Amelia Jane Gilding
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Kintsugi
Kintsugi
Craft Workshop for Beginners
Craft Workshop for Beginners
Kintsugi celebrates the Japanese philosophy of the beauty of imperfection. You’ll learn how to safely break pottery and to repair it with gold craft materials, thereby embracing the cracks to make unique pieces of art.
Kintsugi celebrates the Japanese philosophy of the beauty of imperfection. You’ll learn how to safely break pottery and to repair it with gold craft materials, thereby embracing the cracks to make unique pieces of art.
You will be given your own toolbox which will contain all the items you need for this workshop. Your Kintsugi pieces will make beautiful mementoes of the day which can be used as ornaments or as gifts.
You will be given your own toolbox which will contain all the items you need for this workshop. Your Kintsugi pieces will make beautiful mementoes of the day which can be used as ornaments or as gifts.
This workshop will take place on our Terrace (to the right of The Garden Cafe) in our Marquee. Please wear suitable clothing, although it is heated on cooler days. Your ticket price includes tea, coffee, and a home-baked sweet treat.
This workshop will take place on our Terrace (to the right of The Garden Cafe) in our Marquee. Please wear suitable clothing, although it is heated on cooler days. Your ticket price includes tea, coffee, and a home-baked sweet treat.
Your ticket price includes tea, coffee, and a home-baked sweet treat.
Your ticket price includes tea, coffee, and a home-baked sweet treat.
Pool Darkin Lane, Beetham, nr Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7AP
Pool Darkin Lane, Beetham, nr Milnthorpe, Cumbria, LA7 7AP
Wednesday 16th July 2025
Wednesday 16th July 2025
10am - 12.30pm
10am - 12.30pm
PAINT-a-DAISY
PAINT-a-DAISY
at the Beacon Museum Whitehaven Cumbria
at the Beacon Museum Whitehaven Cumbria
Wednesday 26th July
Wednesday 26th July
11am - 4pm
11am - 4pm
Join me for a unique & creative children’s event hosted by Amelia Bedson, celebrating heritage conservation!
Join me for a unique & creative children’s event hosted by Amelia Bedson, celebrating heritage conservation!
Young artists will have the exciting opportunity to restore a cast of a delicate daisy from an 18th-century gilded English mirror frame. Using any colours they choose—including shimmering gold—they’ll be bringing history back to life.
Young artists will have the exciting opportunity to restore a cast of a delicate daisy from an 18th-century gilded English mirror frame. Using any colours they choose—including shimmering gold—they’ll be bringing history back to life.
The daisy is decorated with a ribbon of their choosing and makes an excellent memento or gift.
The daisy is decorated with a ribbon of their choosing and makes an excellent memento or gift.
We’ve found that adults love being involved and don’t want to miss out on this restoration project, so why not make it a family event and join in with your little ones to help ‘Save-a-Daisy’.
We’ve found that adults love being involved and don’t want to miss out on this restoration project, so why not make it a family event and join in with your little ones to help ‘Save-a-Daisy’.
£5 per session
£5 per session
Contemporary Gilding and Kintsugi at
Contemporary Gilding and Kintsugi at
Kirkgate Arts & Heritage
Kirkgate Arts & Heritage
Cockermouth Cumbria
Cockermouth Cumbria
The Kirkgate Arts and Heritage Centre in Cockermouth has a rich and community-rooted history. It’s housed in the former All Saints School building, a Victorian structure that has been repurposed into a vibrant cultural hub. The centre is run by Kirkgate Arts and Heritage, a charity dedicated to promoting arts, culture, and local history in West Cumbria.
The Kirkgate Arts and Heritage Centre in Cockermouth has a rich and community-rooted history. It’s housed in the former All Saints School building, a Victorian structure that has been repurposed into a vibrant cultural hub. The centre is run by Kirkgate Arts and Heritage, a charity dedicated to promoting arts, culture, and local history in West Cumbria.
The centre itself hosts a wide range of events: from film screenings and live music to theatre, exhibitions, and community workshops. They have now kindly invited Amelia Jane Gilding to host both Kintsugi for Beginners and Contemporary Gilding Workshops in their fabulous Arts Centre.
The centre itself hosts a wide range of events: from film screenings and live music to theatre, exhibitions, and community workshops. They have now kindly invited Amelia Jane Gilding to host both Kintsugi for Beginners and Contemporary Gilding Workshops in their fabulous Arts Centre.
Contemporary Gilding
Contemporary Gilding
Kintsugi at the Peak Village Clayrooms Derbyshire
Kintsugi at the Peak Village Clayrooms Derbyshire
Sunday September 14th
Sunday September 14th
10.30am - 1pm
10.30am - 1pm
The Peak Village is nestled in the hills of Derbyshire, in the small, picturesque village of Rowsley, just a stone’s throw from Chatsworth House & Gardens. The Clayrooms have Studios in Ashbourne, Loughborough, Macclesfield and here at the Peak.
