Introducing our new ‘Group Booking’ option for workshops – Perfect for ‘Social Distancing’
Come along on a date of your choice with a group of your friends/family for a day of craft and making. We have taken 7 of our most popular workshops and made them avalible as private options, especially useful in the socially distanced environment or for tourists visiting the lake district on specific dates. CLICK […]
F is for Furniture! By Luke Harding (MOS Bespoke Furniture)
Part of our ‘Meet the Resident Makers’ series My name is Luke Harding and I design and make furniture under my company name ‘MOS Bespoke Furniture’. I trained as a cabinet maker and have been doing just that for the last 12 years for one simple reason – im obsessed with furniture! I can witter […]
‘Life is too short to wear boring Jewellery’ by Nancye Church Jewellery
Part of our ‘Meet the Resident Makers’ series Yes, that is Nancye with and ‘e’ on the end. An addition in the ‘70s which could have been Nansi if I hadn’t seen my current spelling in an advert … but that is another story. I too am obsessed. Obsessed more with the design and making […]
Part of our ‘Meet the Resident Makers’ series My name is Julie and i am a self taught Mosaic Artist. My love of Mosaics all began about 17 years ago… I saw some Mosaics whilst on Holiday in Greece one summer and couldn’t get the idea of having a go myself out of my mind. […]
Part of our ‘Meet the Resident Makers’ series My name is Sophie and I am a self-confessed knitting enthusiast. This all began when I started a new job as an electronic engineer (I know stark contrast to knitting!) and a lovely lady called Lesley offered to teach me how to make little booties for my […]
We are very pleased to announce that after 4 years of work, we are finally ready to open our doors to the public (and hopefully never shut them again!) On Saturday 3rd August at 10am we hope to kick things off with style: All day long Julia Evans of Castlerigg pottery will be running taster […]
We are just about finished turning our gallery space from building site to ‘crisp white showroom’ Plastered, then painted, and starting to lay the slate floor… We’re all ready for lighting, display cabinets and the most important thing…. lots of beautiful art and design work to show off.
August is the ‘Month of Making’ @ The Makers Mill – 15% OFF ALL WORKSHOPS
To celebrate our opening on the 3rd of August we are running lots of workshops for you to all get creative – all at 15% OFF Come and join us and get creative – from short ‘have a go’ taster sessions to advanced level workshops – be the first to get making at the mill. […]