A SERIES of craft workshops will be staged at Harewood during spring and summer.

Sculpting with paper, weaving with waste and an introduction to blacksmithing are among the skills to be taught as part of the Useful/Beautiful: Why Craft Matters exhibition.

From casting glass jewellery with Whitby-based Effie Burns, who casts her miniature pieces from vegetables, to weaving a new textile from discarded t-shirts and jumpers with artist Maria Sigma, the workshops are one-off opportunities to learn from some of the masters of their own craft and all include a behind the scenes visit with the artist around the exhibition and a full lunch.

Organisers say the exhibition, which runs until September, is the first of its kind outside London, “playfully challenging preconceptions around the term craft and sparking interaction and debate around its role in culture, identity and society today.”

Twenty six works across the whole of Harewood House, include three new commissions from Max Lamb, Anthony Burrill and Faye Toogood, and extend across fashion, textiles, leatherwork, glass, ceramics, metalwork and more.

The workshops begin with an innovative and creative day with artist Juli Bolanos-Durman who works with found glass and other objects. The event will take place from 11am to 4pm on April 13. Tickets cost £80 and include lunch.

It will be followed by paper sculpting on May 11, a frame weaving workshop from waste on May 18, working with fine bone china on June 1, an introduction to blacksmithing on June 8, and cast glass jewellery on July 14,

Visit biennial.harewood.org for full details.