Learn how to form a pot using the simplest of ceramic techniques, ‘pinching’. This technique is ideal for anyone who is new to clay and would like a gentle introduction to the medium.

Using only a ball of clay and your hands, you will be shown the process of forming a simple pot. You’ll create several pots during the workshop - learning as you go and adapting your technique as you discover the process.

Expect a super calming workshop with expert Jo Hannah on had to offer technical advice and guidance. Suitable for absolute beginners with no prior experience of Ceramics.

Glow Creative Meditation Breakfast / 10:00 - 12:00

Our Winter inspired meditation breakfast invites you to glow from the inside out. Expect a warming breakfast and soothing scents as we gather one last time to complete this series.

We’ll start the morning with a warming traditional Indian breakfast - prepared with utmost care and love by Ati (Surrey Hills Wellness). We’ll enjoy hand-made chapatis and a fragrant potato curry to awaken the senses.

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Festive Stars & Fizz / 19:30 to 21:30

This cosy Friday night workshop is just the tonic for a busy week in the office. We’ll have gentle tunes tinkling away in the background and a few bubbles to take the edge off the week as we ease into some mindful making.

Come and learn how to create your own festive stars from saved or sentimental papers using simple origami folding techniques. With slow, mindful folding, transform painted or up-cycled papers into decorations to keep or give those you love. String them together to make mini garlands, top your tree with them or add them to a greetings card.

Our experienced tutor, Leanda will provide a thorough introduction to the Calligraphy process including exercises to help you find your own unique style of writing, practice sheets to develop your technical skill and lots of support and guidance to get your writing flowing with style and finesse.

You'll begin by practicing strokes and then move on to developing both lower and upper-case lettering and finally how to 'make it modern' and find a way of writing that works for you. 

Use your new-found skills to create stunning stationary for all occasions, from gift cards and tag writing and so much more!

Learn how to form a pot using the simplest of ceramic techniques, ‘pinching’. This technique is ideal for anyone who is new to clay and would like a gentle introduction to the medium.

Using only a ball of clay and your hands, you will be shown the process of forming a simple pot. You’ll create several pots during the workshop - learning as you go and adapting your technique as you discover the process.

Expect a super calming workshop with expert Jo Hannah on had to offer technical advice and guidance. Suitable for absolute beginners with no prior experience of Ceramics.

Our Autumn Creative Meditation breakfast is all about embracing the natural ebb and flow of life and we’ll do this by connecting to the motion and flow of water.

We’ll start with a grounding home made breakfast bowl and an uplifting smoothie as we sip a tea or coffee, chat and share around the table - after which the lovely Ati aka Surrey Hills Wellness will lead us on a gently sensory meditation journey inspired by the sounds of moving water.

“The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.” 

This season we are teaming up with integrative well-being therapist Atifa Balding (Surrey Hills Wellness) to launch a nourishing Friday morning breakfast club, bringing together a therapeutic and mindful menu of workshops with a soft focus on self-care.

The simple process of making a pinch pot is a relaxing and meditative act - where the motion of forming and pinching the clay can have a therapeutic effect on both body and mind...

Learn how to form a pot using the simplest of ceramic techniques, ‘pinching’. This technique is ideal for anyone who is new to clay and would like a gentle introduction to the medium.

“The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.” 

This season we are teaming up with integrative well-being therapist Atifa Balding (Surrey Hills Wellness) to launch a nourishing Friday morning breakfast club, bringing together a therapeutic and mindful menu of workshops with a soft focus on self-care.

This season we are inviting you to meet with Ebru for a calming and mindful introduction to the magical art of painting on water. Ebru - also known as cloud-painting for the way that the paint clouds as it spreads across the water - is an ancient art-form originating in Turkey and dating back to as early as the 15th Century. Of course we’ll be adding a contemporary twist to the outcomes we produce, but the rest of the experience will be as authentic as it gets folks!

