Fabrication runs a wide variety of craft classes Leeds.
Fabrication runs a wide variety of craft classes Leeds as a weekend course and evening courses. Using a variety of techniques
We have a number of of craft classes in Leeds City Centre. Ranging from sewing & historical dressmaking course, through to bookbinding workshops. Also textile printing, bookbinding classes, jewellery making leatherwork and felting
There are cookery classes, crafty hen parties and outreach learning as well
Get in touch if you want to try a skill but nothing is listed as yet, and we’ll look at putting one on
Classes for complete beginners, through to intermediate and more specialist skills
All classes run at our Fabrication2
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£65.00Create Your Own Terrarium in Leeds city centre
Sat 15th June 11 - 1pm Sun 21st July 11.30 - 1.30pm £65 per person and your 2 hour session includes:- An introduction to terrariums
- Briefing on choice of materials, terrarium dynamics and aftercare
- Demonstration and hands on making
- Take home your creation
These courses will be conducted by Amarah, a surgeon by profession, who has temporarily taken a step back from the operating room, to spend more time with family and explore her creative side as a terrarium artist. At present she designs these gorgeous ecosystems and runs a small business by the name of Sow Deep Biospheres. Sow Deep Biospheres (@sow.deep) • Instagram photos and videos
On this platform, she shares her skill and conducts Terrarium Making Classes, providing an opportunity to learn a new skill and inspiring others to discover the joy and therapeutic benefits of creating these green scapes!
This class will be held in Fabrication Leeds at 83 Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LH (1) Facebook Access: The Fabrication shop has level access to the street. The class area is on the first floor accessed via 2 flights of stairs. Toilets are on the first floor and accessed via another set of stairs. -
£65.00sowdeepbiospheres@gmail.comCreate Your Own Terrarium in Leeds city centre
12th Jan 2025 2nd Feb 2025 2nd March 2025 22nd March 2025 4th May 2025 11.30 - 1.30pm £65 per person and your 2 hour session includes:- An introduction to terrariums
- Briefing on choice of materials, terrarium dynamics and aftercare
- Demonstration and hands on making
- Take home your creation
These courses will be conducted by Amarah, a surgeon by profession, who has temporarily taken a step back from the operating room, to spend more time with family and explore her creative side as a terrarium artist. At present she designs these gorgeous ecosystems and runs a small business by the name of Sow Deep Biospheres.
On this platform, she shares her skill and conducts Terrarium Making Classes, providing an opportunity to learn a new skill and inspiring others to discover the joy and therapeutic benefits of creating these green scapes! Sow Deep Biospheres (@sow.deep) • Instagram photos and videos
This class will be held in Fabrication Leeds at 83 Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LH (1) Facebook To book contact Amarah at sowdeepbiospheres@gmail.com Access: The Fabrication shop has level access to the street. The class area is on the first floor accessed via 2 flights of stairs. Toilets are on the first floor and accessed via another set of stairs. -
£14.00Kids Dreamcatcher Workshop in Leeds city centre
Tues 29th October 2 - 4pm Halloween Dreamcatcher WorkshopCome along with your youngster and get creative!Help them to make their own magical dreamcatcher with spiders, bats, glow in the dark beads and all things spookyTues 19th Dec 4 - 6pm Christmas Dreamcatcher WorkshopCost £14 per child all materials and refreshments included.Children to be accompanied by a parent/carer who can join in and give them a helping hand when needed.Enjoy being creative together.Workshop suitable for children from 5 years oldThese courses will be run by Lisa Storrier of Dreamweaving- Dreamcatchers (1) FacebookThis class will be held in Fabrication Leeds at 83 Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LHAccess: The Fabrication shop has level access to the street. The class area is on the first floor accessed via 2 flights of stairs. Toilets are on the first floor and accessed via another set of stairs -
£20.00Parent and Child Pottery Painting Sessions in Leeds city centre
Exclusively run on Wed 30th Oct 1.30 - 4pm Come to the craftiest place in Leeds for our brand-new pottery painting sessions. Paint your choice of mug, plate, bowl, or tile with a design of your choosing using underglazes while you sit and chat with friends and family! At the exclusive price of £20 per person with no hidden costs or fees, drinks and refreshments provided, this is the perfect opportunity to socialize and craft in Leeds City Centre. Paint your pottery, leave it a week or two, and when you get a text or email notification that your pot has been glazed and fired, come and collect it from the Fabrication reserve shelf at any point during opening hours! Children must be supervised by an adult and though the adults do not have to paint they must stay upstairs with the child at all times. Max 3 children per adult. Workshops are recommended for