
Dorset’s Community Art Studio
High quality arts, crafts and textiles courses
~ social engagement ~ inclusive ~ not for profit ~ artist led ~
Artisan Studio, Branksome Centre, Recreation Rd, Branksome, Poole, BH12 2EA
07729 829 209
Please note that we have been forced to close down due to changes in rental terms & costs plus a lack of security to the premises. Apologies!




Weekday Sessions:
- Neuro-diverse Art Workshop Mondays 10 – 12
- Stroke/ Dementia/Physical Disability Art Workshop Monday 1.30 – 3.30
- Domestic Violence Women’s Art Workshop Tuesdays 10 -12
- Home Educated Teens Art Course Tuesdays 1.30 – 3.30
- Mental Health Art Workshop Wednesdays 10 – 12
- Learning Disability Wednesdays 1.30 -3.30
- Public Drawing Course 10 weeks Thursdays 10 – 12
- ME/CFS Art Workshop Thursdays 2-4
- Public Printmaking Course Fridays 10 – 12
- Public Textile Course Fridays 2.00 – 4.00
Weekend sessions:
- Drawing ~ life drawing, contemporary, traditional, exploratory
- Painting ~ watercolours, oils, acrylics
- Printmaking ~ lino, collograph, etching, silkscreen, woodblock, litho
- Textiles ~ wet felting, slow stitch, embroidery, needle felting, dressmaking, ecodyeing
- Alternative photography processes ~ Cyanotypes, Lumin, Chemigrammes, Pinhole
- Willow work
- Stone carving
- Ink, oil pastels, soft pastels, mixed media
- Crafts ~ macrame, Dorset Buttons, knit, crochet, alcohol ink tiles, shrink plastic
- Crafts ~Pyrography, fused glass, silk scarf painting, paper Mache, ceramic painting
- Creative writing
- Animation
- Book making
- Botanical illustration
- Chinese brush painting
- Portraiture
- Sculptural ceramics
- Seasonal workshops