Create Something Beautiful

We have an amazing heritage of craft and tradesmanship in the UK.  In years gone by, skills and techniques were passed down through families and guilds keeping traditional arts alive and heatlhy.  As the industrial revolution kicked in, however, the need for beautiful, bespoke, useful everyday items started to wane and with them the loss of livelihoods for artisans.  William Morris, an inspiration of our's and one of England's greatest designers, was ahead of his time in his campaigns to keep the Craft Movement vibrant against the never ending "March of Progress."

Here at Shambala HQ we have always put arts and crafts workshops high on our agenda. The satisfaction a person gets from using their own hands and creativity to fashion objects is second to none- it soothes the soul and feeds the mind.  There has been something of a revival over the last few years with 1000's of people discovering the joys of getting stuck in and utilizing your limbs for something other then the humdrum.

So get involved and learn a new skill!