​During the week, we provide a range of crafts workshops for differently-able adults and children, including mosaics, screen printing, 3-D modelling, etc. We also have a variety of workshops for the general public to attend, the income from which helps us to cover some of the running costs for our many services for differently-able people.

At our HQ in Harrogate, we have a beautiful fairtrade shop selling the crafts made by our artisans overseas, plus a crafts studio, office and packing area for online orders. Feel free to come and visit us, we'd love to show you around. We also have a premises around the corner on Cambridge Road, where our cafe is based, along with another crafts space.

Mosaics for Public Spaces  :  The HARROGATE LETTERS

Colourful ‘Harrogate letters’ brightening up town centre street, demonstrating the  brilliant skills and talents of differently-able people in our community 

Nine colourful letters, spelling out the word Harrogate, are now brightening up a drab town centre street.
 
The mosaics have been funded by Harrogate BID (Business Improvement District) and created by differently-abled artists at town centre charity, Artizan International, and are now adorning the side wall of the Boots building, on Cambridge Place.
 
Before the project started, The BID asked businesses and residents what they felt best symbolised the town. The responses, which included Bettys, cycling, Yorkshire Tea and The Stray, where then given to Douglas Thompson, local mosaic artist and freelance creative at Artizan, who came up with the individual designs.

Susie Hart MBE, Artizan International Founder said: “I would like to thank Douglas for doing such a fantastic job of designing the mosaics and working alongside our participants to make them. He put a huge amount of time, effort and inspiration into this project and our folk have absolutely loved working with him.  We'd also like to thank the Harrogate BID for giving us the opportunity to create something truly special for the town centre.  Our members and volunteers spent many hours creating each of the nine letters. They have taken great pride in their work, and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.”
 
Harrogate BID Chair Sara Ferguson said: “I’d like to thank the team at Artizan International for the work they have done in creating these stunning letters. “Now in place, the mosaics look absolutely fantastic, and they have given the much-used passage between Cambridge Street and Oxford Street a real lift. “This has been a fantastic partnership, the result of which is now bringing some much-needed colour to Cambridge Place at the same time as enhancing the area. And each time they journey along Cambridge Place, they will have the satisfaction of knowing they have made these letters which are now adding a positive contribution to the town centre.” 
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Local artist and regular Artizan workshop leader Douglas Thompson, working with our differently-able participants for many weeks to complete the project.
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School Mosaic Project

One of the many opportunities we provide for our members is reaching out to our communities and raising awareness of those living with disabilities.
We want people with disabilities to feel heard and appreciated and we know that the valuable messages we can pass on have a lasting effect on those involved in them. 
Our school mosaic project has successfully educated thousands of children and teaching staff all over Yorkshire about disabilities, and valuing those around us who may be different; as well as creating some stunning mosaics of course.
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If you would like your school to work with us please get in touch with us today!
Contact:
liz.cluderay@artizaninternational.org

Crafty Llama Workshops

​Our after school clubs for children with special educational needs, along with their siblings and carers has been running for over 2 years now with ever increasing numbers attending.
Look how creative and happy these beauties are! In a safe, friendly environment, our children have thrived. They have learnt many arts and crafts skills with us and continue to do so virtually throughout lockdown.