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Rise and Shine Spring Yoga + Art Retreat at the Sussex Country Yurt

Join us for a day of yoga, reflexology and creativity for well-being at the stunning Sussex Country Yurt where we’ll shake off the dust of winter and beckon in the glorious Spring season…

The simple process of making a pinch pot is a relaxing and meditative act - where the motion of forming and pinching the clay can have a therapeutic effect on both body and mind...

Learn how to form a pot using the simplest of ceramic techniques, ‘pinching’. This technique is ideal for anyone who is new to clay and would like a gentle introduction to the medium.

Join us for an introduction to the calming meditative process of creating hand rolled paper beads. Being mindful of waste we’ll use a variety of discarded papers and create your very own piece of upcycled jewellery.  

Each week we will work on a different aspect of art practice and fill our sketchbooks with creative experiments. You will be given a sketchbook with your first class and our skills based sessions will improve your technical skill and inspire new ways of working that harness confidence and creativity. No pressure, lots of laughter and plenty of time to reflect on the week.

Each week we will work on a different aspect of art practice and fill our sketchbooks with creative experiments. You will be given a sketchbook with your first class and our skills based sessions will improve your technical skill and inspire new ways of working that harness confidence and creativity. No pressure, lots of laughter and plenty of time to reflect on the week.

Add a bit of hygge to your winter home with these gorgeous scented candles in lovely little vintage tea-cups!

Candle-making is a delightfully slow process with each step of the creation encouraging you to be patient and present. We’ll work with soy candle wax - it has a much slower burn time and is non-toxic.

Engage the senses by picking out scent combinations that suit your mood - using a combination of pre-made scents and essential oils to add a personal touch to your creations.

We have a lovely selection of vintage crockery for you to choose from and will have a bit of fun creating some hand-made Christmas labels whilst your creation sets!

Each week we will work on a different aspect of art practice and fill our sketchbooks with creative experiments. You will be given a sketchbook with your first class and our skills based sessions will improve your technical skill and inspire new ways of working that harness confidence and creativity. No pressure, lots of laughter and plenty of time to reflect on the week.

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As is tradition now at Surrey Art School, we’ll be running a foraged wreath workshop in the lead up to Christmas.

You’ll work with natural hand-made bases to build up a beautiful winter garland to adorn your door or winter home.

We’ve been out and busy collecting pheasant feathers, larch and drying fruit in preparation for this gorgeous seasonal workshop.

You are welcome to bring along some found materials to add to your garland, or to simply work with the gather we have.

Come and capture the beauty of the season in this yule inspired meet and make.

Together is a wonderful place to be! Want to carve out a little time for developing your textiles work? Finding it hard to focus at home or lacking the right materials to get the job done?

Introducing our monthly Meet and Make sessions on a Monday night hosted by the lovely Susannah Bolton. A chance to meet with like-minded weavers and knitters, drink tea and make some progress on your makes in our cosy studio!

Each week we will work on a different aspect of art practice and fill our sketchbooks with creative experiments. You will be given a sketchbook with your first class and our skills based sessions will improve your technical skill and inspire new ways of working that harness confidence and creativity. No pressure, lots of laughter and plenty of time to reflect on the week.

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Add a bit of hygge to your winter home with these gorgeous scented candles in lovely little vintage tea-cups!

Candle-making is a delightfully slow process with each step of the creation encouraging you to be patient and present. We’ll work with soy candle wax - it has a much slower burn time and is non-toxic.

Engage the senses by picking out scent combinations that suit your mood - using a combination of pre-made scents and essential oils to add a personal touch to your creations.

We have a lovely selection of vintage crockery for you to choose from and will have a bit of fun creating some hand-made Christmas labels whilst your creation sets!

Brush lettering is a popular and commercial style of lettering seen everywhere from packaging to greetings cards to signage. It is versatile and easy to learn! All you need is a brush and some ink or a brush pen.

In this calming and creative Sunday morning workshop, Leanda will take you step by step through a brush lettering alphabet - providing a full toolkit to support your studies - culminating in creating your own brush lettered artwork to take home at the end of the session.

