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/ Mobile
£25
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/ Mobile
£32 - £39
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£110 - £140
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Sale
£48
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£60
Moru Doll Workshop (S Size 8-10cm)
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£28
Manchester Batik Workshop: Create Your Own Hand-Paint Textiles
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£48 - £50
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Twisted Beads Earring Making Workshop
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/ Mobile
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/ Mobile
£25 - £30
Paint and Chill: Pot Painting Experience
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Green Quarter
/ Mobile
£25
Sculpt and Sip Class
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7 years in business
Piccadilly
/ Mobile
£32 - £39
Wheel Throwing Class for Beginners
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9 years in business
Altrincham
£55
Wheel Intro Workshop
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£45 - £48
Kintsugi Pottery Class for Beginners
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5 years in business
Didsbury
£60
Ceramic Homeware Workshop
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3 years in business
Ancoats
/ Mobile
£40 - £50
Wheel Taster Workshop
4 years in business
Denton
£40 - £49
Pottery Painting Class
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Prestwich
/ Mobile
£17
Throwing Pottery Class
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5 years in business
Stockport
£52 - £68
Pints and Pottery: Clay Workshop
4.9 (68) (teacher)
Green Quarter
/ Mobile
£25 - £30
Pottery Painting Experience
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Prestwich
/ Mobile
£18
Pottery Class: Ramen Bowl with Chopstick Holders
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5.0 (102) (teacher)
Piccadilly
£55
Wheel Throwing Taster Class
27 years in business
5k followers
Ardwick
£60
Pottery Workshop: Sculpt, Throw and Sip
5.0 (42) (teacher)
Ardwick
£55
Marbled Ceramic Pet Bowl Workshop
5.0 (42) (teacher)
Ardwick
£45
Hand Building Ceramics Workshop: Make a Planter
5.0 (5)
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£45 - £49
Bud Vase Hand Building Pottery Workshop
4.9 (542) (teacher)
6 years in business
Ancoats
£49
Throwing Class for Beginners
5.0 (21)
14k followers
Piccadilly
£75
Life Model Clay Sculpting Workshop
5.0 (26)
3 years in business
Ancoats
/ Mobile
£40 - £80
Porcelain Flower Workshop
4.9 (106) (teacher)
9 years in business
Altrincham
£59
Mug Hand Building Workshop
4.9 (542) (teacher)
6 years in business
Ancoats
£45 - £49
Hand Building Breakfast Set Workshop
4 years in business
Denton
£45 - £49
Ceramic Taster Workshop
Mossley
£45
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Jewellery Making Workshop
4.8 (6)
City Centre
£50 - £55
Enamel Coasters: Floral Bronze Wire Art Workshop
5.0 (21)
2 years in business
Northern Quarter
£40 - £45
Twisted Beads Earring Making Workshop
5.0 (8)
5.0 (162) (teacher)
Salford
£35 - £38
Woven Bead Earring Making Workshop
5.0 (162) (teacher)
Salford
£35 - £38
Cascading Capiz Shell Earring Workshop: Make Wearable Wind Chimes
3 years in business
Piccadilly
£60 - £65
Make Your Own Hand Stamped Jewellery Workshop
3k followers
Worsley
£40
Porcelain Jewellery Workshop
4 years in business
Denton
£25 - £30
2-in-1 Christmas Workshop: Festive Centrepiece and Earring Making
5.0 (162) (teacher)
Salford
£60 - £66
Freshwater Pearl Jewellery Workshop
Sale
£42 - £45