The Peak Village is nestled in the hills of Derbyshire, in the small, picturesque village of Rowsley, just a stone’s throw from Chatsworth House & Gardens. The Clayrooms have Studios in Ashbourne, Loughborough, Macclesfield and here at the Peak.
They excel in all things Pottery and have become an enthusiastic supporter of my mission to make Kintsugi accessible to everyone so that they can create amazing works of art of their own. This is a beginners Kintsugi craft workshop that lasts 2 1/2 hours.
They excel in all things Pottery and have become an enthusiastic supporter of my mission to make Kintsugi accessible to everyone so that they can create amazing works of art of their own. This is a beginners Kintsugi craft workshop that lasts 2 1/2 hours.
Peak Village, Chatsworth Road,
Peak Village, Chatsworth Road,
Rowsley, Matlock, DE4 2JE
Rowsley, Matlock, DE4 2JE
Kintsugi at Rheged Cumbria
Kintsugi at Rheged Cumbria
Rheged is a gallery, café, cinema, shopping venue, workplace and creative space on the edge of the Northern Lakes. A place where friends, family and colleagues can share a meal, watch a film, hold a meeting, see an exhibition, buy a gift or catch up over coffee.
Rheged is a gallery, café, cinema, shopping venue, workplace and creative space on the edge of the Northern Lakes. A place where friends, family and colleagues can share a meal, watch a film, hold a meeting, see an exhibition, buy a gift or catch up over coffee.
A flexible space for getting together or enjoying time alone with a book or notepad; a place where stories are told, ideas are sparked and the Cumbrian landscape is a constant source of inspiration.
A flexible space for getting together or enjoying time alone with a book or notepad; a place where stories are told, ideas are sparked and the Cumbrian landscape is a constant source of inspiration.
This is a beginners workshop
This is a beginners workshop
Contemporary Gilding Workshop
Contemporary Gilding Workshop
AT HARE HILL BARN CUMBRIA
AT HARE HILL BARN CUMBRIA
Thursday, 9th October 2025
Thursday, 9th October 2025
Hare Hill is a small traditional Lakeland hill farm which can be traced back to the early 18th Century.
Hare Hill is a small traditional Lakeland hill farm which can be traced back to the early 18th Century.
During the workshop you will learn how to gild a picture frame with Dutch Gold Leaf and add your own unique gilded flair to an oyster shell.
During the workshop you will learn how to gild a picture frame with Dutch Gold Leaf and add your own unique gilded flair to an oyster shell.
Cartmel Fell, Grange over Sands, Cumbria
Cartmel Fell, Grange over Sands, Cumbria
LA11 6NZ
LA11 6NZ
Manchester Craft & Design Centre
Manchester Craft & Design Centre
Kintsugi Craft Workshop
Kintsugi Craft Workshop
Saturday 25th October 10am and 2pm
Saturday 25th October 10am and 2pm
Discover the ancient art of Kintsugi with Amelia Bedson in a fun and creative way and create beautiful ceramic pieces to take home. Kintsugi celebrates the Japanese philosophy of the beauty of imperfection.
Discover the ancient art of Kintsugi with Amelia Bedson in a fun and creative way and create beautiful ceramic pieces to take home. Kintsugi celebrates the Japanese philosophy of the beauty of imperfection.
You’ll learn how to safely break pottery and to repair it with gold, thereby embracing the cracks to make unique pieces of art. You will be given your own toolbox which will contain all the items you need for this workshop. Your Kintsugi pieces will make beautiful mementoes of the day which can be used as ornaments or as gifts.
You’ll learn how to safely break pottery and to repair it with gold, thereby embracing the cracks to make unique pieces of art. You will be given your own toolbox which will contain all the items you need for this workshop. Your Kintsugi pieces will make beautiful mementoes of the day which can be used as ornaments or as gifts.
Age Guidance: This beginners workshop is suitable for adults aged 18+
Age Guidance: This beginners workshop is suitable for adults aged 18+
Venue: Space 2, Ground Floor of Manchester Craft and Design Centre
Venue: Space 2, Ground Floor of Manchester Craft and Design Centre
17 Oak Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M4 5JD
Heritage Oil and Water Gilding Course
Heritage Oil and Water Gilding Course
amelia jane gilding
amelia jane gilding
Higham Hall
Higham Hall
Monday March 9th to Thursday March 12th 2026
Monday March 9th to Thursday March 12th 2026
This is a practical course aimed at beginners, although more experienced students are welcome. Over four days, you will master the art of traditional oil and water gilding. Using skilled processes, you will prepare a picture frame, picture rail, and decorative ornaments for gilding with 23.75ct gold leaf. Additionally, you will gild a letter of the alphabet, students will need to inform us of their chosen letter when booking.