Book here: https://www.surreyartschool.com/brush-lettering/

Brush lettering is a popular and commercial style of lettering seen everywhere from packaging to greetings cards to signage. It is versatile and easy to learn! All you need is a brush and some ink or a brush pen.

In this calming and creative Sunday morning workshop, Leanda will take you step by step through a brush lettering alphabet - providing a full toolkit to support your studies - culminating in creating your own brush lettered artwork to take home at the end of the session.

Book here: https://www.surreyartschool.com/brush-lettering/

The simple process of making a pinch pot is a relaxing and meditative act - where the motion of forming and pinching the clay can have a therapeutic effect on both body and mind...

If you go down to the woods today you might be surprised at the benefits to your overall well-being that spending some time amongst the trees can provide. Inspired by the Japanese tradition of forest bathing, we'll be heading back into the woods for our Autumn Yoga and Art retreat to ground ourselves from root to tree top.

More info here: https://www.surreyartschool.com/yogaandartretreat/

Brush lettering is a popular and commercial style of lettering seen everywhere from packaging to greetings cards to signage. It is versatile and easy to learn! All you need is a brush and some ink or a brush pen.

In this calming and creative Sunday morning workshop, Leanda will take you step by step through a brush lettering alphabet - providing a full toolkit to support your studies - culminating in creating your own brush lettered artwork to take home at the end of the session.

Book here: https://www.surreyartschool.com/brush-lettering/

Save the date for our a fabulous menu of self-care and wellbeing workshops including meditation, mindfulness, self-care strategies to help you take care of you and those around you. 

We'll start the morning with a mindful meditation focused on intentions led by the lovely Atifa Balding aka Surrey Hills Wellness. We'll then take a short breakfast break, with some simple advice about how to stay well on the inside. The final part of the morning will be led by self-care specialist Katie Jenson who will lead a workshop creating home-spa remedies and natural self-care solutions.

Learn all about the Art of Calligraphy in the fantastic beginners workshop suitable for all abilities!

Our experienced tutor, Leanda will provide a thorough introduction to the Calligraphy process including exercises to help you find your own unique style of writing, practice sheets to develop your technical skill and lots of support and guidance to get your writing flowing with style and finesse.

Full Calligraphy starter kit included in booking 

Book here: https://www.surreyartschool.com/calligraphy/

The simple process of making a pinch pot is a relaxing and meditative act,  where the motion of forming and pinching the clay can have a therapeutic effect on both body and mind...

In this workshop you will learn how to form a pot using the simplest of ceramic techniques, ‘pinching’. This technique is ideal for anyone who is new to clay and would like a gentle introduction to the medium.

In this workshop you will create your own home spa using only natural ingredients from your kitchen cupboard and garden. We will assess your skin needs and then set about transforming everyday ingredients into nourishing and revitalising homemade self care treatments.  

The workshop will cover skin types and everyday ingredients that will create beautiful and effective treatments.  The notion of making your own skincare is the start of your self care.

As Winter takes hold and the colder weather is forecast,  we find our skin needs more nourishing.  This workshop will show you how to create your own skincare products for pout perfect lips!

We will create an exfoliating and smoothing lip polish to slay any dry skin ready for a healing and moisturising homemade lip balm. 

We will work with natural colourants and minerals to create tinted lip balms.  These can also double up as a check tint!

Get lost in the soothing scents of Winter and create a truly hygge home with our festive candle-making workshop. 

Working with soy wax as a base and selecting your own essential oils you'll blend aromatic natural ingredients to create a warmingand uplifting winter candle to light up the dark days. 

In this workshop you will create your hand-made soaps using gorgeous aromatherapy oils and beautiful natural ingredients that will refresh, revitalise and awaken your senses. 

Katie will offer her expert advice on the natural benefits of each of the ingredients used - from soothing Shea butter to cleansing plant oils -sharing her recipe for creating beautiful hand-made soaps from the comfort of you home-kitchen.