbook is reserved for those making a living out of creating art! Keeping a sketchbook is something all of us can enjoy and is arguably the single most important, accessible, personal form of expression. Each blank page is an opportunity – it’s a place to record a daily experience, share an idea or reflect an emotion. Together we will conquer fears of ‘the blank page’ and ‘where do I start’.
We will
explore a range of different starting points including drawing from life, using photography and referencing the work of other artists and crafts people
discover different drawing and painting techniques, both conventional and non conventional
use a variety of wet and dry media such as charcoal, graphite, ink, acrylic paint, watercolour, gouache, soft pastel, oil pastel, and collage media
work with different tools and equipment, including making our own, to discover ways of recording in a sketchbook
help you find your voice, so that your sketchbook is unmistakably yours
This is a fast moving course designed to kickstart your creative sketchbook journey!
Xmas Stained Glass Decorations - 26/11/24 @G2
Join Zoe to create a stunning Stained Glass Christmas decoration!
This fun, easy-going workshop is great for beginners and those over the age of 16!
Zoe will guide you through the process of stained glass so that you can leave with a beautiful hanging Christmas dec, for your tree or window.
Christmas Candle Arches workshop @G2
Join Jackie at Globe 2 and make a unique candle arch decoration for your home, it can be Christmas themed or anything else you fancy!
£55 per person or £100 for 2 people
During the 2.5 hour workshop, you'll be taught about glass frit, stringer, confetti and metal inclusions, as well as having the opportunity to use a technique called kiln carving!
These pieces need 2 firings in the kiln, so usually take 2 weeks to be completed, and ready for collection from our studio
'Free for Friends' Christmas Wreathmaking - 21/12/24 @G1
Join us for Festive Wreathmaking!
For those with a “Support Us” membership - as a thank you for your continued support.
FREE (for membership holders) - Saturday 21st December, 10.30am-12pm
Christmas Wreathmaking - 21/12/24 @G1
Get in the festive spirit at our Wreathmaking Workshop!
Join Byron and create a beautiful wreath using real plantlife, including holly, laurel, ivy, on a willow hoop which you will shape yourself at the start of the workshop.
This workshop is for over 18s only, everyone will receive a complimentary glass of hot mulled wine/ non alcoholic and a selection of festive nibbles.
Learn to Draw - WED @G1
Join fantastic artist and tutor, Jane Middleton, for a short course of 'Learn to Draw', in our Carr Lane studio.
WHO: Taught by Jane Middleton, it doesn’t matter if you're a complete beginner, or perhaps you're needing to refresh some skills - no matter your experience, everyone is welcome and we are sure that you will love learning new art skills.
WHAT: This term’s focus will be on figures - a lot of Jane’s illustrations are inspired by folk art, curvaceous sculptures by Henry Moore, Renaissance art, as well as ancient art including Athenian and Palaeolithic periods - all of which have different shapes and figures!
Session outlines can be catered to different abilities, but will be built around the following:
Week 1: We will learn how to use basic shapes to form the human body in proportion and I’ll show you easy and basic step by step guides on how to draw hands and feet.
Week 2: We will use movable paper templates to place our figures in motion and sketch out our figure
Week3: We will add details to our figure drawing including hands and feet.
WHERE: Carr Lane, Globe 1
WHEN: Wednesdays 10-12pm, 8th-22nd January 2025
WHY: Learn skills, increase your confidence, and unleash your creativity.
Throwing Ceramics - Taster Sessions
Join David, our Ceramics tutor, for an afternoon of Throwing Ceramics
This is a fantastic opportunity to give pottery throwing a try without booking a course!
Included in the £40 price is tuition, tea and coffee, and you can chose your favourite piece to be fired through the kiln to collect at a later date! (Additional pieces and glazes available for extra cost of £10 per pot)
Try out daytime Throwing Ceramics 1-3pm
Ceramic Sculpture - Funny Creatures @G2
Join Lauren for this fun one off workshop at G2, where you can create a 3D ceramic creature in 3 hours!
Choose to come along on 20th January, or on 10th February
Using a photo you might want to bring along of your own pet, an image on your phone of your favourite animal, or using our examples as inspiration - you'll have Lauren showing you step by step how to build something from a ball of clay.
Colour and texture will be added in the second half of the workshop, and they'll be ready once dried, and fired in the kiln, in about 3 weeks time (we don't want the to explode so they need a long time for the moisture to escape)
£50 per person or £90 for 2 when you book together
Valentines Fused Glass Heart Wreaths - 21/1/25 @G2
Make a stunning Fused Glass wreath in the shape of a heart!
£60 per person, or £100 for 2 when you book together.
Join us in this one off workshop for beginners, intermediate or advanced learners at Globe 2.
Whether you've made fused glass before or not, you will make a beautiful piece, ready to collect before valentines day.
We aim to have these fired and ready for collection within 14 days, we will email you when they’re ready to collect.
