Crafting with the Seasons
Course overview
Transform Nature’s Bounty into Decorative Arts and Crafts
Immerse yourself in the art of seasonal crafting in this hands-on course. Crafting with the Seasons invites you to explore creative techniques using natural materials that change with the seasons—from windfall branches and leaves, to flowers, fruits and foliage—you’ll learn how to transform nature’s bounty into decorative arts and crafts.
Over 5 weekly sessions, you’ll discover traditional methods that have connected people to the natural world for generations and celebrate the beauty of nature’s changing palette. Using readily available, gently foraged or home-harvested materials, we will experiment with different techniques each week. These will include weaving with natural fibres, making plant-based inks, creating botanical inks, and preserving flowers.
Perfect for beginners and those with some crafting experience, this course offers a relaxing and creative environment where you can explore sustainable materials and methods, and create natural decor to take home or give as gifts.
- How to identify, collect, and prepare natural materials for crafting
- Techniques for weaving with plant fibres and stems
- Methods and materials suitable for botanical printing (on paper)
- Processes for extracting and using natural plant-based inks
- Skills for drying and preserving flowers and foliage
- Techniques for creating seasonal decorations
- Sustainable foraging, harvesting and crafting practices
- Guided demonstrations from an experienced craftsperson
- Hands-on practice with each technique
- Small group size, allowing for personalised instruction
- Outdoor material gathering sessions (weather permitting)
- Step-by-step project completion
- Peer learning and idea sharing
We’ll provide:
- Natural materials for in-class projects
- Weaving frames
- Botanical printing supplies
- Materials for ink-making
- Tools and equipment
Please bring along:
- Notebook and pen for taking notes
- Apron or old shirt
- Kitchen or garden scissors, snips or secateurs if you have them
- Any interesting natural materials you’d like to work with
- A bag or basket for collecting materials during outdoor sessions
- Your creativity and enthusiasm!
Why continue your creative journey and enrol on the next course, following your journey through the seasons. Or you could explore one of our other Learning for Leisure programmes.
Alternatively enrol by phone quoting 3AECRUA01R
Meet the tutors
We want our learners to feel welcome, safe and at ease when attending our classes, especially if this is your first time attending an adult education class or if you're coming back to education after a break.
If you're interested in one of courses, meet our tutors first! You'll see they have similar passions and interests and, most importantly, the right qualifications to help you make the most of your time and money.
