Craft Fair Learning Zone
The Learning Zone is where you can find everything to help learn a new craft or improve your skills in a craft you already know. The Learning Zone is in 2 sections: Books, DVDs and Videos and Workshops, Courses and Classes
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Books, DVDs and Videos
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Art
Including water colour painting, oil painting, sketching, drawing and other art techniques |
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Basketry & Caning |
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Beads & Beadwork | ![]() |
Braiding & Kumihimo |
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Calligraphy | ![]() |
Candlemaking |
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Card Making
Tips and techniques for making greetings cards |
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Cookery |
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Crafts in General | ![]() |
Decorative Crafts |
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Decoupage and Paper Tole
3D decoupage, paper tole and related subjects |
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Egg Decorating |
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Encaustic Art | ![]() |
Glasswork |
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Hat making | ![]() |
Hobby Ceramics |
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Jewellery | ![]() |
Knitting & Crochet |
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Lacemaking & Tatting | ![]() |
Needlework |
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Paper and Parchment Craft
Including gift wrapping and quilling |
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Pottery |
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Quilting & Patchwork | ![]() |
Ribbon Decorating |
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Sewing | ![]() |
Silk Painting |
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Stamping | ![]() |
Sugar Craft |
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Textile Crafts | ![]() |
Toy & Model Making |
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Woodworking | ||
Workshops, Courses and Classes
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Animal Husbandry
Apiary, bee keeping, hen and poultry keeping, sheep and pig keeping, animals for small holdings |
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Art
Drawing and painting courses including watercolour, acrylics and Chinese brush painting |
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Basketry and Caning
Willow weaving, basketry, cane and rush seating |
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Beads and Beadwork
Bead weaving, bead stringing and other bead related courses and workshops |
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Book Binding and Restoration
Book binding and book restoration courses and workshops |
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Braiding and Kumihimo
Ribbon braiding, hair braiding and kumihimo |
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Business Skills
Business skills that are relevant to crafters and craft businesses, such as retail skills |
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Calligraphy
Lettering, sign work, Chinese and other calligraphy classes |
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Card Making
Card making classes and workshops |
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China & Porcelain Decoration
Porcelain restoration, painting on ceramics and pottery painting workshops |
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Country Crafts
Courses include dry stone walling, straw bale building, hedging, coppicing, wildlife and dowsing |
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Craft Making in General
Crafts for Christmas, childrens craft workshops and other general craft courses |
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Decorative Finishes
Gilding, stencilling, trompe l'oeil and paint finishes |
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Decoupage and Paper Tole
Workshops and classes on decoupage, including 3D decoupage, and paper tole |
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Egg Craft | ![]() |
Encaustic Art |
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Feltmaking | ![]() |
Flower Arranging |
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Food and Drink
Cookery and baking courses, wild food, cider, beer and wine making courses and workshops |
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Framing |
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Furniture Making & Upholstery | ![]() |
Gardening
Gardening and garden maintenance courses |
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Glass Painting, Blowing & Stained Glass | ![]() |
Hobby Ceramics
Hobby ceramics and pottery painting |
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Interior Design
Interior design and decoration, including feng shui, DIY, plumbing |
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Jewellery Making
Silver smithing, metal clay work, tiara making and enameling |
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Knitting & Crochet | ![]() |
Lacemaking & Tatting |
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Leatherwork | ![]() |
Metal work |
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Millinery | ![]() |
Mosaics
Courses in making mosaics |
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Natural Health and Beauty
Courses and workshops covering aromatherapy, yoga, pilates, tai chi, shiatsu and other treatments |
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Needlework
Embroidery, Sewing, Tapestry work |
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Paper and Parchment Craft
Courses covering making greetings cards, gift boxes, hand-made paper, gift wrapping and quilling |
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Photography
Black & white, digital, landscape, portrait, developing & printing etc |
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Pottery
Throwing, firing, raku, glazing, claywork |
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Printing & Printmaking
Collography, linocutting, screen printing etc |
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Pyrography | ![]() |
Quilting & Patchwork |
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Rugmaking | ![]() |
Scrapbooking |
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Sculpture | ![]() |
Sewing
All types of sewing courses, including dress making |
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Soap making | ![]() |
Soft Furnishings
All aspects of soft furnishings - curtain making, cushions and more |
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Spinning & Dyeing
Spinning, weaving, yarn and fibre dyeing, silk dyeing, indigo dyeing, shibori resist techniques |
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Stamping |
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Stencilling | ![]() |
Stick Making |
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Stone Working
Stone carving, letter cutting and other stone sculpting workshops |
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Sugar Craft |
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Textiles and Silk Painting
Workshops and classes on silk painting, fabric painting, batik, dyeing and other textile arts |
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Toy and Model Making
Courses include soft toys such as teddy bears, wooden toys, dollshouses, and models |
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Weaving | ![]() |
Woodworking & Woodturning |