Needle Felted Polar Bears w. Zoe Stainton - 2 Week Course @G1
Work with Zoe to create a small needle felted sleeping Polar Bear.
Work with Zoe to create a small needle felted sleeping Polar Bear.
During this relaxed 2 - week short course, Zoe will explain the fundamentals of needle felting as she guides you through the steps as you create your very own sleeping Polar Bear!
This short course runs on Saturday 25th January and Saturday 1st February, 10 am - 2 pm. Please ensure that you can attend both dates!
About the Tutor
Zoe Stainton
Zoe makes Needle Felted Animal Sculptures with mixed media elements including driftwood found by local reservoirs, vintage finds and Ceramic landscapes. More recently Zoe’s is developing new work that explores themes around family bonds and our connection to our environment carrying symbolic meaning around nurturing and protection in an increasingly fragile world.
Fused Glass Trinket Dish Workshop @G2
Join the Globees at Globe 2 and create lovely little fused glass trinket dishes
Perfect for coins, jewellery, cufflinks, keys, a small plant, sweets .. anything!
Use a fantastic selection of coloured glass frit, make a design and get creating!
This workshop is a nice gift idea for Valentines, a birthday, or an early Mothers Day treat!
Images coming soon…
£30 per person, or £50 for 2 when you book together
Mixed Media - MON @G1
Join Beverly Kendall for a 3-week Mixed Media Short Course at Globe 1
This course will suit beginners, and students who want to extend their range of techniques and materials.
You will start by changing the surface of different papers/cards with a range of techniques inc painting, stamping, resist, collage, cutting/tearing, and media inc paint, Brusho, ink, wax, glue, pastels, pens.
Next, you’ll move on to using these papers in different ways inc collage, making sketchbooks, cards/gift tags.
Your sheets will also be a great resource for future
work in other design areas- textiles, ceramics, painting for example.
If you have papers, card, magazines etc that you would like to use in the sessions, please bring them along.
Come to our Free Demo on the 11th January to get a taster of what you will be doing throughout the 3 weeks!
Fused Glass Trinket Dish Workshop @G2
Join the Globees at Globe 2 and create lovely little fused glass trinket dishes
Perfect for coins, jewellery, cufflinks, keys, a small plant, sweets .. anything!
Use a fantastic selection of coloured glass frit, make a design and get creating!
This workshop is a nice gift idea for Valentines, a birthday, or an early Mothers Day treat!
Images coming soon…
£30 per person, or £50 for 2 when you book together
Leather Apron Workshop - 1/2/25 @G2
Join the talented Cathy Edwards on Saturday 1st February, as you venture into crafting with leather!
Create a leather apron in a choice of colours and finishes using best quality British leather.
Small, and friendly, supervised individually by Catherine, the apron day workshop is a great way to introduce yourself to working with leather.
We will be covering a range of techniques and skills, with tools and materials provided.
Saturday 1st February, 10am - 4pm at Globe 2
£100 per person, or £180 for 2, when you book together
Spring Floral Candle Arch @G2
Join Jackie at G2 to create a beautiful flower inspired candle arch, using glass frit, stringer and confetti.
These will then be slumped into a candle arch shape, and ready for you to collect in 3 weeks
£40 per person or £75 for 2 when you book together
Fused Glass Trinket Dish Workshop @G2
Join the Globees at Globe 2 and create lovely little fused glass trinket dishes
Perfect for coins, jewellery, cufflinks, keys, a small plant, sweets .. anything!
Use a fantastic selection of coloured glass frit, make a design and get creating!
This workshop is a nice gift idea for Valentines, a birthday, or an early Mothers Day treat!
Images coming soon…
£30 per person, or £50 for 2 when you book together
Ceramic House Number Plates - 4/2/25 @G1
Join Zoe and create a unique house number plate using bright underglazes and our beautiful silk screen patterns.
We have over 20 designs to choose from or you can hand paint your own, plus choose from our different number stencil styles.
These pieces will take upto 3 weeks to be glazed and fired, we will email you once they're ready to collect from the Carr Lane studio.
Once you get them home, they can be secured to your outside wall using hard as nails/no more nails type of wall adhesive. We do not recommend drilling holes in them.
(Instructional youtube link will be sent in the collection email.)
£25 per person or £40 for 2 when you book together
Ceramic Sculpture - Funny Creatures @G2
Join Lauren for this fun one off workshop at G2, where you can create a 3D ceramic creature in 3 hours!
Choose to come along on 20th January, or on 10th February
Using a photo you might want to bring along of your own pet, an image on your phone of your favourite animal, or using our examples as inspiration - you'll have Lauren showing you step by step how to build something from a ball of clay.
Colour and texture will be added in the second half of the workshop, and they'll be ready once dried, and fired in the kiln, in about 3 weeks time (we don't want the to explode so they need a long time for the moisture to escape)
£50 per person or £90 for 2 when you book together
Castle Hill Glass Sculptures - 15/2/25 @G2
Join Zoe for this full day glass workshop, over at our Holme Mill site!
