We have a truly exciting range of Saturday workshops for adults. These are popular so please book a week in advance with the gallery on 01572 725904 or email.
For details of our special children's Arts Club events click here
CONTEMPORARY LIFE DRAWING - with Nicholas Boon.
Every Monday night in the art room 6.30pm – 9pm. £80 (£70 concs).
Inspirational and progressive tutor Nicholas Boon, will nurture complete beginners and stretch more advanced artists to create complex images over the 10 week course. For adults. Bookings for Autumn taken now.
Click to view our students' work from the last life drawing course.
Saturday 5 May and Sunday 19th May
10am – 4pm. £50/£45 pp.
Day 1: 5th May - Making Vases in Clay - you will be led through different approaches to making vases using throwing and slab-building techniques. These pots will be dried and biscuit fired here at the college ready for smoke firing on day 2.
Day 2: 19th May - Smoke Firing - we will build a simple sawdust kiln, in which we will smoke a number of the pots you made at the previous workshop overnight - you can collect them on Sunday at 2.00pm. We will also use a number of other combustibles and more immediate smoking techniques that you can experiment with on your remaining pots.
All pots for the smoke firing should be biscuit fired - do bring extras with you if you have some you are happy to experiment with.
Day 1 is not necessary for more advanced potters. Cost £30/£28pp
Saturday 12 May,
10am – 4pm. £30/£28pp
Create beautiful porcelain beads and brooches, decorating them with hand-made glazes
Saturday 26th May 2007
10am – 4pm Fee: £30 / £28 per person
Please book a week in advance on 01572 725904 or email.
Saturday 2nd June 2007
10am-4pm Fee: £30/£28
Choose an emotion, a quotation, or an image that speaks to you. You will follow simple steps to pull out its essence in colour and texture. Using small scraps of fabric, a range of threads, and many cross stitches you will build a textured grid. You will explore the excitement and richness that can be achieved using one colour and one stitch.
Please book a week in advance on 01572 725904 or email.
Saturday 9th June 2007
10am – 4pm. Meet gallery 9.45-10am
Fee: £30/£28. Workshop in Textile Room. End 4pm
Create a textile artwork, using screen print, embroidery and appliqué.
1: We will begin the workshop by silk screen printing blocks of colour and pattern onto lengths of cotton. This will teach everyone the technique of screen printing. These fabrics will be used for the bases of our artworks.
2: We will photocopy the photographs to make a4 or a3 size images. Using tracing paper we will trace over the figurative image and produce a line drawing. This will be our pattern for making the fabric base.
3: Using pens and bondaweb we will draw over the image to produce detailed shapes.
4: We will each select a colour palette of our choice using the fabrics provided, fabrics we have printed and fabrics that we have each brought along. We will iron the bondaweb pieces onto the fabrics and cut them out. We will use our tracing paper plan to place the pieces on the background fabric; then iron them down.
5: Machine and hand embroidery will be used to add texture and linear detail.
6: Once finished we the pieces will be ironed flat and stretched across a wooden frame, using a staple gun.
7: The piece is now finished and ready for any exhibition!Please book a week in advance on 01572 725904 or email.
Saturday 16th June 2007
10am – 4pm Fee: £30 / £28
Meet Gallery at 9.45-10am.
Held in the Textile Room. Ends 4pm
We will draw inspiration from the wealth of pattern found in traditional designs from Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey. There are endless combinations of patterns and colour that produce visually exciting results. These are found in carpets, embroidery, architectural detail and tiles. Inspiration materials for designs will be provided in the form of stitched textiles and illustrations.
The techniques learnt are easy to achieve, and will include layered appliqué, encouraging torn and frayed edges, combined with an embellishment of free machine embroidery, and a good mix of bright colour. Techniques will be demonstrated in easy to follow stages.
By the end of the day you will have a piece of work that can be made up into a small wall hanging or framed panel.Please book a week in advance on 01572 725904 or email.
Saturday 23 June 2007
10am – 4pmFee: £33 / £30 pp
Meet Gallery at 9.45-10am. Ends 4pm
Dry point is a direct intaglio technique. The tool usually used is a sharp tool with a steel point. Varying the pressure on the tool causes a variation in the depth and width of the lines that after printing will yield a more or less rich effect on paper. Tone can also be gained with the use of wire wool or sandpaper. In this technique, the burrs created by the pressure of the point are left to hold the ink, giving a soft, thick printed line which is the main characteristic of this style.
The outcome of the day will be most valuably learning about printing in general and specifically how to make a dry point print, and taking home a professionally executed print.Please book a week in advance on 01572 725904 or email.
Saturday 30th June 2007
10am – 4pm Fee: £30/£28
Meet gallery 9.45-10am
Workshop in Graphics Room. End 4pm
In one day transform your own digital photographs from plain images into striking graphics works using a MAC computer program called Photoshop.
This workshop is designed to provide you with the basic instructions in how to use this versatile program.
Please book a week in advance on 01572 725904 or email.
Saturday 30th June and 7th July 2007
10am – 4pm Fee: £60 / £55 per person
Make either a 1780s (left) or 1880s (right) corset over two days with fashion industry seamstress Abigail Haughton.
The course aims to give an elementary understanding of pattern construction and the satisfaction of coming away with a wearable wonderful corset.
A high level of accuracy and hand finish will be taught.
This course will require a high level of commitment from anyone wanting to do it and some experience would help.Please book a week in advance on 01572 725904 or email.
Painting Organics - with Debbie Boon
Saturday 7th July 2007
10am – 4pm. Meet gallery 9.45-10am
Workshop in Art Room. End 4pm
Using organic materials such as flowers, vegetables and fruit, as the subject, be led through the process of applying acrylic paint and mixed media to create a painting to take home.
Please provide your own packed lunch; coffee, tea & biscuits are supplied.
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