children aged 5+ though younger children are welcomed with a hands on parent to help them. These courses will be run by Becky Walker of BBRT and supported by Katy Davies from Ceramic Rabbit. Becky has been making for as long as she can remember and currently sells mosaics and children’s clothes and accessories at Fabrication on Briggate. She loves to create and even though she sells broken glass and ceramics- she loves to paint pottery. Becky has been teaching for over 10 years and is excited to facilitate pottery painting sessions at the fantastic Fabrication Crafts! Katy is a talented ceramicist, and her craft has been passed down in her family for generations. She inherited her kiln from her grandmother, who was also a ceramicist, and Katy is excellent at hand building figurines. She is the behind-the-scenes expert on ceramics and will be helping glaze and fire the pieces you paint. This class will be held in Fabrication Leeds at 83 Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LH (1) Facebook Access: The Fabrication shop has level access to the street. The class area is on the first floor accessed via 2 flights of stairs. Toilets are on the first floor and accessed via another set of stairs. -
£30.00
Pottery Painting Sessions in Leeds city centre
Sat 7th Sept 1.30 - 4pm Sat 19th Oct 1.30 - 4pm Sat 2nd Nov 1.30 - 4pm Sat 14th Dec 1.30 - 4pm Come to the craftiest place in Leeds for our brand new pottery painting sessions. Paint your choice of mug, plate, bowl, or tile with a design of your choosing using underglazes while you sit and chat with friends and family! At £30 per person with no hidden costs or fees, drinks and refreshments provided, this is the perfect opportunity to socialize and craft in Leeds City Centre. Paint your pottery, leave it a week or two, and when you get a text or email notification that your pot has been glazed and fired, come and collect it from the Fabrication reserve shelf at any point during opening hours! Our Autumnal pottery painting sessions will be running once a month in the afternoon at 1:30-4:00. These courses will be run by Becky Walker of BBRT and supported by Katy Davies from Ceramic Rabbit. Becky has been making for as long as she can remember and currently sells mosaics and children’s clothes and accessories at Fabrication on Briggate. She loves to create and even though she sells broken glass and ceramics- she loves to paint pottery. Becky has been teaching for over 10 years and is excited to facilitate pottery painting sessions at the fantastic Fabrication Crafts! Katy is a talented ceramicist, and her craft has been passed down in her family for generations. She inherited her kiln from her grandmother, who was also a ceramicist, and Katy is excellent at hand building figurines. She is the behind-the-scenes expert on ceramics and will be helping glaze and fire the pieces you paint. This class will be held in Fabrication Leeds at 83 Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LH (1) Facebook Access: The Fabrication shop has level access to the street. The class area is on the first floor accessed via 2 flights of stairs. Toilets are on the first floor and accessed via another set of stairs. -
£30.00
Pottery Painting Sessions
Art and Illustration Classes Leeds, Classes, Classes Leeds Shop, Craft Classes, Craft Classes & WorkshopsCome to the craftiest place in Leeds for our brand-new pottery painting sessions. Paint your choice of mug, plate, bowl, or tile with a design of your choosing using underglazes while you sit and chat with friends and family! At £30 per person with no hidden costs or fees, drinks and refreshments provided, this is the perfect opportunity to socialize and craft in Leeds City Centre. Paint your pottery, leave it a week or two, and when you get a text or email notification that your pot has been glazed and fired, come and collect it from the Fabrication reserve shelf at any point during opening hours! These courses will be run by Becky Walker of BBRT and supported by Katy Davies from Ceramic Rabbit. Becky has been making for as long as she can remember and currently sells mosaics and children’s clothes and accessories at Fabrication on Briggate. She loves to create and even though she sells broken glass and ceramics- she loves to paint pottery. Becky has been teaching for over 10 years and is excited to facilitate pottery painting sessions at the fantastic Fabrication Crafts! Katy is a talented ceramicist, and her craft has been passed down in her family for generations. She inherited her kiln from her grandmother, who was also a ceramicist, and Katy is excellent at hand building figurines. She is the behind-the-scenes expert on ceramics and will be helping glaze and fire the pieces you paint. 31st May 1:30-4:00 14th June 1:30-4:00 26th July 1:30-4:00 6th Sept 1:30 - 4:00 This class will be held in Fabrication Leeds at 83 Briggate, Leeds, LS1 6LH (1) Facebook Access: The Fabrication shop has level access to the street. The class area is on the first floor accessed via 2 flights of stairs. Toilets are on the first floor and accessed via another set of stairs. -