Saturday 15th February - 10.30am - 4.30pm at Globe 2
£85pp
Using stained glass and etching techniques, we will produce our own versions of the iconic Huddersfield landmark - Castle Hill!
These sculptures will stand in slotted wooden plinths, which you will have the choice to paint, or keep the natural wood effect in the last part of the workshop.
Mixed Media with Jo Naylor - THUR @G1
Join our new freelance Mixed Media tutor, Jo Naylor, in her brand new 3 week short course here at Globe Arts - Drawing with fibre and fleece
27th February to 13th March - Thursday 10am until 12pm
Week 1 - In this session we’ll be working on a range of experimental observational drawings which we will use to create our fleece and fibre pieces. We’ll be working on a variety of surfaces and backgrounds using gesso inks paint and water soluble pencil to produce our own personal library of image texture and colour.
Week 2 - In this session Jo will be helping and guiding you to translate your drawings onto your textile pieces. She’ll demonstrate the process of making your textile piece using a wet felting technique. They’ll be a range of fibres and fleece for you to use, working from drawings and studies you produced in week 1.
Week 3 - Further development of last weeks textile piece. Just like painting- this will be a process to which you can add glazes of colour using fleece. This may include hand stitching adding more layers reworking or producing another piece. You may wish to bring fibres and fabrics to add to your work.
More about Jo Naylor;
“I’m a recently retired lecturer in Art and design and I’m now loving developing my art practice.
I trained in Embroidered and Woven textiles at Glasgow School of Art and I followed this with a postgraduate in Textiles at Goldsmiths college London.
Most of my teaching was at Kirklees college (Highfields)where I taught Fashion and Textiles and Drawing and Painting.
I have recently successfully exhibited work at Holmfirth Art week and on the fringe. I currently have work exhibited at the Open Gallery in Halifax.”
Carved Ceramic Bowls w. Nigel Hoyle - 1/3/25 @G2
Join Nigel at Holme Mills and personalise your own vessel, to feature words in reverse, which cast the words/ phrase in the form of shadows when lit from inside!
Nigel will have hand thrown the bowls prior to the workshop, and ensure they are at the perfect consistency to carve into.
He will have a few of his amazing designs to show you as examples, and see how beautifully they project the letter forms around the immediate environment of the work. Take a look at one of Nigel’s examples below!
Please note, we are running this workshop at the new site at Holme Mills.
Ink & Bleach Workshop - 8/3/25 @G2
Join Jane Middleton for this full-day drawing and painting workshop!
More info coming soon
ink & bleach = £80.00 or for 2 people = £150.00
One of Jane’s beautiful illustrations using ink and bleach.
Ceramic Sgraffito Platters @G2
Make your own beautiful Sgraffito ceramic platter with Lauren at Globe 2!
Learn a new technique in this one off 3 hour workshop.
Using our range of moods, you can choose the shape and size of your platter (option to make more if you want to pay more on the day, additional £20-30 depending on the size)
This is a small group of only 4 per workshop, to ensure that you get as much tuition as you need during the process.
Your pieces will be ready in 2-3 weeks for you to pick up from the studio and display at home!
Mini Metal Sculpture w. Frances Noon
Try out metal sculpture with Frances!
WHO: Frances will be your tutor for the day, this workshop is perfect for all abilities; absolute beginners, intermediate or advanced- everyone can achieve a great result in this full day workshop.
WHAT: Animal sculpture workshop with Frances Noon. Learn how to make a free standing bird or an animal themed sculpture from mixed metals. On this 1 day course you will form their design from brass or copper sheet metal.
You will learn how to cut and saw a shape from the metal using a piercing saw, snips and files. Then using a variety of punches you will hammer and texture details onto the surface of your design. Additional details such as legs and tails or antennae can be added in wire and soldered to the piece. Finally you will mount the sculpture on a hand painted wooden block.
WHERE: This workshop will be held in our Create Space studio on New Street, Slaithwaite (Globe 1) There is a ramp from street level down to the studio, or 4 steps, and wheelchair access toilets are on the upper level, which can be reached by going around the building and in the Carr Lane entrance. More info and full address here
WHEN: Saturday 15th March, 10-5pm, we suggest you bring a packed lunch, tea and coffee will be available at intervals throughout, plus we are surrounded by cafes and shops - so plenty of choice locally if you do want to bob out for food or drink.
WHY: Frances is an excellent artist and we are very lucky to have her as a tutor, and a Studio Holder over at Globe 2, Frances has made jewellery for the likes of Grayson Perry, and sells her pieces in numerous galleries and shops across the UK. Her workshops usually sell out very quickly, and she teaches our jewellery courses - which we always have a waiting list on!
HOW MUCH: £85 pp or bring a friend and buy the ticket for 2 and get a discount £150 (£75pp)
Basket Straw Coiling - 22/3/25 @G1
Join Byron for a full day heritage craft workshop!
