Yorkshire Craft Festival-Spring!

By Tracie Jarvis | 07/04/2026 | Comments Off on Yorkshire Craft Festival-Spring!
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Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/04/2026 - 12/04/2026
10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location
York Parliament Street

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Held in the heart of York, on Parliament Street, The Yorkshire Craft Festival-Spring! will take place between 7th-12th April

 

 

The festival will give space to regional designer makers and craft groups to celebrate the varied range of modern and traditional craft skills, our amazing region has to offer.

The Festival will play host to a variety of demonstrations and craft workshops designed to educate, inspire and give opportunity to budding crafters.  Alongside the demonstration pop-up marquees we will be hosting our Made in Yorkshire craft show, showcasing some of the best arts and craft from around the region.

 

Demonstrations and Workshops

The Yorkshire Craft Festival will also feature a series of small pop-up marquees, erected in front of the main marquee, which will house on-going demonstrations and workshops from the following:

 

Blacksmithing

 Must Forge and Environmental Arts, two local blacksmiths who will be demonstrating their blacksmithing skills and offering workshops.  Must Forge is offering the opportunity to make a metal rose in either copper or steel and Environmental Arts are running workshops to help you make your very own bottle opener or a beautiful spiral keyring/pendant.

               

 

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Make Your Own Metal Rose Workshop

 

 

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Blacksmithing Workshop to make a bottle opener or spiral pendant/keyring

 

Ceramics

Natasha Jackson will lead a series of workshops offering families the opportunity to paint ceramics and throw a pot.

 

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Pot Throwing & Pottery Painting Workshop

 

Felt Making – felt picture making

Katy Small will be hosting felt picture making workshops to create a colourful York inspired felt picture.

               

 

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Artists Around Wetherby-Felted Picture Workshop

 

Wirework Jewellery Demonstrations

Come and see live demonstrations by Dawn Johnson, Creator and founder of Alba Wirework. She will be demonstrating daily throughout the festival within the “Artists Around Wetherby” pop-up marquee.

Combining her passion for textile techniques with a love of experimenting with wire, each piece of jewellery begins with a single stitch. Using traditional crochet techniques and fine wire, Dawn handcrafts intricate designs which grow stitch by stitch to create pieces that are truly one of a kind.

She works slowly, inspired by the beauty found in everyday shapes, the discovery of new stitches and the subtle details of the natural world.

From intricate everyday pieces to bespoke bridal commissions, each collection carries an Italian name.

Created for thoughtful, everyday wear and made with patience, each piece tells its own quiet story.

Find out more:

Instagram: @albawirework

Facebook: Alba Wirework

 

 

Stained Glass Workshops

Janet Fraser is a stained-glass specialist and she will be providing workshops giving the opportunity to learn the basic techniques in stained glass and to create a small take home piece. You can choose to make either a “Scrappy Bird” decoration or a Tulip Decoration.  Her workshops are aimed at 13 yrs +

 

 

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Stained Glass Workshop-Make Your Own Scrappy Bird  or Tulip Decoration

 

 

Papercraft Workshops

L & S Crafts, based in York, is run by wife & husband team, Laura & Sam. Specialising in paper and natural crafts, with a focus on botanical and nature-inspired themes.  Their workshop offers an opportunity to make a beautiful paper rose or a very intricate and stylish kusudama flower.

 

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Papercraft Workshop

Willow Weaving Workshops

L & S Crafts, based in York, is run by wife & husband team, Laura & Sam. Specialising in paper and natural crafts, with a focus on botanical and nature-inspired themes.  Their workshop offers an opportunity to make a a willow bird feeder or a beautiful dragonfly.

   

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Willow Weaving Workshop

 

Tranquillity Tipi at the Yorkshire Craft Festival

Daily craft and interactive sessions for children and young adults of all ages inclusive of those with neurodiversity and diverse abilities.

We will schedule a range of activities including:

* Rainbow & Easter Egg Suncatchers

 * Boy & Girl Bunny Spoons

* Biscuit decorating

*Easter Egg Wreath Making 

 

Children (and adults!) are welcome to book any of the above activities- just click here to book your space-come and join in the fun!!

 

Are you a school or college and want to get involved?

Made in Yorkshire will also be inviting local schools and colleges to get involved in the festival.  We will be encouraging art teachers and students to create street art installations which we will put on display at the festival.

We will be supplying schools and colleges with a series of blank “discs” on which we will be encouraging their students to create a group of themed paintings- to showcase and celebrate young artistic talent!

Themes can be be anything they want: Sport? Pop Art? The Environment? Music? Nature?

Each installation will have a little blurb about the school, their students and what inspired their installation.

Are you a teacher looking to get your students involved? Email us at t.jarvis@madeinyorkshire.org.uk

 

 

 

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