The Makers’ Meadow

The Makers’ Meadow offers demonstrations and workshops throughout the weekend. Take a look below at our wonderful resident artists and book in person during the weekend.

Glass Blowing with Salamander Glass

Choose your own colours and blow a bauble, heart bauble or pumpkin. The items will be available for collection after they have cooled down.

Bauble £25, heart bauble £30, pumpkin £35

Traditional Wet Felting with Forgotten Crafts

Create your own unique felted artwork or bowl using a vibrant selection of colours. All materials and equipment are provided, allowing you to fully enjoy the creative process in a relaxed and inspiring environment.

Felted Picture – Saturday or Sunday, 10am–1pm, £35 per person
Felted Bowl – Friday, Saturday or Sunday 2pm-5pm, £25 per person

Printmaking with Rachel Johnson

This hands-on screen and block printing workshop is open to all, guiding you through stencil design, inking and printing techniques. Create your own custom design and print it onto an organic cotton T-shirt using environmentally friendly materials.

Paint a Tote Bag or Canvas

Enjoy a relaxed, pressure-free creative workshop for all ages. Paint a canvas or customise a tote bag, with a choice of sizes and all materials provided, including aprons and decorative supplies.

Sessions running at 10am, 11:30am, 2pm, 3:30pm and 5pm

Festival Accessories with Stitch With Kate

Join Stitch with Kate to create your own handmade festival accessory. In this fun, beginner-friendly workshop you can sew a crown, wand, badge, or bracelet. All pieces are pre-cut and needles are prepared in advance, so you can simply enjoy the stitching and get creative. Suitable for ages 3+ (with accompanying adult).

Straw Crafts with Hannah Cantwell

Discover traditional straw craft in hands-on workshops inspired by rural heritage. Make a simple harvest token in drop-in sessions or create a corn dolly or Welsh border fan in guided one-hour workshops. All materials provided, suitable for older teens and adults. No experience needed. Leave with a handmade heritage piece.

£6 for Harvest Token

£18 for Corn Dolly

Willow Weaving with Nature Makers

Try your hand at willow weaving in this beginner-friendly workshop. Choose to create a dragonfly, heart, or challenge yourself with a birdhouse, with all materials and step-by-step guidance provided. Please note: willow contains salicylic acid and may cause a reaction for those allergic to aspirin.

Friday 1:30pm - 3:00pm Dragonfly
Saturday 11am - 12:30pm Bird House

Sunday 11am - 12:30pm Hearts and 1:30pm - 3:00pm Dragonfly

WyldWood Willow Weaving

Choose from a range of 10 handmade designs in drop in sessions throughout the weekend.

£12 for trees and fish

£22 for swallows, stars, hearts and fat ball holders

£30 berry pickers

£40 for fruit bowls and foraging baskets

Needle Nook

Learn the basics of needle felting in this fun, hands-on workshop using genuine Welsh wool from Bannau Brycheiniog. With friendly guidance and all materials provided, you’ll create a personalised decorative headband - choose from animal ears, floral designs, or hearts - with the option to add a tote bag. Includes a free take-home starter kit.

£12 for a 1-hour session

Essential Oils with Patrica Ronan

Learn about traditional and modern methods of distilling essential oils. Explore a range of oils and their uses and sample related products in this interactive session. Each participant takes home a 50ml bottle of essential water. Please inform us of any allergies before the workshop.

£15 per person

Sessions running at 10am, 11.15am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3.15pm

Creative Writing with Katy Arnell.

Join a friendly and supportive creative writing workshop exploring different techniques, prompts and styles. Experiment with form and structure, build confidence in your writing and discover your voice in a fun, welcoming and non-judgemental space.

£10 per person

Saturday 1:00pm and 3:00pm

Adults only

Tiny Landscape Painting with Alex Arnell

Create your own miniature landscape on canvas with professional painter and street artist Alex Arnell. Explore mark making, painting techniques, composition and colour, and leave with a unique finished piece of your own.

Friday 2:00pm-3:30pm and 4:00pm-5:30pm

£18 per person. Suitable for ages 14+.