Learn the traditional craft of coiling to create a robust basket. We will learn about the materials used for straw coiling, explore the practice and the coiling technique to make a coaster.
Then we will make a multifunctional or decorative basket. This is made entirely by hand, so please note that there can be straining on hands and fingers - but the final outcome is rewarding!
£75pp or bring a friend and come together for £130, saving £10pp!
Ceramic Sgraffito Platters @G2
Make your own beautiful Sgraffito ceramic platter with Lauren at Globe 2!
Learn a new technique in this one off 3 hour workshop.
Using our range of moods, you can choose the shape and size of your platter (option to make more if you want to pay more on the day, additional £20-30 depending on the size)
This is a small group of only 4 per workshop, to ensure that you get as much tuition as you need during the process.
Your pieces will be ready in 2-3 weeks for you to pick up from the studio and display at home!
Ceramic biscuits with. UpsyDaisyCraft 29/3/25 @G2
Join UpsyDaisyCraft at Globe Arts Studio as you create your own ceramic biscuits (of your choice) over 2 Saturdays!
Mark Making with RORA - Taster Workshop - @G1
Its time for you to be creative!
More info coming soon, tickets available now (HUGE discount if you book with a mate!)
WHO: Aurora will be your tutor for the afternoon, open to all abilities 16 years and above.
WHAT: Mark making taster session.
WHERE: Carr Lane, Slawit village (we call this GLOBE 1)
WHEN: Saturday 12th April 2025, 12-2pm
WHY: “There’s a whole ritual like process to mark making within my practice and this is something I try to share with others in my Mark Making Workshops”
Screen Print Ceramic Plates @G2
Join the Globees over at Globe 2 to combine 2 of our favourite techniques, screen printing and ceramics!
This is a brilliant opportunity to learn about 2 areas in one workshop, and there's the option to pay extra on the day, if you want to make more than 2, which are included in the ticket price.
£75 per person, or £140 for 2 when you book together
Mosaic Hare Workshop w. Abigail Barker
Join Abigail for this beautiful mosaic hare workshop
Who: Join professional mosaic artist Abigail Barker, for all abilities - no experience is needed as you'll be taught the basics of designing and creating a unique mosaic.
What: A fun and informal workshop to make a beautiful mosaic hare (suitable for indoors only).
All materials are provided and there will be lots of designs to inspire you.
Please note that the glue needs 24 hours to dry so grout and instructions will be given to you to take home.
Where: Carr lane, Slawit, Globe 1
When: Saturday 17th May, 10am - 4pm
Ceramic Baubles Workshop @G2
Join Lauren at Globe 2 for this festive workshop, creating your own 2D ceramic baubles for the tree or a mantle piece garland.
Using a variety of clays, you can choose from our wide variety of cookie cutter shapes or our in house stencils, or go free hand and make your own shape!
The second half of the workshop will focus in on the colour application, pattern work and any finishing touches to ensure your collection of baubles are just right for you!
you will leave having made 6 baubles each, and they'll be ready to collect in 1-2 weeks.
pictures coming soon…
£45 per person, or £80 for 2
Christmas Candle Arches workshop @G2
Join Jackie at Globe 2 and make a unique candle arch decoration for your home, it can be Christmas themed or anything else you fancy!
Make it stand out
During the 2.5 hour workshop, you'll be taught about glass frit, stringer, confetti and metal inclusions, as well as having the opportunity to use a technique called kiln carving!
These pieces need 2 firings in the kiln, so usually take 2 weeks to be completed, and ready for collection from our studio
£55 per person or £100 for 2 people
“Make Your Own Slippers” Workshop - 16/11/24 @G1
Join Catherine Edwards here at Globe Arts Studio for a full day 6 hour workshop, using traditional techniques to hand craft your own pair of slippers.
Catherine Edwards trained as a boot and shoemaker, working for many years before a residency at the royal armouries, which led to the production of her first collection of unique leather goods.
With Cathys guidance, you will learn how to cut your own patterns to the size you require and use them to trace onto top grade unwaxed leather, cutting out and marking up for stitching.
We will use the traditional Saddlers’ two handed sewing technique to stitch your slippers together and add a small heel. With your finished slippers as a size guide, create your own envelope style storage bag using super soft suede and attach a hand rolled leather toggle to fasten.
The making process is completed entirely by hand using genuine leatherworking tools including vintage and antique pieces from Cathys own collection.
This workshop is suitable for all ages and abilities, covering a range of skills, with tools and materials provided, techniques include cutting to pattern, hand stitching, and colour matching fabrics for upper and outer pieces.
Working in a small, friendly group with lots of individual attention, supervised individually by Catherine, This inspiring one-day workshop is a great way to introduce yourself to working with leather. Places limited so please book quickly!
Bring a friend for discounted ticket, £90pp or 2 for £170.