Christmas Rings and Earrings Making Workshop
Piccadilly
£32 - £35
Beading and Crystal Jewellery Experience
5.0 (1)
Piccadilly
£25 - £35
Polymer Clay Earring Workshop
5.0 (7)
Piccadilly
£45 - £55
Freshwater Pearl Jewellery Workshop
4.7 (26) (teacher)
Ardwick
£59 - £99
Polymer Clay Earring Making Workshop
6 years in business
Green Quarter
£32
Taiwanese Bead-in-Bead Tulip Flower Workshop
Oxford Road
£25
Silver Stacking Ring Jewellery Workshop
5.0 (1)
Dunham Massey
£80
Polymer Clay Jewellery Making - Quiet Creatives Workshop
Green Quarter
£45
Silver Linked Jewellery Making Workshop
Dunham Massey
£90
Silver Ring Making Workshop
5.0 (51)
8 years in business
Ramsbottom
£86
Stacking Ring Workshop
4.8 (4)
Warrington
£70
Sterling Silver Earring and Cufflinks Workshop
5.0 (51) (teacher)
8 years in business
Ramsbottom
/ Mobile
£120
Jewellery Enamelling Workshop for Beginners
Warrington
£100
Seven Week Jewellery Making Course
5.0 (1)
Warrington
£200
7 Week Jewellery Course
Warrington
£200
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Hydrangea Batik Art Class for Beginners
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12 years in business
Salford
£35 - £50
Midi Rug Tufting Workshop
5.0 (124)
6 years in business
Salford
£110 - £140
Manchester Batik Workshop: Create Your Own Hand-Paint Textiles
5.0 (42) (teacher)
Salford
£48 - £50
Beginner Machine Knitting Workshop
5.0 (12)
5k followers
Northern Quarter
£100 Now £80
Maxi Rug Tufting Workshop
5.0 (19)
6 years in business
Green Quarter & Salford
£165 - £180
Beginner's Guide to Crochet
4.9 (122)
Stockport
£29
Macrame Class - Plant Hanger
5.0 (27)
7k followers
Green Quarter
/ Mobile
£35
Standard Rug Tufting Workshop
5.0 (5)
5.0 (50) (teacher)
Oxford Road
£105
Large Rug Tufting Workshop
5.0 (50) (teacher)
4 years in business
Oxford Road
£150
Tote Bag Tufting Workshop
5.0 (50) (teacher)
4 years in business
Oxford Road
£80
Mini Rug Tufting Workshop
5.0 (160) (teacher)
6 years in business
Green Quarter
£72 - £75
Sewing Machine Skills Class - One to One
5.0 (16)
17 years in business
Northern Quarter
£90 - £120
Arm Knitted Blanket Workshop
5.0 (38) (teacher)
Eccles
£35
Make Your Own Leather Belt Workshop
Salford
£67 - £75
Make Your Own Leather Wallet Workshop
Salford
£61 - £65
Make Your Own Leather Tote Bag Workshop
Salford
£82 - £90
Kinusaiga No-Sew Quilting Class for Beginners
5.0 (38) (teacher)
Bury
£28
Dressmaking and Sewing Class - One to One
5.0 (5)
5.0 (23) (teacher)
Northern Quarter
£90 - £120
Absolute Beginners Crochet Class
5.0 (6)
Piccadilly
£30
Pattern Making Basics Workshop
34 years in business
Burnage
£73
Beginners' Crochet Workshop
5.0 (5)
5.0 (38) (teacher)
Eccles
/ Mobile
£37
Crochet Workshop: Simple T-Shirt Yarn Bowl
5.0 (38) (teacher)
Eccles
£37
Needle Felted Animals Workshop
5.0 (38) (teacher)
Eccles
£28
Sashiko-Inspired Visible Mending Workshop for Beginners
5.0 (38) (teacher)
Eccles
£37
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Wine Glass Painting Workshop
5.0 (5)
Radcliffe
£22
Get Notty: Glass Bead Workshop
19k followers
Northern Quarter
£100
Mosaic Workshop - Manchester
5.0 (55) (teacher)
Northern Quarter
£59
Harvest Pumpkin Glass Making Experience
5.0 (7)
5.0 (163) (teacher)
Didsbury
£75
Sip and Create: Mosaic Plant Pot Workshop
4.8 (97) (teacher)
City Centre
/ Mobile
£55 - £65
Fused Glass Christmas Ornament Workshop
4 years in business
Stockport
£46
Festive Wine Glass Painting Workshop
4.8 (82) (teacher)
5 years in business
Didsbury
£32
BYOB Pizza, Paint and Sip Wine Glass Painting Workshop
5.0 (19) (teacher)
Radcliffe
£28
Small Glass Dome Christmas Decoration Class
8 years in business
Irlam
£25
Wine Glass Painting Workshop
Urmston
£28
Mosaic Lamp Workshop
8k followers
Altrincham
