Workshops
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Friday 23rd October
2 hour workshops
Yasemin Wigglesworth - Cutsafinefigure
Tutor: Yasemin Wigglesworth
Date: Friday 23rd October
Time: 11.30am – 1.30pm
Venue: HOLST ROOM 1
Hand cut your own original design from paper using a scalpel. Each piece will be unique and entire, cut from a single sheet of paper.
Tickets: £12
Louise Watson - embroidery
Tutor: Louise Watson
Date: Friday 23rd October
Time: 2.00 pm - 4.00 pm
Venue: HOLST ROOM 1
Make a spotty needle case for storing your pins and needles, with a pocket in the back for a pair of spotty scissors. Learn some new stitches to decorate the appliquéd spots. All materials provided including a pair of scissors £6 per kit.
Tickets: £12
Liz Lippiatt – Stencil printed lavender hearts
Tutor: Liz Lippiatt
Date: Friday 23rd October
Time: 11.30am – 1.30pm
Venue: HOLST ROOM 2
Design and cut simple stencils, cut, paint and stitch beautiful lavender treasures.
Tickets: £12
Helen Taylor - Needle Felt
Tutor: Helen Taylor
Date: Friday 23rd October
Time: 2.00 pm – 4.00pm
Venue: HOLST ROOM 2
A Semi-Sculpted Picture of a Bird or Insect with Berries or Flowers Inspired by the Traditional Chinese School of Art. Using the needle-felting technique, participants will ‘sketch with wool’ an image of a bird or insect in amongst flowers or berries onto a piece of felt. Learn how to sculpt the Bird or Insect out of wool before applying colour to their pictures with Merino wool and silk. Participants are welcome to bring pictures along for inspiration. No prior needle-felting experience is necessary.
Tickets: £12
Saturday 24th October
All Day Workshops
Jane Ponsford - Paper Making
Tutor: Jane Ponsford
Date: Saturday 24th October
Time: 10.30am – 4.30pm
Venue: HOLST ROOM 1
Join artist and papermaker, Jane Ponsford for a one-day hands-on papermaking workshop exploring textures and patterns to make a simple zig-zag or pamphlet book. The course will include using cotton rag pulps, casting and couching, laminating and embossing. We will use a Hollander beater and we will also explore processes that can be used at home.
Jane Ponsford will also give a short talk about her work and will invite you to participate in her latest project by making and dip dying a sheet of paper.
SUITABLE FOR ALL
Tickets: £ 55.00 Concessions £35.00
Gizella Warburton – Drawing with paper, cloth & textiles
2 day workshop
Tutor: Gizella Warburton
Date: Saturday 24th October - Sunday 25th October
Time: 10.30am – 4.30pm
Venue: HOLST ROOM 2
During this two day workshop participants will be encouraged to ‘draw’ in different ways.
A series of exercises designed to explore observation, expression and reflection will involve experimental ways of making marks and developing surfaces. We will also consider collage and layering processes in relation to two- and three- dimensional compositions.
The sessions will offer possibilities for all levels with opportunities for individual exploration, alongside supportive mentoring and shared inspiration. Activities are designed to encourage participants to notice detail, challenge usual approaches, and be aware of their creative responses; developing the confidence to take risks with their ideas and nurture their own artistic voice.
Tickets: £ 85.00 Concessions £45.00
