CRAFT WORKSHOPS.
Unleash Your Family’s Creativity at Cyprus Craft Centre & Beyond
Break your routine with our craft workshops at Cyprus Craft / Art Retreat. Solo or with friends :- connect and create.
Aug 16 2026
Sept 20 2026
Oct 18 2026
Nov 15 2026
Dec 13 2026
For private events, contact us to arrange a custom workshop.
Educating adults, entertaining children - Family Workshop
Educating adults, entertaining children - Family Workshop
Educating adults, entertaining children - Family Workshop
The Vasilikos River Watershed is under a silent siege from
macro- and micro-plastics—wearing car tyres, fly-tipping, abandoned farm plastics and hunting waste are choking its life.
Yet, young people, engrossed in social media, remain unaware that their future is being eroded right before their eyes. Instagram dominates, TikTok captiv
The Vasilikos River Watershed is under a silent siege from
macro- and micro-plastics—wearing car tyres, fly-tipping, abandoned farm plastics and hunting waste are choking its life.
Yet, young people, engrossed in social media, remain unaware that their future is being eroded right before their eyes. Instagram dominates, TikTok captivates.
This workshop uses ceramic to make turtles. Participants then paint these turtles. The workshop is supported by an educational video.
The hero of the workshop is Christos. Read his story. Click here.
Workshop Leader - Emma
Educating adults, entertaining children - Family Workshop
Educating adults, entertaining children - Family Workshop
Your workshop will be led by
Emma Adreou who is the director of crafts at Cyprus Art Retreat.
Emma has a natural ability to simultanoeously lead groups of varying experience and ages.
Read the story of a Cyprus Turtle named Christos. Click here.
Your Workshop
Educating adults, entertaining children - Family Workshop
Your Workshop
Through understanding the effects of microplastics on turtles off the south coast of Cyprus.
This workshop is designed to both share the message of the dangers of micro-plastics and ignite awareness and inspire action from content creators who have a passion for the environment to create children's animated videos to help restore the wa
Through understanding the effects of microplastics on turtles off the south coast of Cyprus.
This workshop is designed to both share the message of the dangers of micro-plastics and ignite awareness and inspire action from content creators who have a passion for the environment to create children's animated videos to help restore the watershed's health—because safeguarding our environment is safeguarding our future.
Spoon Carving Workshop
Spoon Carving Workshop
Spoon Carving Workshop
Spoon carving is one of very few craft skills which can be traced historically through virtually all civilisations across the world. There is evidence of spoons carved out of mammoth ivory from 20,000 years ago. Wooden spoons have been discovered dating back 3000 to 4000 years. Romans used both wooden and metal spoons, and wooden spoons w
Spoon carving is one of very few craft skills which can be traced historically through virtually all civilisations across the world. There is evidence of spoons carved out of mammoth ivory from 20,000 years ago. Wooden spoons have been discovered dating back 3000 to 4000 years. Romans used both wooden and metal spoons, and wooden spoons were used by Anglo Saxons and Vikings. There is still a well-respected tradition of wooden spoon carving in Scandinavia to this day. In Cyprus there is a long established tradition of wood carving which includes furniture, religious art and practical domestic items such as spoons.
Through our wooden spoon carving workshops we aim to keep that tradition alive and current. We hope that all those who take part in our workshop will have the opportunity to experience practicing a traditional craft using, as far as is possible, traditional tools and will leave with a greater understanding of the skills involved in this ancient craft.
You will start the workshop by selecting a piece of ‘raw wood’ and end with a personalised spoon, created by you, which reflects your design based on the grain and patterns in your piece of wood.
Workshop Leader
Spoon Carving Workshop
Spoon Carving Workshop
Woodcarving Workshop dates for 2026
Aug 16 2026
Sept 20 2026
Oct 18 2026
Nov 15 2026
Dec 13 2026
Your workshop will be led by Tony Holdich, who lives in a local village in the foothills of the Troodos Mountains. Tony carves wooden spoons as well as other practical and decorative items. Tony also builds traditional wooden long bows and makes arr
Woodcarving Workshop dates for 2026
Aug 16 2026
Sept 20 2026
Oct 18 2026
Nov 15 2026
Dec 13 2026
Your workshop will be led by Tony Holdich, who lives in a local village in the foothills of the Troodos Mountains. Tony carves wooden spoons as well as other practical and decorative items. Tony also builds traditional wooden long bows and makes arrows. He also works in stained glass including making stained glass windows.