£56 - £79
Halloween Glass Pumpkin Experience
5.0 (12)
Didsbury
£65
Introduction to Glass Blowing Class
5.0 (25)
Didsbury
£340 - £380
per group
Intermediate Glass Blowing Class
5.0 (163) (teacher)
Didsbury
£400
Glass Blowing Class: Create Your Own Drinking Glasses
5.0 (163) (teacher)
Didsbury
£95
Make Your Own Glass Plate Workshop
5.0 (163) (teacher)
Didsbury
£95
Christmas Bauble Glassy Experience
4.9 (12)
Didsbury
£45
One Day Mosaic Workshop
5.0 (9)
5.0 (38) (teacher)
Atherton
/ Mobile
£45
Sea Glass Drilling Workshop
4.9 (22) (teacher)
Frodsham
£50
Sea Glass Bezel Setting Workshop
4.8 (34) (teacher)
Haydock
£90
Beginners Mosaic Making Course
4.8 (34) (teacher)
Haydock
£80
Christmas Sea Glass Drilling Workshop
4.9 (22) (teacher)
Frodsham
£60
Sea Glass Prong Setting Ring or Charm Course
4.8 (34) (teacher)
Haydock
£80
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Beginners Calligraphy Workshop
5.0 (38) (teacher)
Eccles
£28
Fiction Writing Workshop
5.0 (1)
Altrincham
£60
One-to-one Cricut Workshop
4.9 (78)
Stockport
£28
Cloth Cover Single-Section Case Bookbinding Workshop
5.0 (6)
Salford
£125
Book Rebinding Workshop: Transform Paperbacks to Hardcovers
Salford
£125
Introduction to Bookbinding Workshop
5.0 (3)
Salford
£125
Handmade Clamshell Box Making Workshop
5.0 (2)
Salford
£125
The Space Poetic Writing Club
Northern Quarter
£5
Christmas Card Calligraphy and Cocktails Class
16k followers
16k followers
Salford
£45
Lino Printing Workshop - Christmas Cards
Urmston
£23 - £25
Bridgerton Teacup and Saucer Decoupage Class
5.0 (19) (teacher)
Radcliffe
£28
Tote Bag Design Painting and Decoupage Workshop
5.0 (19) (teacher)
Radcliffe
£24
Vision Board Workshop: Clarity and Creativity
5.0 (19) (teacher)
Radcliffe
£32
BYOB Decoupage Workshop: Wine Glass and Coaster
5.0 (19) (teacher)
Radcliffe
£32
Galentines Decoupage Wine Glass and Coaster Workshop
5.0 (19) (teacher)
Radcliffe
£32
Design and Decorate Your Own Christmas Advent Calendar Workshop
Ancoats
£43 - £45
Collaging Workshop
9 years in business
6k followers
Ancoats
/ Mobile
£22 - £27
Multicolour Gilding Course: Shiny Boots
City Centre
£30 - £40
Writing in the Wild Experience
Chorlton
£8 - £13
Creative Collage Workshop
5.0 (1)
Comes to you
£15
One-to-one Cricut Workshop
4.9 (36)
Altrincham
£28
Collage a Zine Workshop
Comes to you
£25
Tarot Card Collage Workshop
2 years in business
Comes to you
£20
The Craft - a Poetry Night
Stretford
£5 - £15
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Introduction to Lino Printing Class
5.0 (57)
8 years in business
Dunham Massey
£45
Printmaking Workshop with a Pasta Machine
5.0 (8)
Salford & Stockport
£28 - £30
Private Printmaking Class
5.0 (7)
Stockport
/ Mobile
£45 - £60
Print Making Workshop
5.0 (5)
5.0 (111) (teacher)
Northern Quarter
£25
Colourful Monotype Printmaking Workshop
5.0 (34) (teacher)
6 years in business
Deansgate
/ Mobile
£40
Botanical Cyanotype Workshop
5.0 (12)
6 years in business
Deansgate
/ Mobile
£35
Kitchen Lithography Workshop for Beginners
5.0 (98) (teacher)
Bollington
£50
Taking Stock: Dry Point Autobiography Workshop
5.0 (98) (teacher)
Bollington
£45 - £50
Christmas Card Lino Cut Workshop
5.0 (7)
5.0 (98) (teacher)
Macclesfield
£50
Introduction to Lino Cut Printing Workshop
5.0 (98) (teacher)
Bollington
£45 - £50
Two Colour Lino Card Workshop
5.0 (10)
Bollington
£60
Introduction to Monoprinting Workshop
5.0 (98) (teacher)
Bollington
£50
Lino Cut Print and Sip Workshop
5.0 (98) (teacher)
Bollington
£45 - £50
Tetrapak Animals Drypoint Printing Workshop
5.0 (98) (teacher)
Bollington
£45 - £50
Introduction to Aquatint Etching Workshop
5.0 (98) (teacher)
Bollington
£50
Kids' Lino Cut Christmas Printmaking Workshop
5.0 (98) (teacher)