When you book a place, please email us at info@globearts.org.uk with your colour choice from the selection below , plus your shoe size, Cathy needs to prep your materials before the workshop
Fused Glass Snowflakes - 13/11/24 @G2
Join Zoe & Lauren at Globe 2 for this festive workshop!
Working with a wide array of beautifully coloured glass frit and vibrant springer, you are invited to venture into the captivating art of fused glass, as you design and assemble your unique glass snowflake decoration!
All skill levels and abilities are warmly welcomed at this engaging workshop; our talented glass tutors, Zoe and Lauren, will provide guidance and support throughout the process. With their help, you can create a stunning decoration that will be perfect to showcase in your home just in time for the festive season.
£65 per person, or £110 for 2 people when you book together! All materials, tuition and refreshments included in the ticket price.
Choose to come along 12-2pm or 6-8pm
Ceramic Sculpture - Christmas Tree Lanterns @G2
Join Lauren over at Globe 2 for this one off workshop, using clay and slip, to make Christmas Tree shaped decorative pieces, for you home.
Following our steps, and using a variety of templates you create your very own set of 3D trees, which you can cut out as many or as few stars/ holes as you like- to adjust the amount of light which can escape.
Lauren will show you the best techniques for applying colour, and you'll pick them back up in a couple of weeks.
These look lovely once lit with a real or faux candle light in a window sill, as a centre piece on your coffee table, or on a mantle piece!
Fused Glass Pumpkins workshop - 23/10/24 @G2
Join Lauren the week before Halloween to make your own fused glass decoration.
Using clear glass and powdered glass, you will use specialist equipment to add different colours and shades onto the glass. You can make it a jack-o-lantern style, using our face cut out stencils, or keep it as a plain pumpkin, and decorate with curly green glass rods to look like the stem.
You can keep your glass flat, we can add jump rings so it can be hung in a window or placed in a perspex stand. Or we can bend your glass, into a candle arch shape, so you can place candles behind on a mantle piece or on a windowsill!
These pieces will be put in the kiln at the end of the workshop, and we will email you when they are ready to collect the following week.
This workshop is suitable for 16 years and above.
Pumpkin x1 person = £50.00
Pumpkin x2 people = £90.00
Autumn Life Drawing with Jo Blaker - 20/10/24 @G1
Join Jo Blaker at Globe Arts Studio for her one-off
Autumn Seasonal Life Drawing workshop.
This workshop is an opportunity to explore how a seasonal focus might inspire, extend, deepen or enrich our life drawing experience.
If regular life drawing classes don’t feel right for you, you might enjoy the freedom to experiment that previous participants tell us they especially enjoy about this class.
Artist Jo Blaker will get you drawing with a range of materials, trying new ideas & exploring your interpretation of the season.
This session starts with an hour of drawing from seasonal objects or sources. Our model arrives at 11am when we transition to drawing the figure. We usually explore short, quick exploratory exercises initially.
Collaborative exercises have been especially popular so weave these in to as many sessions as we can. Expect playful, exciting drawing challenges that take you out of your comfort zone & take your work in unexpected directions.
The length of this session ensures time to share & discuss our work and that we can take breaks where we need them and let ourselves really sink into the experience and savour it.
The focus of this session is upon stimulating our creativity & expression as artists, responding to a range of stimuli as well as the human figure. Each artist has freedom within our exercises to make them their own - through choice of process, material, scale etc.
We hope in this session to get people started and for the artists in the room to take that in their own direction.
Please note - this class does not include teaching on proportion, measuring or other formal aspects of life drawing.
£80 - includes tuition, materials an refreshments
Stained glass halloween decs @G2
Make a stained glass bat, ghost, pumpkin or anything else spooky- in this 6 hour workshop with Zoe @ Globe 2, Holme Mills
This workshop is perfect for absolute beginners, intermediate or advanced learners, we have plenty of time to cover all aspects of Stained Glass, using foil technique.
It also counts as a course for updating your knowledge of our studio and our practice, if you’re wanting to join our membership programme! Find out more here
Spooky stained glass x1 = £75.00
Spooky stained glass x2 people = £130.00
all materials, tea & coffee, and tuition inc. in price
(Please bring a packed lunch or visit Zapato for bar snacks and drinks)
Folk Art Workshop w. Jane Middleton @G2
Join Jane Middleton for this full-day folk art workshop!
Saturday 28th September - 10am-4pm at Globe 2, Holme Mills
The workshop will involve learning about the different elements of monoprinting. There’s loads of fun and playful experimenting involved as there’s so many outcomes from the process.
We will have a go at different techniques using ink and a roller including trace monoprinting, collaging our monoprint mark making, collagraph, and masking out shapes as well as monoprinting with oil pastels.
We will create illustrations and patterns that are inspired by folk art. I will provide examples of folk art inspired illustration, including my own work as well as the work of others from present day and historically from different cultures.
You can bring your own printouts or examples on your phone too of folk art style animals, mythological creatures and flowers that you can work from.
The workshop will last 6 hours and in that time you will have lots of mono-printing experimental work as well as a final piece of artwork to take home with you.
