Art & Craft Courses
with Vitreus Art @ Bell Plantation
"Outstanding teaching - step by step instructions delivered at a totally appropriate pace" -Simon
"I had a fantastic time, I can't wait to come back!" - Kate
"Excellent facilities and tuition, very knowledgeable tutors" - Kate
"Great class - I can't believe we managed to make an almost-professional looking piece in one day! - Michael
"Learnt so much - a really great day and inspiring teachers" - Helen
"An amazing day, full of learnings with knowledgeable instructors. Good fun!" - Garry
"Educational, informative,and inspiring!" - Jeremy
Vitreus Art - Fun and Distinctive Art Classes and Craft courses
Would you like to learn a new art skill? Discover your creative side? Approach your existing artistic activities from a new direction?
Our ethos has always been to hold fun, creative and friendly classes in small groups, and to include all materials in the cost, wherever possible.
Classes take place at the Vitreus Art studio in Northants near Towcester in our spacious studio, with small class sizes, widely spaced benches and a creative vibe.
New - Coral Bowl Glass Fusing workshop now taking bookings
Yes - we've had plenty of requests for a proper coral bowl workshop - you'll get to choose from lots of gorgeous coloured fusible glass and cut the shapes yourself; then you'll create the layout of your coral bowl with our full tuition, and a choice of shapes for your finished piece. All the details are here!
New - Two new Glass Fusing Workshops just added...
Jenny's new Fun With Fusing Choose Your Make half-day workshop offers you the opportunity to make one of a number of different fused glass projects including
- Four 10cm tall mini tealights or draped tealights
- Two 15cm tall luxury tealights with classy wooden bases
- Two 15cm wide hearts with holes at the top for hanging
- A 20cm wide square or round bowl
- A 24cm long freestanding S-Bend
On Mike's new workshop you'll get to create a bouquet of beautiful glass flowers to display indoors or outside like the ones shown here. All the details are here...
New - New Papercut Art workhop themes from Stacey
Take a look at the new themes just added for Stacey Young's 2026 workshops. Her new themes include a beautiful Poppies design timed a little in advance of Remembrance Sunday in the UK.
Choose your pattern on the day!
Info is here...
New - Two new watercolours workshops with Clare Tebboth have just launched
Join master painter and expert tutor Clare on her two new watercolours workshop sessions - Mountains & Sea and Flower Meadows. Beginners and more experienced painters are welxcome as Clare teaches you how to develop a loose and expressive style of creating either a rugged mountain scene or an evocative meadow scence. Places are limited so we recommend checking the dates ASAP!
New - Brand new Dragonfly Fused Glass Garden Art workshop now live
Make a stunning hovering (or flying?) dragonfly for your garden on this half-day workshop. We'll teach you all the techniques needed to design and assemble your own dragonfly, standing around 80cm high in your garden when finished.
Find out more here...
We'll always be happy to answer your questions, or chat to you at our studio.
If you have any questions or concerns get in touch and we'll do our best to help.
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July classes with places available
August classes with places available
- 1st August - Studio Closed
- 2nd August - Stained Glass Freestanding Garden Panels for all levels
- 6th August - 3d Copper Foiled Stained Glass - Hummingbird, Terrarium, Spinner etc for all levels
- 8th August - Studio Closed
- 9th August - Studio Closed
- 13th August - Traditional Stained Glass Leading for Beginners
- 15th August - Studio Closed
- 16th August - Introduction to Glass Fusing (aka Fusion-Inclusion) for Beginners
- 20th August - Fun With Fusing Choose Your Make for all levels
- 21st August - Glass Fusing Clock Workshop for all levels
- 30th August - Jolly Glass Flowers Bouquet for all levels
September classes with places available
- 6th September - Stained Glass Traditional Painting for all levels
- 9th September - Jolly Glass Flowers Bouquet for all levels
- 10th September -Glass Fusing Coral Bowl for all levels
- 11th - 19th September - Studio Closed
- 20th September - Enamel Jewellery Demo Day (free)
- 22nd - 30th September Northants & Rutland Open Studios - free demos & artists discussions
- 25th September - Macmillan Demo Day, Coffee Afternoon with mini makes and artist demos
- 26th September - Glass Fusing Garden Art - Dragonfly or Butterfly for all levels
- 27th September - Papercut Art with Stacey - Pick Your Pattern for all levels
- 30th September - Fun With Fusing Choose Your Makes for all levels (inc S-bends)
October classes with places available
- 1st October - Introduction to Glass Fusing (aka Fusion-Inclusion) for Beginners
- 2nd October - Stained Glass Traditional Painting for all levels
- 3rd October - Stained Glass Freestanding Garden Panels for all levels
- 4th October - Stained Glass And Fused Glass 8-week Course begins - for all levels
- 8th October - Stained Glass Copper Foiling for Beginners
- 8th October - Stained Glass Copper Foiling Lanterns for Beginners
- 9th October - Fused Glass Garden Art for all levels
- 10th October - Enamel Jewellery for Beginners
- 10th October - - Glass Fusing Coral Bowl for all levels
- 15th October - Fused Glass Flowerbursts Garden Art for all levels
- 21st October - Garden Glass Mosaic Winter Course begins - for all levels
- 23rd October - Glass Fusing Lanterns for all levels
- 24th October - Traditional Stained Glass Leading for Beginners
- 31st October - Fused Glass Christmas Winter Scene for all levels
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