Jewellery workshop with benches to rent in Leeds city centre We offer ad hoc & permanent use of our Jewellery benches by arrangement, please contact design@amystringer.co.uk to enquire To book longer term hire of our studios please get in touch first to arrange to look around - enquiries to design@amystringer.co.uk To book a permanent jewellery space please get in touch first, to arrange to look around Read our new workshop blogpostRead moreJewellery Bench Hire
(£4 per hour) Use of shared tools, including hearth and blowtorch with gas, pickle, pillar drill, bench grinders. polishing motor and barrel tumbler. Small tools such as pliers, hammers, doming and swaging blocks and more are also available. We expect people to bring or use their own basic tools (saw, files, scribe/ruler etc), though these are available to hire for an additional single £5.00 charge.Day Passes - £15 per day/£4 per hour
This is the perfect option for you if you only have a small amount of work you would like to do. Come in and spend the day soldering and polishing and using our tools. While our studio is not necessarily open every day and evening, we’ll work together to find a day that suits you to come and work. Passes usually count as up to 8hrs of workshop time, between the hours of 10am and 8pm Mon to Fri. Weekends subject to availability.Own Studio Membership (£120 to £200 month) (2m x 3m or 3m x 3m) Larger dedicated workspaces are available on a monthly basis and is yours to utilise as you wish. Classes may be run in our workshop, subject to suitable insurance and our shared workbenches are available for use. Along with the above you also get the following as a monthly membership: A personal locker and bench are provided. Keys to access the studio when it suits you A listing in our members area where you can share your work, website or social links We have a minimum 6 month contract with monthly terms after the initial period. -
£80.00The Bindery Ghost – Bookbinding and Storytelling Workshop -27th Oct 2024
Bookbinding Classes, Craft Classes & Workshops, Weekend Workshops27th October 2024 10:30-17:30 Max 8 participants (This class requires at least 4 participants to run) There is nothing better when the nights are drawing in, than reading ghost stories from a finely-bound book. Now you can make your own with this bookbinding and storytelling workshop at Fabrication Crafts. Join us for a joint workshop with Anachronalia and Steve Mackenzie at Fabrication Studios to make your own hardback book and then fill it with your very own ghost stories. The workshop begins by creating a hardback notebook with Anachronalia inspired by Victorian and Edwardian stationery. Suitable for complete beginners, all materials will be provided. After a break for lunch, the second half of our workshop will be led by storytelling master Steve Mackenzie. Stories surround us everyday, but someday when the darkness is falling and the veil is thin our minds start to find bits of light coming through, glimpses of that shadow in the corner, now is the time to write.. GHOST STORIES... Steve Mackenzie will help you explore the ghost story/folk horror landscape to find the story that wants you to write it. This workshop will be held on the first floor of Fabrication2 Hereford House, 6 Edward St, Leeds LS2 7NT, please note our main entrance door is on North Court. The workshop can get cold in the autumn and winter months so do bring an extra layer just in case. There will be hot drinks available throughout. Access: the workshop is on the first floor, accessed via a short flight of stairs to the ground floor, then a larger flight of stairs with handrail accessed via a fire door. Toilets and kitchen facilities are on the same floor as the workshop. If you have any specific access queries, don’t hesitate to contact Anachronalia.Read more -
£75.00Create a Heartfelt Masterpiece: Join Becky’s Valentine's Heart Mosaic Workshop! This Valentine’s Day, unleash your creativity and make a lasting, personalized gift or decor piece at Becky’s Heart Mosaic Workshop. Whether you're a seasoned artist or a complete beginner, this workshop offers a fun, hands-on experience where you’ll craft a stunning heart-shaped mosaic using beautiful, colourful tiles and materials. What’s Included:- Guided Instruction by Becky: Becky, our experienced and passionate instructor, will walk you through each step of the process, ensuring that you create a masterpiece you’ll be proud of.
- All Materials Provided: From a variety of vibrant tiles to the perfect slate heart shaped base and adhesive, everything you need to complete your heart mosaic is included.
- Personalized Touch: Add your own flair by choosing the colours, patterns, and designs that speak to your heart—creating something as unique as your love.
- Relaxing Atmosphere: Enjoy the creative process in a warm, friendly setting with like-minded people, all while sipping on complimentary refreshments.
- Perfect for Valentine’s Day: Whether you're making a special gift for a loved one or crafting a piece for your home, your heart mosaic will be a heartfelt and meaningful keepsake.
- No Experience Needed: This is a beginner-friendly workshop where you can explore your artistic side without any pressure.
- Memorable Experience: Not just about the end product, but the joy of making it! Leave with a beautiful creation and a sense of accomplishment.