Spend the day learning how to create and use natural dyes:
- Explore a range of colours using plant and vegetable dyes
- Create a colour chart of small fabric samples
- Understand how to use mordants to alter colours which can be achieved
A bit about the tutor
Back by popular demand and extended in length!
We are thrilled to be hosting another three week pottery course with Jeannie from Crackle Pots.
Leeds artist Jeannie has a wealth of experience in teaching pottery will help get you started on your first steps into making ceramics. This course is suitable for complete beginners or those with some experience who want to use this valuable workshop time to develop their skills further.
Join us for a fabulous festive day at Northlight this November at our Eclectic Market and Open Studios day.
Our Eclectic Winter Market is a specially curated mix of art & craft stalls showcasing some of the best local artists and makers in Leeds and Yorkshire. This month Northlight will be filled with an enticing array of handmade and vintage goods from over 20 sellers.
Join Mick Marston for an evening of experimental drawing. You'll be introduced to a range of drawing techniques, interventions and experiments.
The emphasis is on exploration, enjoyment and play to promote confident approaches to the practice of drawing.
If you think that you can’t draw, then this workshop is for you. And if you can draw, this is also the workshop for you.
A little about Mick...
Mick is an award winning illustrator, printmaker and senior lecturer in Illustration and graphic design. https://mickm.art
Are you 16-25?
Join the Heritage Crew Indigo Fusion and immerse yourself in the rich history of indigo and the importance of upcycling narratives through visual arts, movement, fashion, and textiles.
Join the free masterclasses led by renowned artists from Leeds, featuring special guests, South African artists Papy Kaluw and Lebo Mashile.
Experience the transformation of old materials into new creations.
This is a SINGLE DATE workshop with one of our favourite illustrators, Megan Dobbyn.
Join Megan for a Lino Printing session perfect for beginners and the more experienced alike! Create unique designs and prints with inspiration from Megan or bring along your own ideas - it's entirely up to you! You will have all the materials and guidance you need to be able to make prints with your designs.
You will create your own festive inspired cards and gift tags in this workshop all ready for Christmas!
Join us for a workshop in paper stencil screen-printing one colour/layer of your own designs. This workshop will be hosted by Jenny, one of Left Banks own, who you might have seen working on our Café/Bar!
Jenny is a recent Fine Art graduate from the University of Leeds, where she specialised in Screen-printing. You can see some of her work on Instagram at @niceisntit.
In this workshop, Jenny will support you in the discovery of this new medium, while you get creative making some single colour screen art.
This is a SINGLE DATE workshop with one of our favourite illustrators, Megan Dobbyn.
Join Megan for a Lino Printing session perfect for beginners and the more experienced alike! Create unique designs and prints with inspiration from Megan or bring along your own ideas - it's entirely up to you! You will have all the materials and guidance you need to be able to make prints with your designs.
You will create your own seasonal inspired prints in this workshop all ready for Halloween!
As we head into winter for 2024, we wanted to take this opportunity to invite you to the Yorkshire Circus Winter showcase.
Normally every year we try to host an open fire jam as an opportunity to come together as a community and celebrate the year, but this time we wanted to add more of what Yorkshire Circus does and celebrate what has been an amazing year for our performers, workshop leaders and all the participants that have taken part in our sessions both in our space and across the country.
Roots & Rhymes is a creative workshop and workout for all children and their parents/carers. We meet on Sundays at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm, 10-11.30.