Call Emma on 95 502870 to book.
Your Workshop
Spoon Carving Workshop
Your Workshop
At the start of the workshop you will be able to select from a range of different woods one which you want to use to create your spoon. All the woods are sustainably sourced from local trees, are none-toxic and include walnut, olive, citrus, strawberry wood, and carob. You can choose to use one of a number of templates based on traditiona
At the start of the workshop you will be able to select from a range of different woods one which you want to use to create your spoon. All the woods are sustainably sourced from local trees, are none-toxic and include walnut, olive, citrus, strawberry wood, and carob. You can choose to use one of a number of templates based on traditional styles for your design or follow your own inspiration based on the grain and patterns in your chosen wood. During the workshop you will learn to use traditional wood carving tools, a carving axe, sloyd knife, hook or spoon knife, gouge, burnishing stone or deer antler. Food safe woods and oils will also be explained to enable you to protect your finished spoon.
Throughout the workshop Tony will give individual advice on how to work successfully with the grain of the wood and how to incorporate knots and flaws into your design.
At the end of the workshop you will have your own, personal hand crafted spoon to take home and treasure.
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Mosiac - Family Workshop
Mosiac - Family Workshop
Mosiac - Family Workshop
Prepare to be amazed—bring your creativity, curiosity, and just a dash of imagination, because we’re about to embark on an extraordinary journey into the world of mosaics! You’re invited to be part of something truly magical. Whether you’re a seasoned mosaic artist or this is your very first time, this hands-on adventure promises pure del
Prepare to be amazed—bring your creativity, curiosity, and just a dash of imagination, because we’re about to embark on an extraordinary journey into the world of mosaics! You’re invited to be part of something truly magical. Whether you’re a seasoned mosaic artist or this is your very first time, this hands-on adventure promises pure delight for everyone from age 3 to 103. Imagine the thrill as you piece together vibrant fragments into dazzling patterns—what an unforgettable experience awaits!
But that’s not all—the wonders of mosaic-making go far beyond its beauty. Did you know that creating mosaics can supercharge your brain? It sharpens focus, sparks creativity, boosts memory and attention, and hones problem-solving skills in ways that are nothing short of astonishing. It even strengthens mathematical thinking and awakens all your senses at once! As if that weren’t enough, working with these tiny pieces improves fine motor skills while melting away stress through its soothing rhythm.
And the history behind mosaics is absolutely awe-inspiring! Picture this: artists have been crafting these enduring masterpieces for over 5,000 years—since ancient Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC! Mosaics have adorned temples and palaces from Greece and Rome to early Christian basilicas and Byzantine wonders. The invention of tesserae—those perfectly cut little cubes—revolutionized what was possible in art.
So come join us for a fun-filled experience where every piece tells a story across millennia. Let’s create something timeless together—you won’t want to miss it!
Workshop Leader -Emma
Mosiac - Family Workshop
Mosiac - Family Workshop
Your workshop will be led by
Emma Adreou who is the director of crafts at Cyprus Art Retreat.
Emma has a natural ability to simultanoeously lead groups of varying experience and ages.
Your Workshop
Mosiac - Family Workshop
Your Workshop
Are you ready to unleash your creativity in a unique and inspiring setting? Join us at the Cyprus Art Retreat for our Mosaic Workshop, where both adults together with their children can learn the art of mosaic crafting under the guidance of our talented Gallery director. After a fulfilling morning of creating, enjoy a delicious lunch at C
Are you ready to unleash your creativity in a unique and inspiring setting? Join us at the Cyprus Art Retreat for our Mosaic Workshop, where both adults together with their children can learn the art of mosaic crafting under the guidance of our talented Gallery director. After a fulfilling morning of creating, enjoy a delicious lunch at Chloe’s Kitchen, surrounded by new friends and family. For just €40 for adults and €15 for children, after lunch we will return to the gallery to finish the mosaic masterpiece. You’ll take home not only your mosaic showpiece but also unforgettable memories
Relief Wood Carving
Workshop Leader - Zak
Workshop Leader - Zak
Relief wood carving is a technique where figures, patterns, or images are carved into a flat wooden panel, making them appear raised or three-dimensional against a lowered background. It acts as a 3D picture, using depth and shadows to create texture, commonly used for decorative plaques, landscapes, and signs.
