Design Textiles & Craft

Weaving the Recycled

Fiona Gavino begint

Using a range of recycled materials including old posters, maps and flexible plastic learn how to weave a number of small baskets and turn the recycled into something useful. Explore basketry techniques that can be used for a wide range of materials.

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Night Classes

Signwriting NEW

Desmond Sweeney begint

This class will take you through the basic tools, paints and processes of traditional signwriting. Learn about brush choice and control, basic colour theory and the techniques to start hand painted lettering and sign painting. After practicing the nuances of the delicate brush strokes, begin work on your own small panel.

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Painting

Acrylic Painting for Beginners (Saturdays)

Sat 26 Oct 2019 — Sat 30 Nov 2019

Leslee Rowlands begint

Discover the joys of painting with acrylics. Learn about colour, texture, shape and tone and how to combine these elements as well as developing your own style. Explore this medium in a relaxed and encouraging setting through a number of exercises guided by your tutor.

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Design Textiles & Craft

Design, Print, Stitch

Sat 26 Oct 2019 — Sat 30 Nov 2019

Angela Ferolla begint

Learn these great skills and how to put them all together in this exciting course. Create your design working from images or ideas that inspire you, combine printmaking techniques including screenprinting, monoprint and transfer and then embellish your work by stitching back into the design, resulting in a multi-layered work. Make cushion covers, artwork to stretch over a frame or a series of smaller sample pieces.

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Drawing & Printmaking

Linocut – Create & Print in 3 weeks

Sat 26 Oct 2019 — Sat 09 Nov 2019

Shana James begint

Discover the secrets of linocut printmaking. Learn how to adapt your image, carve your plate and print your image on different types of paper.

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Jewellery

Contemporary Silver Jewellery

Sat 26 Oct 2019 — Sat 30 Nov 2019

Nicole Lance begint

Learn the foundations of jewellery making including soldering, sawing, filing, riveting and creating textured surfaces in metal. Design and construct your own contemporary bracelets, rings, earrings or pendants in silver.

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Jewellery

Metal Casting Saturdays

Sat 26 Oct 2019 — Sat 30 Nov 2019

Nicole Lance begint

Discover the simple technique of cuttlebone casting and the art of lost wax casting, a process in which a mould is created out of wax, burnt away and then refilled with metal. Using wax mould–making techniques allows for fine detailing on a small scale, resulting in exquisite metal pieces.

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Photography

Digital Photography for Beginners

Sat 26 Oct 2019 — Sat 30 Nov 2019

Jacqueline Warrick beg

Discover the different elements of photography, exploring manual functions of a DSLR camera; composition, lighting, documentary, travel and studio photography skills. Jacqueline will introduce the camera from a beginners level and guide students from the practical to the creative, commercial and beyond. A perfect introduction to the camera and the many different paths photography can open.

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Creative Writing

The Short Story – The Art of Rearranging Words

Sat 26 Oct 2019 — Sat 30 Nov 2019

Brooke Dunnell begint

Learn how to create short stories which have impact through a mixture of reading, writing and discussing. Discover how short stories and flash fiction vary from other forms of writing. During the course, participants are encouraged to write their own short stories. This is a fun and highly informative course designed to enhance writing skills and boost confidence.

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Drawing & Printmaking

Beginners – Draw, Print, Paint (Saturdays)

Sat 26 Oct 2019 — Sat 30 Nov 2019

Shana James beg

Are you a complete beginner and not sure where to start? Then this course is perfect for you! Be introduced to three artistic methods – drawing, printmaking and painting. This is a great opportunity to develop some basic skills in an encouraging environment and identify your interests and strengths.

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Ceramics & Sculpture

An Introduction to Carving Porcelain NEW

Sat 26 Oct 2019

Sandra Black begint

Learn how to work with porcelain while discovering its unique qualities of whiteness, fine surface, translucency and strength. Be take through a number of carving techniques such as incising, piercing, cutting as well as applied decoration

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