Workshops & Events

Browse and book our upcoming workshops, classes and events at the Cornish Craft Barn.

  • Wheal Rose Stitch Club (2nd Tuesday Mthly)

    Cornish Craft Barn The Gwel, Kea Downs Road, Blackwater, Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom

    Welcome to one of our many Cornish Craft Barn Stitch Groups. We run several regular groups that meet once a month.  If you’re interested in joining one, everyone is welcome with any type of project and all levels! This is an all-day session where you can work on quilting projects on machines or by hand with...

  • Ink & Wash Travel Journalling

    Book Here →£49.00

    A relaxed full day with Damian Sémonin building a travel journal spread in ink & wash — loose pen lines, watercolour washes, and the confidence to sketch on location. All materials provided; all levels welcome — small group. Tuesday 21 July · 10am–3pm · £49 · Cornish Craft Barn. Booking is on damiansemonin.art — the...

    £49
  • Paint In The Style Of — David Hockney (Tribute Day)

    Book Here →£49.00

    Paint In The Style Of — David Hockney: a tribute day for one of the great colourists, who left us in June 2026, and an exercise in learning from a modern master. With Damian Sémonin we borrow Hockney’s eyes for the day and paint the way he did — bright, flat pool-and-splash acrylics: clean edges,...

    £49
  • Art in Nature: Watercolour

    Book Here →£49.00

    Cornish Craft Barn The Gwel, Kea Downs Road, Blackwater, Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom

    We take the paints outside — capturing light, landscape and the feel of a place in watercolour.

    £49
  • Children’s Book Workshop — whole day

    Book Here →£55.00

    Cornish Craft Barn The Gwel, Kea Downs Road, Blackwater, Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom

    Ever meant to write and illustrate your own children's book? This is the day you actually do it — a full, unhurried day for adults to take a picture-book idea from a blank page towards a real, finished little book: story, characters and all. No experience needed; every character starts with a single line.We build...

  • Wheal Treasure Stitch Club – 1st Tuesday Monthly

    Cornish Craft Barn The Gwel, Kea Downs Road, Blackwater, Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom

    Welcome to one of our many Cornish Craft Barn Stitch Groups. We run several regular groups that meet once a month.  If you’re interested in joining one everyone is welcome! All levels of skill and project are welcome. This is an all-day session where you can work on quilting projects on machines or by hand with...

    Get Tickets £17.50 – £52.50 30 tickets left
  • Wet Felted Seascape Picture

    Cornish Craft Barn The Gwel, Kea Downs Road, Blackwater, Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom

    What You'll Learn Create your very own unique seascape picture from wool This workshop will give you an introduction to the exciting and colourful world of felting. Wet felting is a technique that uses soap and water to bind the wool fibres together. I will take you through the process of creating your very own...

    Get Tickets £75.00 6 tickets left
  • Children’s Book — Monthly Meet-Up

    Book Here →£18.00

    Cornish Craft Barn The Gwel, Kea Downs Road, Blackwater, Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom

    Our friendly monthly get-together for everyone working on a book — bring what you have and we will move it forward.

  • Wheal Rose Stitch Club – 2nd Tuesday Monthly

    Cornish Craft Barn The Gwel, Kea Downs Road, Blackwater, Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom

    Welcome to one of our many Cornish Craft Barn Stitch Groups. We run several regular groups that meet once a month.  If you’re interested in joining one, everyone is welcome with any type of project and all levels! This is an all-day session where you can work on quilting projects on machines or by hand with...

  • St Michael’s Mount in Mixed Media — impasto, inks & texture

    Book Here →£49.00

    Spend a day painting Cornwall’s most iconic view — St Michael’s Mount — in bold acrylic mixed media with Damian Sémonin: impasto with the palette knife, acrylic inks for glow and atmosphere, and real texture you can see and touch. You’ll leave with your own St Michael’s and the techniques to keep going. All materials...

    £49
  • Cornish Welcome Wreath Workshop

    Cornish Craft Barn The Gwel, Kea Downs Road, Blackwater, Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom

    What You'll Learn The ancient tradition of weaving flowers and foliage into a circle with no beginning or end has long symbolised the cycle of life, the changing seasons and our connection with the natural world.  Join us in celebrating the beauty of the Cornish summer as you create your own living wreath inspired by...

    Get Tickets £49.00 12 tickets left