Workshop Leader - Zak
Workshop Leader - Zak
Workshop Leader - Zak
Passionate crafter fueled by creativity—especially with wood!
Zack is a proud Cyprus Art Retreat alum and dedicated to sharing skills with kids and adults of all abilities. Let’s make something awesome together!
Your Workshop
Workshop Leader - Zak
Your Workshop
Core Styles
Relief carvings are primarily categorized by their depth and the prominence of the subject:
- Low Relief (Bas-relief): The design is only slightly raised from the surface, creating subtle shadows. This is common for coins and decorative furniture panels.
- High Relief (Alto-rilievo): More than 50% of the subject's mass projects from
Core Styles
Relief carvings are primarily categorized by their depth and the prominence of the subject:
- Low Relief (Bas-relief): The design is only slightly raised from the surface, creating subtle shadows. This is common for coins and decorative furniture panels.
- High Relief (Alto-rilievo): More than 50% of the subject's mass projects from the background, creating deep shadows and a dramatic, sculptural effect.
- Deep Relief: Carvings reaching a depth of more than 2 inches, often involving several layers of design.
- Pierced Relief: Sections of the wood are carved completely through the panel, creating a lace-like or see-through effect.
- Sunken (Intaglio) Relief: The design is carved below the original surface rather than raised above it, a style famously used in ancient Egyptian art.
The Process
The artist creates the illusion of depth by lowering the background (often called the "ground") to make the subject appear elevated.
- Transfer: A pattern is transferred onto a flat board.
- Lining in: The artist makes "stop cuts" or outlines around the design to protect it.
- Grounding: Waste wood is removed from the background areas to the desired depth.
- Modeling: The subject is shaped and detailed to create layers and perspective.
Making Recycled Paper and Charcoal - Family Workshop
Making Recycled Paper and Charcoal - Family Workshop
Making Recycled Paper and Charcoal - Family Workshop
How can you ignite your family’s creativity and make a real difference for our planet? Imagine starting with simple household scraps and ending up with a true masterpiece! Our workshops on recycling paper and making charcoal are more than just classes—they’re gateways to unlocking valuable skills, empowering you to turn everyday waste fro
How can you ignite your family’s creativity and make a real difference for our planet? Imagine starting with simple household scraps and ending up with a true masterpiece! Our workshops on recycling paper and making charcoal are more than just classes—they’re gateways to unlocking valuable skills, empowering you to turn everyday waste from your home, garden, or office into something truly extraordinary.
Creating new paper and art charcoal at home is not only easier than working from raw materials but also so much better for the world around us. By recycling paper and making your own charcoal, you’re protecting precious trees and forests, conserving water and energy, cutting down on pollution and greenhouse gases, reducing landfill waste, supporting sustainable development—and keeping the natural cycle of renewal alive.
The possibilities are endless: recycled paper can become notebooks for your thoughts, craft paper for your projects, tissues for comfort, napkins for gatherings—even packaging like pizza boxes or newsprint. Every single effort matters. Together as families at Cyprus Art Retreat’s Family’s Creativity workshops, let’s transform small actions into powerful change—for ourselves and our planet!
Workshop Leader - Emma
Making Recycled Paper and Charcoal - Family Workshop
Making Recycled Paper and Charcoal - Family Workshop
Your workshop will be led by
Emma Adreou who is the director of crafts at Cyprus Art Retreat.
Emma has a natural ability to simultanoeously lead groups of varying experience and ages.
