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Workshops

Frances, Flick and Lisa all hold mosaic courses in their home studios as well as community workshops further afield.  Get in touch to find out more. 

Frances Taylor's mosaic studio set up ready for a course.
Frances Taylor's garden where course participants can relax and enjoy coffee or lunch..
Mosaic Mania

Frances teaches half and full day courses from her riverside garden studio at her house in Otley.   They run on Thursdays and Fridays, and one Saturday or Sunday each month.

Visitors can relax and eat their lunch on the banks of the river Wharfe, running past the end of the garden. 

Find out more about Frances's workshops here.

Flick Gillett's mosaic studio set up ready for a course.
MoonChild Mosaics

Flick's studio is at her home in Cross Hills near Skipton.   She runs small intimate workshops for up to four people at a time  on most  Saturdays plus week days by arrangement.  Small family groups are very welcome.

On sunny days visitors can have their coffee or lunch in the garden and enjoy the long-reaching views towards Skipton and the Dales.

Flick Gillett's garden where course participants can relax and enjoy coffee or lunch..

Find out more about Flick's workshops here.

Lisa-marie Newman's mosaic studio set up ready for a course.
Creative Avenue, York

Lisa holds  creative workshops from her bright and sunny home studio in Elvington, near York, where participants can enjoy making mosaics and so much more.  

When the weather's fine, visitors can enjoy their coffee in Lisa's sunny garden.

Find out more about Lisa's workshops here.

Lisa-marie Newman's garden where course participants can relax and enjoy coffee or lunch..
West Yorkshire Federation of Women’s Institutes

The West Yorkshire Federation of Women’s Institutes invited Frances to run a workshop making mosaic plant pots.  None of the women had made mosaics before but they produced some real beauties.

Mosaic plant pots made at Frances Taylor's workshop for WYFWI.
Fly to Freedom, Hull City of Culture
Workshop participants with mosaic birds made at Lisa-marie Newman's course creating birds for the Fly to Freedom exhibition f

Lisa-marie ran a  workshop with a local synagogue in Hull, making mosaic birds to contribute to a murmuration of birds flying around the Paragon Interchange.  This was a project organised by BAMM North for Hull City of Culture. 

Local Women's Institute Groups

Flick, Lisa and Frances all run workshops for local Women's Institute groups.  Usually nearly everyone who comes is a complete beginner but they all produce beautiful work.

Mosaics made at Flick Gillett's workshop for by Sutton-in-Craven WI
RHS Garden Harlow Carr mosaic workshops
Mosaic plant pots made at Frances Taylor's workshop at RHS Harlow Carr 2023.

In 2023, Frances ran a mosaic plant-pot making workshop at RHS Harlow Carr.  All the participants were first time mosaic-makers and did a brilliant job!

Frances followed this up in 2025 with another workshop at Harlow Carr, this time creating wildlife on slate.

Mosaic wildlife on slates made at Frances Taylor's workshop at RHS Harlow Carr 2025.
Kyra Women's Project York
Kyra Women with their mosaic coasters

Lisa-marie has worked with the Kyra Women's Project in York, helping these ladies to create these beautiful mosaic coasters.

Coasters made by Kyra Women's  Project with Lisa-marie Newman

2025 North Star Mosaics

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