COURSES AT ASSINGTON MILL ARE NOW CANCELLED

This is an Introduction to Falconry day course run by Alec Shearer, a falconer who has had a passion for these birds for a lifetime (click on his name above to see more about him).

Course description:

Timber-framed buildings are what make our villages and market towns special.  This course will explain how these familiar buildings can be made legible, revealing how they were used and when they w

This is an opportunity to learn the craft of chair seating using natural materials with Mary Butcher, a well-known and very experienced basket-maker.  Click on her name above to see more about her.

Learn some tricks of the trade from professional jam-maker Hannah Taylor!  (Click on her name to see more about her.)

The focus of this course is to learn all the latest on nature and its impact on our health.

This course will teach you everything you need to know to get started as a picture book author for children. 

What a joy rush is! Its soft, silk like and malleable qualities are gentle on the hands and very light weight. Its colours vary from light gold through gentle greens to bronzy hues.

For thousands of years we have depended on plants to provide the essentials of life - food, shelter, clothing, fuel and medicine.  In many respects little has changed.  For most of the world's popu

Needle felting is the art of creating felt by pricking raw wool with special barbed needles.  The fibres becomes enmeshed and can be formed into a picture or a sculpture.  With a basic form constru

This is a one-day course foraging for edible fungi available at this time of the year,  with explanations of how it can be used and eaten.

The art of taxidermy is in preparing, stuffing and then mounting the skins of animals for display.  These could be as hunting trophies, or for museum use or maybe the preservation of a beloved pet.

Come and learn to lay hedges the Suffolk way, from a real Suffolk man!  Click on Neil's name above to see more about him.

Calligraphy for Beginners and Improvers Your choice of Script A day to discover the pleasure of writing with a broad edged pen.  Beginners can start with the Uncial Script , a beautiful ha

Come and make presents for your friends and family, and relax and have fun at the same time!  Silver clay is an amazing new art material (99% silver) that makes it possible for everyone to make rea