Suitable for all abilities of artist.
£80 per person, or £150 for 2 (when you book together)
Meet the tutor
Jane illustrates empowered women, focusing on the celebration of the female form and the growth, change and healing we experience as we live our lives and grow. Her curvaceous figures represent perfectly imperfect versions of women. Some of her pieces are inspired by Folk art stylisation.
Jane also uses local landscapes and outdoor experiences as inspiration for her illustration. These landscape pieces are an emphasis of the significance of the great outdoors, fresh air, exploration and its positive impact on our well being.
Jane uses an array of materials however, her preferred medium is inks combined with bleach as its alchemy is a therapeutic practice. She also makes marks using various mixed media to create collage pieces and is developing her printmaking skills by experimenting with collagraph, mono printing and intaglio techniques. She works digitally too.
Painting & Mixed Media - THUR @G1
Join Annie at Globe Arts Studio, for a 4 week block of Painting & Mixed Media
“Playing with resistance methods and combining materials to create textural surfaces. Allowing yourself the freedom to develop compositions in any way the marks suggest; maybe flowers; maybe landscape; seascape or abstract. Seeing where your experiments take you in an uncontrived creative journey. I will give advice on colour, composition and contextualise with reference to artists, who also take this approach, not over planning but allowing the materials to be your guide and inspiration”
Exploring an Autumnal Palette
Artists are influenced by the changing seasons, not only landscape painters but also still life and abstract artists.
Week 1 - Advancing your colour mixing,
Week 2 - Experimental application of paint, developing abstract and atmospheric compositions
Week 3 - Choose from abstract, still life or landscape and work on individual ideas towards a completed piece
The course has no set outcomes, clients can develop personal ideas with support.
Tea and coffee will be served halfway through the class.
Thursday’s 10 AM - 12 PM
4 week block, £100
‘Tattoo Your Stuff’ - Introduction to Custom Culture @G1
‘Tattoo your stuff’ with Patia as you learn about custom culture!
Saturday, 21 September '24 10am – 4pm
“Fuelled by the thrill of the uncharted road ahead, my mission is to forge a deep connection between you and your most treasured stuff.
Whether you're an automotive enthusiast, a discerning art collector or simply someone who values craftsmanship, quality and originality, there's a variety of ways for us to collaborate.
Like bringing your vision to life through a custom project, immersing yourself in the custom culture through my original workshops, or finding that perfect piece to enrich your space.”
Express yourself by customising your own objects - this could be a motorcycle helmet, jacket, skateboard, or painting murals at scale.
You will be introduced to enamel paints and sign painting techniques to transfer and hand paint rad "tattoos" on your desired object.
We kick off with a warm up session before painting on any objects. This time is for making mistakes, getting used to enamels and understanding where you are at with your skills. (And you will probably surprise yourself by being better at this than you think!)
You will be given coated MDF boards along with all other needed materials to practise transferring designs and filling in each layer with a brush and finishing off with crispy outlines.
If you want to give it a go on your own object, please bring it with you. Bear in mind that depending on the surface and shape it might be more advanced, but Patia will be happy to explain it to you. (*objects no bigger than a helmet, if you are unsure, please get in touch with Patia (patia@patia.co.uk) directly, *material – enamels work on anything apart from textiles)
MEET PATIA
Patia
“As a non-conformist artist and a rebellious female motorcyclist, I create one-of-a-kind artworks that reflect adventurous spirit, self-discovery, and empowerment to live authentically.
I believe deeply in the profound impact our surroundings have on our well-being and identity, shaping the very fabric of our daily lives. By embracing and expressing your truest self, you not only enrich your own existence but also inspire others to do the same.”
Work with Patia to express yourself through your favourite objects by customising them in a way that reflects you.
Intermediate/Advanced Fused Glass - TUE @G2
Join Jackie for Intermediate/Advanced Fused Glass Class on Monday Afternoons
Weekly tickets are now available - spread the cost of the course by paying weekly!
Fused glass is an extraordinary and exciting medium where you transform raw glass into stunning pieces of art and useful functional pieces. We run classes to suit all levels, from beginners/intermediates to advanced practice.
You will build and develop the basic fusing methods you already possess including frits, confetti, stringer and inclusions and learn advanced techniques of fused glass making including powders, moulding, printing and more - perfect to experiment and create your own small project pieces.
Book the block altogether for a saving, or pay weekly with ‘weekly tickets’ - tuition, materials (significant glass stock included with the option to purchase additional glass if needed for large projects), and refreshments included in the price!
Please note, we still run on bank holidays.
Last term’s focus was creating this beautiful plant plaques
Stained Glass animals w. Zoe Gale
Learn all about Stained Glass with Zoe!
Join Zoe over in our new studios at Holme Mills, and spend 5 hours cutting, grinding, foiling and soldering beautiful colourful glass, to create your very own mini animal window hanging!