6+ years & Adults
Bollington
£40
Cheery Robin Christmas Card Workshop
5.0 (98) (teacher)
Bollington
£60
PhotoEtch Print Making Tour
5.0 (98) (teacher)
Bollington
£12
Summer Printmaking Course for Kids
5.0 (98) (teacher)
8 to 15 years
Bollington
£220
Christmas Printmaking Workshop with Afternoon Tea
Scholar Green
£85
Encaustic Art Workshop and Talk
Tarporley
£35
Tunnicliffe Etching Workshop Day
5.0 (98) (teacher)
Macclesfield
£120
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Pyrography Workshop - Charcuterie Board
5.0 (14)
4 years in business
Sale
£48
Furniture Upcycling Class
5.0 (13)
Stretford
£140
Masking Tape Box Masterclass
5.0 (3)
Bredbury
£49
Create Your Own Stunning Resin Wooden Tray
9k followers
Blackburn
£65
Wood Turning Workshop: Turn a Bowl
12 years in business
Slaithwaite
£90
1:1 Introduction to Wood Turning Workshop
5.0 (10)
12 years in business
Slaithwaite
£90
Wood Turning Workshop: Turn a Stem / Bud Vase
5.0 (1)
Slaithwaite
£90
Wood Turning Workshop: Turn a Mushroom
5.0 (1)
Slaithwaite
£90
Wood Turning Workshop: Turn an Apple / a Pear
5.0 (1)
Slaithwaite
£90
Private Wood Turning Skill Development Class
Slaithwaite
£90
Wood Turning Workshop: Turn a Spurtle
Slaithwaite
£90
Wood Turning Workshop: Turn a Honey Dipper
Slaithwaite
£90
Wood Turning Workshop: Turn a Gonk
12 years in business
Slaithwaite
£90
Wood Turning Workshop: Turn a Snowman
Slaithwaite
£90
Wood Turning Workshop: Turn a Christmas Tree
Slaithwaite
£90
Pen Making Workshop
5.0 (7)
Burnley
£140
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Bronze Wire Keychain Workshop
5.0 (32) (teacher)
Spinningfields
£50
Copper Plant Labels Workshop
4.9 (22) (teacher)
2 years in business
Frodsham
£35
Beginners' Blacksmithing Course
5.0 (11)
Preston
£175
Two-day Axe or Knife Making Course
5.0 (1)
Preston
£350
Two-day Axe Making Course
Preston
£350
Three-day Damascus Knife or Axe Making Course
5.0 (1)
Preston
£495
Five-day Tool Making Course
Preston
£850
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Cascading Capiz Shell Earring Workshop: Make Wearable Wind Chimes
3 years in business
Piccadilly
£60 - £65
Make Your Own Leather Tote Bag Workshop
Salford
£82 - £90
Make Your Own Leather Belt Workshop
Salford
£67 - £75
Make Your Own Leather Wallet Workshop
Salford
£61 - £65
Porcelain Jewellery Workshop
4 years in business
Denton
£25 - £30
Claymaking Workshop
Oxford Road
£17 - £19
Kinusaiga No-Sew Quilting Class for Beginners
5.0 (38) (teacher)
Bury
£28
Get Notty: Glass Bead Workshop
19k followers
Northern Quarter
£100
Intermediate Machine Knitting Workshop
5k followers
Northern Quarter
£100
Dried Flower Embroidery Workshop
4 years in business
Dunham Massey
£45
Woven Bead Earring Making Workshop
5.0 (162) (teacher)
Salford
£35 - £38
Freshwater Pearl Jewellery Workshop
Sale
£42 - £45
Wheel Taster Workshop
4 years in business
Denton
£40 - £49
Hand Building Breakfast Set Workshop
4 years in business
Denton
£45 - £49
Caps Upcycling Workshop
Green Quarter
£45
Marbled Ceramic Pet Bowl Workshop
5.0 (42) (teacher)
Ardwick
£45
Book Rebinding Workshop: Transform Paperbacks to Hardcovers
Salford
£125
Centrepiece Dish Pottery Workshop
5.0 (102) (teacher)
14k followers
Piccadilly
£60
Pottery Class: Deli Platter and Tapas Set
5.0 (102) (teacher)
14k followers
Piccadilly
£70
Sip and Paint Workshop: Pottery Painting
Chorlton
£24 - £26
Beginner's Wheel Throwing Course
4 years in business
Denton
£140 - £160
Fashion Design on iPad: Flats, Tech Sheets and Fabrics
34 years in business
Burnage
£73
Clothing Alterations and Repair Workshop
34 years in business
Burnage
£51
Beading and Crystal Jewellery Experience
5.0 (1)
Piccadilly
£25 - £35
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