Calstock B&B
           01822 832811

Art and Craft Workshops
@ Home Park Studios in Calstock

Contact Chrissy Wallis 01822 832811
chrissywallis@gmail.com

These decorative conical plant supports provide a practical and attractive feature for both the vegetable or flower garden. Whether for sweet peas, runner beans, climbing peas, or black eyed suzies, you will create a stunning structure to suit your practical requirements. . Bring savoury lunch to share. Refreshments and cake provided.
Time: 10am - 4pm
Price: £35 plus £5 for materials



Professional tips and techniques to help you design and make your own soft furnishings at a fraction of shop prices.
Time: 9.30am - 3pm
Price: £25


Learn from a professional artist. Demonstration and helpful advice and oils followed by a workshop.
Time: 10am - 4pm
Price: £35


Fairies, ballerinas, mermaids, pirates, or a vintage wooden doll. These are just a few of the characters you might like to create. Using a combination of paints, textiles, beads, and embellishments you will be able to create a truly unique wooden doll ... an heirloom for future generations. This workshop is designed for a child accompanied by a parent/grandparent.
Time: 2.5 hours. Morning or afternoon available - please ring for more details.
Price: £20



Project designer for Stitch Magazine. Create a book-wrap, needle-case, or mount as a picture. In this workshop you will learn an interesting technique to produce a very textured background. This involves using a sewing machine and free machine work, but a very easy method. Hand stitching on top of this surface will produce the lavendar flowers. You will learn wrapping techniques for the lavender stalks and finish it all off with a flurry of beading. You can then use this fabric to make a three-fold needle case, notebook, or mount it as a picture. Bring savoury lunch to share. Refreshments and homemade cake provided!
Only a few spaces left
Time:10am - 4pm
Price: £35


An ideal beginner's project, this basket is perfect for drying herbs and flower heads or as a decorative egg basket. The wire mesh base makes it achievable in a day and can be made with an attractive weave and a choice of coloured willow stems.
Time:10am - 4pm
Price: £35


Students will learn hot to apply gold, silver, and copper leaf onto fabric as well as use embossing powders and transfoil. The fabric can then be used to make a small needle-case, book wrap, or just a panel to mount on canvas. This is a mainly hand stitch day, but machines can be used to speed things up. I tend to use both in my work. This day includes some design teaching. Bring a savoury lunch to share. Refreshments and homemade cake provided!
Time:10am - 4pm
Price: £35


Practising the ancient craft of mosaic this exciting one-day workshop will focus on designing and making a beautiful fish plaque to anhance your home or garden. We will be using a variety of materials e.g. tessara, glass, china, beads (materials will be provided maxium cost £5 - you can of course bring your own). Bring a savoury lunch to share. Refreshments and homemade cake provided!
Time:10am - 4pm
Price: £35


Using a variety of materials - paper, textiles, paint, net, printing with lino adding embellishment etc, learn how to create beautiful art pieces by building up layers that can be made in miniature form or large wall pieces on canvas. Who is the course for? Those interested in exploring the potential of materials. Materials provided.
Time:10am - 4pm
Price: £30


Bring items from your wardrobe and learn how to 'revamp' them into accessories and simple garments. Updating your wardrobe can be done in the adjustment of a jacket's fit or style or in radical transformation. Lucie 'Giselle' offers the chance to reinvent your favourite worn out momento, or for the sake of the environment reuse the fabric hanging, unworn in the wardrobe.
Time:10am - 4pm
Price: £30



Professional tips and techniques to help you design and make your own soft furnishings at a fraction of shop prices.
Time: 9.30am - 3pm
Price: £25


Use buff and brown willow to create a strong, practical and beautiful round willow basket. Once learnt, the technique can be adapted to design of your choice. This is a two day course.
Time:10am - 4pm both days
Price: £60


Based on a Chinese concept of a box within a box, this etui is a small self-contained needlework box, made up of fabric-covered card leaves which, when the lid is removed, open out to reveal all your sewing needs. Etuis were first made by soldiers and seamen in the 19th centuary. A Kirby box (c.1880) is on display at the Geffrye Museum, London.
Time:10am - 4pm
Price: £30


Using a variety of materials - paper, textiles, paint, net, printing with lino adding embellishment etc, learn how to create beautiful art pieces by building up layers that can be made in minature form or large wall pieces on canvas. Who is the course for? Those interested in exploring the potential of materials. Materials provided.
Time:10am - 4pm
Price: £30


Demonstration and helpful advice in acrylic and oils followed by a workshop.
Time:10am - 4pm
Price: £35


Come and make an enchanting keepsake and toy. A wooden bed with numerous mattresses and with a pretty princess perched on top under a charming patchwork quilt - oh and of the course the pea safely hidden! All rounded off with the traditional story. This workshop is designed for a child accompanied by a parent/grandparent.
Time:10am - 4pm
Price: £30 for parent and child


Designing and creating your own special keep sake box with padded lid and embellishments.
Time:10am - 4pm
Price: £30


'Gold on Fabric' Strip and stitch book wrap. Using an easy bonded applique technique students will learn how to construct a base fabric taking colour inspiration from their favourite things, flowers, holiday photos, architecture, landscape etc. This fabric, then embellished with machine and hand embroidery, beading and surface painting if they wish, will produce a luscious fabric wrap for a book or gift. Students should be familiar with their sewing machines although only basic stitching is needed.Bring savoury lunch to share. Refreshments and homemade cake provided!
Time:10am - 4pm
Price: £35


Annie has been making baskets for the past fourteen years. She lives and works on the North Devon coast, growing her own, but also using willow from the Somerset levels. Create your own beautiful, sculptural ball for the home or garden using brown and coloured willow. The balls may be large or small and once finished may be suspended from a tree or weighted with pebbles. This workshop is suitable for complete beginners or accomplished basket makers alike.
Time:10am - 4pm
Price: £35



Click here to print this brochure.