Thursday 22nd August, 11am - 4pm
£75pp
Please note, we are running this workshop at the new site at Holme Mills.
Acrylic painting w. Jackie Harrowsmith
Join Jackie as you relax and create Hockney-inspired acrylic paintings
Weather permitting, this workshop will be held outside in the beautiful sunshine over at Holme Mills!
After meeting inside and collecting your materials, you will join Jackie in the garden out front of Zapato & Darkwoods, and paint plein air!
Tuesday 20th August, 10.30am - 3.30pm
£60pp
Mixed Media w. Annie Roche
Join brilliant artist Annie Roche for an afternoon of Hockney-inspired Mixed Media!
Working with Hockney’s bold brush strokes and exuberant colour. We will do some preliminary studies, working with expressive colours, using flowers as a starting point, but also free to imagine . Create a painting which captures the joy of summer, the unbelievable colours to be found in nature, with Hockney’s heighten colour palette and confident strokes.
Take a look at Annie’s examples below!
Thursday 15th August, 11am - 3pm
£70 per person, or £130 for 2 when you book together!
Calligraphy w. Helen Hayman
Join Helen Hayman for this 5 hour workshop of calligraphy!
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CALLIGRAPHY WORKSHOP
We start with an introduction to calligraphy and the square edged nib pen. You will then learn a modern calligraphic hand derived from historical scripts All tools, materials and handouts will be provided. All you need to bring is a sense of adventure and a willingness to learn.
ABOUT THE TUTOR
“I have always loved words and books. One day joined a calligraphy class and discovered the magical power and possibilities to be found in letters. I have been a passionate calligrapher ever since that day in 1985.
I have been a tutor since the early 1990’s, taught all over the country, run innumerable workshops, been an artist- in-residence twice, had my exhibited work all over the country, developed my skills by attending a huge number of calligraphy courses and workshops both here and abroad. My work is held in both public and private collections.
I have been a member of Calderdale Calligraphers since it started in 1988 and am active member of both the Society of Scribes and Illuminators and the Calligraphy and Lettering Society.”
Wednesday 14th August, 10am - 4pm
Please fell free to visit a cafe or shop in the village at lunchtime, or bring a packed lunch, 12.30-1.30pm
hot and cold drinks are provided, as well as all materials in the price :)
£65pp or £120 for 2
FULL DAY Life Drawing w. Jackie Harrowsmith
Join Jackie as she takes you on a journey taking inspiration from some of Hockney's greatest life drawings!
Please bring lunch, 30 minute break around 1.30pm for food, drinks will be available throughout the session at any time.
Gouache Painting w. Lindsay Kirby
Join Lindsay for a morning/afternoon of painting
We will be using gouache and watercolour paints as we get into the Hockney-spirit - creating beautiful landscapes and experimenting with markmaking.
Take a look at these examples of Hockney-inspired landscapes created by some of Lindsay’s clients!
Monday 12th August, 10am - 2pm
£50pp
TWO day Leaded Stained Glass w. Terry
Join Terry for two days this summer to create artwork
with stained glass
Learn how to cut and shape glass, use led, and solder and etch!
Just take a look at some examples by Terry below!
Monday 5th - Tuesday 6th August, 11am - 4pm
Please note: we are hoping that this will be running in our new studios over at Holme Mills, West Slaithwaite, if the space is not ready, we will be running the course on Carr Lane in Slaithwaite village
Paint w. Pippa Ashworth in Georges Garden
Join Pippa Ashworth for this full day workshop, in a gorgeous garden, in Golcar.
Join Pippa Ashworth for this full day workshop in George's gorgeous garden in Golcar!
You will spend the entire 6 hours outside in nature, drawing and painting using the beautiful flowers, trees and scenery as inspiration for your art!
(Please note, the exact location will be emailed out to clients in the days leading up to the workshop)
Please wear clothes you don't mind getting mucky and bring an apron if you have one!
Feel free to bring anything along if you wish, like a sketchbook if you're working in one, however all materials will be included on the day.
Summer Life Drawing w. Jo Blaker
Join Jo Blaker at Globe Arts Studio for her one-off
Summer Seasonal Life Drawing workshop.
This workshop is an opportunity to explore how a seasonal focus might inspire, extend, deepen or enrich our life drawing experience.
If regular life drawing classes don’t feel right for you, you might enjoy the freedom to experiment that previous participants tell us they especially enjoy about this class. Artist Jo Blaker will get you drawing with a range of materials, trying new ideas & exploring your interpretation of the season.
This session starts with an hour of drawing from seasonal objects or sources. Our model arrives at 11am when we transition to drawing the figure. We usually explore short, quick exploratory exercises initially.
Collaborative exercises have been especially popular so weave these in to as many sessions as we can. Expect playful, exciting drawing challenges that take you out of your comfort zone & take your work in unexpected directions.
The length of this session ensures time to share & discuss our work and that we can take breaks where we need them and let ourselves really sink into the experience and savour it. The focus of this session is upon stimulating our creativity & expression as artists, responding to a range of stimuli as well as the human figure.
