Go with the flow they say – and what better way to do so than to learn how to loosen up your drawing technique and slow down your approach to watercolour painting with a super gentle botanical drawing and painting workshop?

We’'ll work with fine-liners, brush pens and artist quality watercolours to create beautiful blooming studies with a vibrant seasonal palette!

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

This season we have 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 delighted to welcome back top class knitter Sarah North to the studio for a developmental knitting course that will teach you, session by session, how to create a range of stitches and knit yourself calm with this step by step programme. This course is suitable for absolute beginners and comes with a full starter knit kit!

Sessions will be calm and friendly with a tutor on hand to support your learning.

Course starts: Tuesday 14th January 2020

Course continuation dates: Tuesday 28th January, Tuesday 11th February, Tuesday 25th February, Tuesday 10th March, Tuesday 24th March 2020.

Start your weaving journey with the wonderful Susannah Bolton this season where she will be teaching you all you need to know to get to know your loom.

You'll be working with stunning hand-made notched lap looms and will learn all about the anatomy of the loom before planning a small tapestry and starting to weave.

At the end of the session you'll be taught how to remove your finished piece from the loom - securing and tying off your finished tapestry and will have the option to buy a loom (rrp £60) if you would like to continue your practice at home.

This season we are delighted to welcome back top class knitter Sarah North to the studio for a developmental knitting course that will teach you, session by session, how to create a range of stitches and knit yourself calm with this step by step programme. This course is suitable for absolute beginners and comes with a full starter knit kit!

Sessions will be calm and friendly with a tutor on hand to support your learning.

Course starts: Tuesday 14th January 2020

Course continuation dates: Tuesday 28th January, Tuesday 11th February, Tuesday 25th February, Tuesday 10th March, Tuesday 24th March 2020.

This season we are delighted to welcome back top class knitter Sarah North to the studio for a developmental knitting course that will teach you, session by session, how to create a range of stitches and knit yourself calm with this step by step programme. This course is suitable for absolute beginners and comes with a full starter knit kit!

Sessions will be calm and friendly with a tutor on hand to support your learning.

Course starts: Tuesday 14th January 2020

Course continuation dates: Tuesday 28th January, Tuesday 11th February, Tuesday 25th February, Tuesday 10th March, Tuesday 24th March 2020.

In this gorgeous super gentle day retreat we’ll use a mixture of meditation, yoga and mindful creative techniques to help you connect to your heart and explore your sankalpa. Your sankalpa is your intention, or perhaps better described as your heartfelt desire, a statement that reflects your true nature – far more encompassing than a New Year’s resolution, and requires no action or change. Your Sankalpa is literally a statement of who you are and what you want to bring to the world…

This season we are delighted to welcome back top class knitter Sarah North to the studio for a developmental knitting course that will teach you, session by session, how to create a range of stitches and knit yourself calm with this step by step programme. This course is suitable for absolute beginners and comes with a full starter knit kit!

Sessions will be calm and friendly with a tutor on hand to support your learning.

Course starts: Tuesday 14th January 2020

Course continuation dates: Tuesday 28th January, Tuesday 11th February, Tuesday 25th February, Tuesday 10th March, Tuesday 24th March 2020.

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.

Start your weaving journey with the wonderful Susannah Bolton this season where she will be teaching you all you need to know to get to know your loom.

You'll be working with stunning hand-made notched lap looms and will learn all about the anatomy of the loom before planning a small tapestry and starting to weave.

At the end of the session you'll be taught how to remove your finished piece from the loom - securing and tying off your finished tapestry and will have the option to buy a loom (rrp £60) if you would like to continue your practice at home.

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

This season we have 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.

Knit yourself Calm Course

This season we are delighted to welcome back top class knitter Sarah North to the studio for a developmental knitting course that will teach you, session by session, how to create a range of stitches and knit yourself calm with this step by step programme. This course is suitable for absolute beginners and comes with a full starter knit kit!

Sessions will be calm and friendly with a tutor on hand to support your learning.

Course starts: Tuesday 14th January 2020

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.

Throw away you cutting tools!

This fab day course teaches you how to create beautiful, almost painterly marks on lino, smooth indents or rugged textures with a lot less elbow grease than traditional cutting tools and a range of NEW opportunities to experiment with the surface of a lino block.

Course Date: Sunday 3rd November 2019

Course level: Beginners and Explorers!

Course Time: 10:30 am to 4:30 pm

Tutor: Paul Wye

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.

Start your weaving journey with the wonderful Susannah Bolton this season where she will be teaching you all you need to know to get to know your loom.

You'll be working with stunning hand-made notched lap looms and will learn all about the anatomy of the loom before planning a small tapestry and starting to weave.

At the end of the session you'll be taught how to remove your finished piece from the loom - securing and tying off your finished tapestry and will have the option to buy a loom (rrp £60) if you would like to continue your practice at home.

This season we are delighted to welcome back top class knitter Sarah North to the studio for a developmental knitting course that will teach you, session by session, how to create a range of stitches and knit yourself calm with this step by step programme. This course is suitable for absolute beginners and comes with a full starter knit kit!

Sessions will be calm and friendly with a tutor on hand to support your learning.

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.

Start your weaving journey with the wonderful Susannah Bolton this season where she will be teaching you all you need to know to get to know your loom.

You'll be working with stunning hand-made notched lap looms and will learn all about the anatomy of the loom before planning a small tapestry and starting to weave.

Susannah will be providing an extensive range of yarns including some beautiful and rare vintage tweed wools and silks!

Start your weaving journey with the wonderful Susannah Bolton this season where she will be teaching you all you need to know to get to know your loom.

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Join experienced artist teacher and SAS founder Ellie Green for a comprehensive introduction to the Lino Printing process suitable for absolute beginners.

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.

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.

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.

Start your weaving journey with the wonderful Susannah Bolton this season where she will be teaching you all you need to know to get to know your loom.

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Join experienced artist teacher and SAS founder Ellie Green for a comprehensive introduction to the Lino Printing process suitable for absolute beginners.

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.

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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!