Workshops

ABOUT THE HOPE & ELVIS CREATIVE workshops

A Hope & Elvis day is a great experience set in a large, inspirational studio.
You will receive a friendly welcome, expert guidance from artists and makers and have time, materials and space to explore your creativity.
If you are coming far, please let me know if you need any help with local places to stay to make a relaxed weekend away.

Looking to join us for our regular, untutored studio days instead of a workshop, click here.

Booking workshops

Full payment is required to secure bookings. Please use the Paypal links or to pay by cheque or bank transfer please email me at wendy@hopeandelvis.co.uk and I will save you the seat if available.

Once your payment is made your booking is confirmed and subject to the Terms & Conditions. A confirmation will be emailed to you within a few days, this will include a copy of all the booking Ts & Cs.

In the event of a cancellation payments are non-refundable but if the place can be filled a credit may be given to be used for future workshops minus a £15 administrative fee.

Please check our booking cancellation policy and other useful information here.

Lovely feedback from previous workshops

"Thank you so much for providing such a fab workshop... I went away feeling confident and inspired. It was so inclusive of everyone and the vibe was that we were all having a great time! Perfect outcome!" Claire

"Thank you for organising such an enjoyable workshop for us yesterday. [We] came away from Hope & Elvis really enthused and inspired. I just need more time in my life!" Jane-Ann

Garden Mosaic Workshop with Sophie Robins – 29 March 2025 – Fully booked, please email to be added to waiting list

  Sophie is an established mosaic artist and workshop tutor. She once attended a workshop, which sparked a hobby, and is now a full-time business. Her enthusiasm for the craft is infectious and she loves nothing more than passing her love of mosaic onto others. Her own mosaic creations consist of bespoke art pieces, large … Continue reading Garden Mosaic Workshop with Sophie Robins – 29 March 2025 – Fully booked, please email to be added to waiting list

Summoning Spring with Helen Hallows – 5 April 2025 – Fully booked, please email to be added to waiting list

  Helen Hallows is a restless landscape artist who wishes that every day could be spent making. Reluctant to limit herself, her art crosses genres and she works with paint, textiles, and more recently ceramics. Known for her landscapes, these have moved towards abstraction where she enjoys the combinations of textures and marks to express … Continue reading Summoning Spring with Helen Hallows – 5 April 2025 – Fully booked, please email to be added to waiting list

Windowsill / Ben’s Pots with Mandy Pattullo – 26 & 27 April 2025 – Fully booked, please email to be added to waiting list

Mandy Pattullo is a Northumberland based artist who creates textile collages. All of her work is hand stitched and she uses old and reclaimed textiles or transforms ordinary cloth through paint and simple print making as in this workshop. Mandy has written two books “Textile Collage” and “Textiles Transformed” which are published by Batsford. The … Continue reading Windowsill / Ben’s Pots with Mandy Pattullo – 26 & 27 April 2025 – Fully booked, please email to be added to waiting list

From Sketchbook to Textile Art with Jane McKeating – 10th and 11th May 2025

The Artist Jane works from her studio at home in Stockport, across a range of disciplines, including embroidery, drawing and printmaking. Her latest work combines the processes of hand stitch with waterless lithography and screen-printing. Jane uses collage and hand colouring to develop series of variable edition prints on cloth and paper which are all … Continue reading From Sketchbook to Textile Art with Jane McKeating – 10th and 11th May 2025

Drawing: From Realism to Abstraction with Mrs Bertimus – 17th May 2025

The Artist Mrs B hardly needs an introduction – her workshops are always very popular! Mrs Bertimus studied fashion and textiles at Saint Martin’s School of Art and enjoyed three glorious years of making completely un-wearable garments. She has taught in Art Education for over twenty-five years and loves sharing techniques and eating lots of … Continue reading Drawing: From Realism to Abstraction with Mrs Bertimus – 17th May 2025

Colour Blending Masterclass with Tracey Doxey – 18 May 2025

Tracey is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer working with knitted textiles and print. She has a degree in Fine Art and a Masters in site specific knitting. Her practice utilises craft skills of knitted textiles to explore social narratives of place associated with women’s histories, viewed within a contemporary art situation. While living in Shetland … Continue reading Colour Blending Masterclass with Tracey Doxey – 18 May 2025

Indigo: Resist & Renew with Maria Thomas – 7 June 2025 – Fully booked, please email to be added to waiting list

The Artist Maria studied Embroidery at Manchester Polytechnic during the early 1990’s and has continued to practice and exhibit textiles ever since.   Her love of patchwork and quilting techniques combined with found objects and memories inspire her to create. Teaching and making textiles for over 30 years, she currently works at her home studio in … Continue reading Indigo: Resist & Renew with Maria Thomas – 7 June 2025 – Fully booked, please email to be added to waiting list

Birds and Botanicals with Priscilla Edwards – 26 & 27 July 2025

Priscilla Edwards began creating sculptural textiles while studying embroidery at Manchester Metropolitan University. Here she was encouraged to nurture her love of found materials and transform the lost and overlooked into arresting works of art. These charming sculptures transcend the familiar qualities of the original materials and capture Priscilla’s perceptions of beauty, fragility and intrigue. … Continue reading Birds and Botanicals with Priscilla Edwards – 26 & 27 July 2025

A Sense of Place with Liz Cooksey – 20 & 21 September 2025 – Fully booked, please email to be added to waiting list

  The Artist “My works combine wire and thread to create intricate and delicate two dimensional and three-dimensional works reflecting observations of nature. The inspiration stems from the love of natural forms in which I look for shapes, textures, colours, within what might be a hedge row or a motorway verge, recording the small and … Continue reading A Sense of Place with Liz Cooksey – 20 & 21 September 2025 – Fully booked, please email to be added to waiting list

Building Stories through Collage with Jenny Stevenson – 11 October 2025 – Fully booked, please email to be added to waiting list

Jenny Stevenson is a collage and book artist whose work explores the intersections of memory, architecture and community. She creates layered, textured works that evoke narratives of place and the passage of time. In recent years, she has focused on projects capturing the stories of workers and the legacy of industries that shaped local communities, … Continue reading Building Stories through Collage with Jenny Stevenson – 11 October 2025 – Fully booked, please email to be added to waiting list