Each artist has freedom within our exercises to make them their own - through choice of process, material, scale etc.
We hope in this session to get people started and for the artists in the room to take that in their own direction.
Please note - this class does not include teaching on proportion, measuring or other formal aspects of life drawing.
£80 covers tuition, materials and refreshments
F4F Wax Trapping Workshop W. Jackie
Join Jackie and design your very own wax trapping, using hot wax and mixed media.
Please only take a ticket if you have a valid membership/ you are a Friend of Globe. Not a friend? Buy a membership here https://www.globearts.org.uk/friends
3 week short course Painting & mixed media w Claire Murray (June 24)
Join the fantastic Claire Murray this term, for 3 weeks of expressive painting and mark making. This short course is aimed at intermediate/ advanced clients.
If you are a beginner, please look at Lindsay’s Beginners drawing and painting.
If you have a sketchbook, bring it along to work in, paper will be provided along with all others supplies.
Tea and coffee will be served halfway through the class.
Thursday’s 10 am - 12 pm
Fused Glass House Number Plate w. Zoe
Join Zoe Gale for this specialist workshop in fused glass, producing a house number plate to be used indoors or outdoors
We will email you 14 days before the workshop to prepare your numbers and colours, then on the day, you will decorate a background, and place the number(s) on top.
You will have the choice on the day to pick the pre-made numbers, or make your own (this will result in your piece taking a couple of extra weeks)
Zoe will show you a few different styles and finishes, and at the end of the 3 hour workshop, you'll leave your pieces with us to go in the kiln, then they'll be ready for collection in around 3-4 weeks time.
£75 pp
TetraPak w. Lisa Stubbs
Work with the amazingly talented Lisa Stubbs and get inspired by her lovely designs & styles, as you work with Tetrapak to create your own beautiful one off prints.
This is the perfect opportunity to learn a new skill in 2024 whilst relaxing in a calm and welcoming class. Lisa always supplies the best tunes and tuition, we promise you won't want to leave at 3pm!
There are only 6 spaces available on this specialist workshop so be sure to book in advance!
Saturday 18th May, £70
TetraPak w. Lisa Stubbs
Work with the amazingly talented Lisa Stubbs and get inspired by her lovely designs & styles, as you work with Tetrapak to create your own beautiful one off prints.
This is the perfect opportunity to learn a new skill in 2024 whilst relaxing in a calm and welcoming class. Lisa always supplies the best tunes and tuition, we promise you won't want to leave at 3pm!
There are only 6 spaces available on this specialist workshop so be sure to book in advance, or take a look at Saturday 18th May if you can't make this one!
Saturday 27th April, £70
'Trees' Workshop with Pippa Ashworth
Join Pippa for this specialist workshop learning drawing, painting and mixed media techniques.
Aimed more at the intermediate/ advanced learners, if you have been to one of Pippa's courses or workshops before, you'll know how fast paced they can be!
Landmarks 2 -Featuring' Trees'
Mixed media, Paint,Gesso and Gelli Plates and possibly collage.
We are celebrating trees in this workshop, their colour, texture ,shape and physicality.
We will explore the nature of woods and trees through a variety of media and techniques so that you can develop your own response to these extraordinary living things which are a part of our landscape.There will be tea and coffee available throughout the day, and a 30 minute lunch break around 12.30pm.
We are surrounded by cafes and shops, or bring a packed lunch along.
Saturday 20th April, 10 am - 4 pm
Felted Hare Sculptures w. Zoe Stainton - Full Day Workshop
Join Zoe Stainton for a full day HARE workshop, here at Globe Arts!
In this 6 hour workshop, you will be learning how to construct a simple wire armature,
the wool will be wrapped around and felted to create the form.
Learn how to blend wool, make the hares features and details such as ears, eyes and of course whiskers!
(please note - this example is by Zoe, not a client)
£100 for 1 person
£180 for 2 people
Felted Fox Sculptures w. Zoe Stainton - Full Day Course
Join Zoe Stainton for a full day FOX workshop, here at Globe Arts!
In this 6 hour workshop, you will be learning how to construct a simple wire armature,
the wool will be wrapped around and felted to create the form.
Learn how to blend wool, make the foxes features and details such as ears, eyes and of course whiskers!
(please note - this example is by Zoe, not a client)
(please also note- skateboard not included!)
£100 for 1 person
£180 for 2 people
Painting and mixed media with Claire Murray (FEB/MAR ‘24)
Join Claire at Globe Arts Studio, for a 5 week course aimed at intermediate/ advanced clients.
If you are a beginner, please look at Lindsay’s Beginners drawing and painting.
Tea and coffee will be served halfway through the class.
Thursday’s 10 AM - 12 PM
5 week block, £120
“Wonderful courses thank you, one of my creations at globe attached.”
Client from Painting & Mixed Media (JAN/FEB '24)