'May in Bloom' - Folk Art Illustration Workshop

A workshop to learn how to create intricate patterns and whimsical designs featuring flowers, hares, and birds.



2 hours Class size 6 to 8 guests       £25 (PayPal Pay in 3 available)
Plymouth Activities
In our upcoming 'May in Bloom – Folk Art Botanicals' workshop, you will immerse yourself in a charming and laid-back exploration of folk art inspired by the beauty of spring. Learn how to create intricate patterns and whimsical designs featuring flowers, hares, and birds, and take home a stunning decorative artwork as a memento from the evening.
No need to worry if you're a complete beginner; this session is designed to be gentle and inclusive, encouraging you to let go of any reservations and indulge in playful creativity with shapes, textures, and patterns.
  • Delve into illustrative techniques and intuitive mark-making
  • Experiment with bold pattern-making for a unique folk art piece
Throughout the workshop, we will work with graphic marker pens, patterns, and vintage papers, providing you with all the materials needed to bring your artistic vision to life.
Prepare to be surprised and delighted by the wonderfully unique creations that come to fruition during this session. And to add to the experience, homemade cakes, coffees, and teas will be served, giving you a cosy and welcoming environment to unlock your creative talents.
What you'll get
  • Coffee, teas and homemade cake
  • Vintage papers
Knowledge required
Just curiosity
What to bring
If you have any Sharpies and fine liners, please bring them along.
Location

The Longhouse - Plympton, Plymouth PL7 5BL

'May in Bloom' - Folk Art Illustration Workshop location
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Mad Hatters Studio
Mad Hatters Studio

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female Women-owned

Mad Hatters Studio, situated in a beautiful Grade 2 listed barn near Plymouth, offers contemporary craft workshops and masterclasses in mixed media, textiles, paper and painting.
Workshops are presented by Sheron King, (MA Contemporary Design, and qualified Cert ED Tutor) a designer maker working with mixed-media, painting, paper, ephemera and textiles. Sheron also has guest tutors.
Mad Hatter Studio, a creative haven for adults to explore art in a relaxed, interesting and inspiring setting set within a medieval, historic location on the edge of Plympton. Alongside her teaching, Sheron develops her own design practice under Rosa King Designs. Her work spans mixed media, printmaking, and textile-based surface design, often inspired by her travels, colour, texture, and layered mark-making. She is currently building a portfolio of designs and prints that reflect her distinctive, expressive style — vibrant, textural, and full of life.
Sheron is an avid collector of many things including vintage fabrics, beads, buttons, lace, papers, ephemera etc. These collections create a fascinating and inspiring, studio working space
Through Mad Hatter Studio, Sheron runs a variety of one-day, evening and short courses, including collage, mixed media, expressive mark-making, workshops with reclaimed textiles, and surface design. Her passion and ethos is one of re use and up cycling and encouraging others of the potentiality of using found objects. Sheron’s sessions encourage experimentation and personal expression, focusing on building confidence and finding joy and individual voice in the creative process.
Sheron loves helping others rediscover their creativity while continuing to evolve her own artistic journey. Her courses invite people of all levels to experiment freely and leave inspired, with new ideas and techniques to explore.

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2026-07-03 15:00:00
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