Your Workshop
Making Recycled Paper and Charcoal - Family Workshop
Your Workshop
Join us at the Cyprus Art Retreat in the charming village of Agioi Vavatsinia to explore your creativity in a breathtaking setting. This inspiring day offers a diverse range of art activities for all ages, including captivating workshops on paper-making and charcoal creation, followed up by drawing.
Families, couples, and individuals will
Join us at the Cyprus Art Retreat in the charming village of Agioi Vavatsinia to explore your creativity in a breathtaking setting. This inspiring day offers a diverse range of art activities for all ages, including captivating workshops on paper-making and charcoal creation, followed up by drawing.
Families, couples, and individuals will learn to create eco-friendly materials while developing artistic skills in a supportive environment. Enjoy a delightful lunch at Chloe’s Kitchen featuring local flavours. For just €40, leave with new skills and a stunning charcoal sketch on your own eco-friendly paper as a memento. This retreat isn’t just an event; it’s an opportunity to make lasting memories with fellow art enthusiasts. Come, let your creativity flourish in Cyprus!
Bee Hotel workshop
Workshop Leader - Zak
Workshop Leader - Zak
Solitary bees are nothing short of extraordinary! Imagine—a dazzling array of 200 unique species, each living independently without colonies, queens, or honey production like their honeybee and bumblebee cousins. Their daily mission? To pollinate flowers and quite literally keep our world alive. It’s awe-inspiring to realize that only the
Solitary bees are nothing short of extraordinary! Imagine—a dazzling array of 200 unique species, each living independently without colonies, queens, or honey production like their honeybee and bumblebee cousins. Their daily mission? To pollinate flowers and quite literally keep our world alive. It’s awe-inspiring to realize that only the females take on the monumental tasks of building nests and gathering pollen and nectar, while males exist solely to ensure the next generation.
These gentle marvels are remarkably non-aggressive, with stings so mild—or even absent—that they pose no threat at all. How incredible is it that such delicate beings play such a vital role in maintaining the beauty around us?
From every corner of humanity—single-parent families to bustling multi-generational homes—let’s join together in heartfelt gratitude for these tiny guardians. Let’s honor them by building welcoming bee hotels or safe havens, especially as their natural shelters like old trees and hollow stems vanish amidst new construction. What an amazing way to give back to those who quietly sustain our world!
Workshop Leader - Zak
Workshop Leader - Zak
Workshop Leader - Zak
Passionate crafter fueled by creativity—especially with wood!
Zack is a proud Cyprus Art Retreat alum and dedicated to sharing skills with kids and adults of all abilities. Let’s make something awesome together!
Your Workshop
Workshop Leader - Zak
Your Workshop
No more bored kids or disconnected moments-our workshop sparks laughter, teamwork, and pride in creation. Watch grandparents and grandkids collaborate on projects they will treasure forever! Experience a day in the picturesque Agioi Vavatsinia, located in the Larnaca mountains along the official Larnaca Bee Route.
This program offers a uni
No more bored kids or disconnected moments-our workshop sparks laughter, teamwork, and pride in creation. Watch grandparents and grandkids collaborate on projects they will treasure forever! Experience a day in the picturesque Agioi Vavatsinia, located in the Larnaca mountains along the official Larnaca Bee Route.
This program offers a unique opportunity for both adults and children to connect with nature and understand the crucial role that bees play in our ecosystem.
The “Bee Hotel” protects solitary bees and teaches kindness toward an almost invisible soul. The workshop provides a hands-on experience where older participants, together with their younger children, can assemble a bee hotel and personalize it with decorations. Whilst the youngest are engaged in drawing a Bee.
The cost for the workshop is €50 per adult and an additional €20 for each child under 10 years, making it an affordable option for families. A welcoming coffee and, later, a delicious lunch at Chloe's Kitchen are included.
This experience boosts creativity, develops skills for solitary bees conservation, and builds lasting memories while raising environmental awareness.Join us for an educational and enjoyable day!
***Clay modelling or sculpting***
***Clay modelling or sculpting***
***Clay modelling or sculpting***
Working with clay connects us to the ancient history of the Earth and highlights its lasting importance in human culture and artistry.