When you have completed this course, you will have the skills to make and prepare gesso and bole using traditional recipes, and how to lay both smoothly. You will become proficient in preparing, gilding, and burnishing gold leaf on bare wood surfaces and learn the artistic skill of antiquing them.
Mould making and composition casting used in traditional antique frame conservation is an endangered heritage craft. On this course you will have the opportunity to learn the practicalities of this vanishing art.
Included in the course is a field trip where you will gain first-hand knowledge of historical gilded frames.
The course will run for four days from 9th - 12th March 2026
For further information regarding these courses click this link.
Bassenthwaite Lake
Bassenthwaite Lake
Cockermouth
Cockermouth
Cumbria
Cumbria
CA13 9SH
CA13 9SH
CONTACT
CONTACT
Office Hours 09:00 to 17:00
017687 76276
admin@highamhall.com
Office Hours 09:00 to 17:00
017687 76276
admin@highamhall.com
Scan to download Higham Hall's Brochure of Study Breaks
Scan to download Higham Hall's Brochure of Study Breaks
Middleport Pottery Contemporary Gilding Craft Workshop
Middleport Pottery Contemporary Gilding Craft Workshop
Dates TBC
Dates TBC
10.30am - 1pm
10.30am - 1pm
Middleport Pottery is a charity-owned heritage visitor attraction located in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent.
Middleport Pottery is a charity-owned heritage visitor attraction located in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent.
It is the UK’s last working Victorian potbank in continuous production, and after 130 years it remains the home of world-famous Burleigh Pottery.
It is the UK’s last working Victorian potbank in continuous production, and after 130 years it remains the home of world-famous Burleigh Pottery.
Middleport now offers a wide variety of Crafting Workshops and I am delighted to have been invited to host my Kintsugi Workshop for Beginners here in May.
Middleport now offers a wide variety of Crafting Workshops and I am delighted to have been invited to host my Kintsugi Workshop for Beginners here in May.
Please join me here for my Contemporary Gilding Workshop and learn the art of laying gold leaf onto any surface!
Please join me here for my Contemporary Gilding Workshop and learn the art of laying gold leaf onto any surface!
Contemporary Kintsugi Workshop
Contemporary Kintsugi Workshop
at the Cheshire Clay Studios
at the Cheshire Clay Studios
Middlewich
Middlewich
Watch out for future workshops
Watch out for future workshops
10am to 1pm
10am to 1pm
This workshop is ideal for those with experience in making ceramics but newcomers are welcome.
This workshop is ideal for those with experience in making ceramics but newcomers are welcome.
Restoration Kintsugi is an advanced form of the beginners' technique and draws upon a combination of contemporary conservation methods and the traditional expertise used in Kintsugi.
Restoration Kintsugi is an advanced form of the beginners' technique and draws upon a combination of contemporary conservation methods and the traditional expertise used in Kintsugi.
The finish is more refined, using 23.75 carat gold, and requires more skill and time to achieve.
The finish is more refined, using 23.75 carat gold, and requires more skill and time to achieve.
Not everything broken is lost—sometimes, it becomes even more beautiful. ✨
Not everything broken is lost—sometimes, it becomes even more beautiful. ✨
This one-of-a-kind workshop celebrates the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi, where cracks are filled with gold, turning once-broken ceramics into stunning masterpieces.
This one-of-a-kind workshop celebrates the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi, where cracks are filled with gold, turning once-broken ceramics into stunning masterpieces.
Led by Amelia Bedson, a skilled restorer with experience in cultural heritage conservation, this morning workshop will take you on a journey through history, craftsmanship, and the philosophy of wabi-sabi—embracing imperfections as part of an object’s unique story.
Led by Amelia Bedson, a skilled restorer with experience in cultural heritage conservation, this morning workshop will take you on a journey through history, craftsmanship, and the philosophy of wabi-sabi—embracing imperfections as part of an object’s unique story.
The workshop:
The workshop:
Amelia will supply you with a bowl that she will show you how to break (or you can bring along a piece of your own). Then she will teach you, step by step, how to repair the broken pieces to create a wonderful new masterpiece, using 24 carat gold leaf to gild the repair.
Amelia will supply you with a bowl that she will show you how to break (or you can bring along a piece of your own). Then she will teach you, step by step, how to repair the broken pieces to create a wonderful new masterpiece, using 24 carat gold leaf to gild the repair.
You will leave the workshop with the confidence to repair other pieces of broken ceramics to make them even more beautiful.
You will leave the workshop with the confidence to repair other pieces of broken ceramics to make them even more beautiful.
Places are limited so early booking is recommended.
Places are limited so early booking is recommended.
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