About the event

The venue for the workshop is The Greenhouse Project: a Nature and Wellbeing community space for growing vegetables, fruit & wildflowers as well as providing facilities for bushcraft, craft and woodworking and community events. All proceeds from the workshop will go towards continuing to run and develop this community site.

Workshop activities

Your tutor Chrissie will guide you through the process of building your own unique Fairy House suitable for garden decoration. You will be introduced to a range of methods that will enhance your design skills including building surface decoration and modelling.

You will be using air drying clay, which once dried will be terracotta in colour. The Fairy houses could be painted at a later date, or finished with varnish or PVA glue to create a waterproof shiny surface.

This hands-on workshop is designed for complete beginners—no prior experience needed, just curiosity and enthusiasm!

Practical information

Bring along a clean, empty glass jar to build your house around (approximately 15cm high and 9cm diameter). Please wear practical clothing or bring an apron to keep your clothes clean. Our Greenhouses are unheated so warm clothes may be needed depending on the weather outside.

Refreshments

Hot drinks will be provided, but please bring along snacks, if needed.

Parking

Car parking in Witton Country Park is 5 minutes walk away (£2 for the day) in the Witton Arena Car Park - BB2 2TP, off  Preston Old Road entrance.  There is disabled parking available close to the site; accessible via a radar key or prior arrangement an accessible toilet is also available nearby. Please contact us if you have any mobility problems and we will do our best to ensure you can access the workshop.

We are based inside the Park within the old stable yard (on the right).  The exact location using what3words is ///almost.rewarding.wool

About Chrissie

Chrissie Spencer is an experienced tutor and Art graduate with a specialism in ceramics.