Learning to sculpt or model from clay can enhance hand-eye coordination. It develops better observational skills, spatial awareness, symmetry, and measurement. By creating something new, we uncover our tru
Working with clay connects us to the ancient history of the Earth and highlights its lasting importance in human culture and artistry.
Learning to sculpt or model from clay can enhance hand-eye coordination. It develops better observational skills, spatial awareness, symmetry, and measurement. By creating something new, we uncover our true selves and cultivate the art of balancing controlled and spontaneous movements.
Ceramics is an incredible canvas for self-expression! It’s a vibrant way to unleash your creativity and bring your unique visions to life.
Workshop Leader - Emma
***Clay modelling or sculpting***
***Clay modelling or sculpting***
Your workshop will be led by
Emma Adreou who is the director of crafts at Cyprus Art Retreat.
Emma has a natural ability to simultanoeously lead groups of varying experience and ages.
Your Workshop
***Clay modelling or sculpting***
Your Workshop
Are you looking for a meaningful way to nurture your child's creativity? Our Children's Ceramic Workshop at the enchanting Cyprus Art Retreat offers kids aged 5 to 12 a unique opportunity to explore pottery under the guidance of our Gallery director.
While parents enjoy their own activities, children will unleash their imagination, creati
Are you looking for a meaningful way to nurture your child's creativity? Our Children's Ceramic Workshop at the enchanting Cyprus Art Retreat offers kids aged 5 to 12 a unique opportunity to explore pottery under the guidance of our Gallery director.
While parents enjoy their own activities, children will unleash their imagination, creating and decorating their very own art piece, all while making new friends. For just €30, including a delicious lunch at Chloe's Kitchen, give your child an unforgettable day of creativity and joy!
Building Birdhouse - Family Workshop
Building Birdhouse - Family Workshop
Building Birdhouse - Family Workshop
The workshop is designed around the family. It allows the family to spend quality time together, exploring new skills and potentially using tools for the first time.
Refreshments and a hearty lunch are included in the workshop fee.
The first use of man-made birdhouses in history was around the 15th - 16th century. In Eastern Europe, birdhou
The workshop is designed around the family. It allows the family to spend quality time together, exploring new skills and potentially using tools for the first time.
Refreshments and a hearty lunch are included in the workshop fee.
The first use of man-made birdhouses in history was around the 15th - 16th century. In Eastern Europe, birdhouses were built for sparrows and swallows during the pre-Ottoman period. They were made of bricks, tiles, wood, stone and mortar.there is a long established.
Unfortunately, in the bird world, there aren't always enough holes to go around. That's where birdhouses (also known as nest boxes) come in. They provide valuable homes for many birds and wonderful viewing opportunities for birdwatchers.
The workshop is an ideal family outing. We encourage Family participation and is suitable for families with children from 7 years old.
Workshop Leader - Zak
Building Birdhouse - Family Workshop
Building Birdhouse - Family Workshop
Passionate crafter fueled by creativity—especially with wood!
Zack is a proud Cyprus Art Retreat alum and dedicated to sharing skills with kids and adults of all abilities. Let’s make something awesome together!
Your Workshop
Building Birdhouse - Family Workshop
Your Workshop
At the start of the workshop you will be able to select all the pieces required to create your birdhouses. All the woods are non-toxic and the process includes painting and assembling the birdbox. You will be able to introduce tools to family members who may not have used these before. We encourage the family to work together as a team.
At the start of the workshop you will be able to select all the pieces required to create your birdhouses. All the woods are non-toxic and the process includes painting and assembling the birdbox. You will be able to introduce tools to family members who may not have used these before. We encourage the family to work together as a team.
During the workshop you will learn to use traditional simple wood working tools safely.
Throughout the workshop Tim will give individual advice on how to work successfully with the wood.
The cost for the workshop is €50 per adult and an additional €20 for each child under 10 years, making it an affordable option for families. A welcoming coffee and, later, a delicious lunch at Chloe's Kitchen are included.
At the end of the workshop each participant will have their own hand crafted bird box to take home and install in their garden.