Design Textiles & Craft

Design, Print, Stitch

Sat 01 Jun 2019 — Sat 06 Jul 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 creating a multilayered work. Make cushion covers, and artwork to stretch over a frame or a series of smaller sample pieces.

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Painting

Oil Painting for Beginners – Developing Techniques

Sun 02 Jun 2019 — Sun 07 Jul 2019

Desmond Sweeney beg

Learn how to work with oil paint and gain an understanding of how form and tone are developed when painting with this exciting medium. With plenty of demonstrations and tutor guidance students will work on a painting over 6 weeks and choose from subject matter of still life or portraiture.

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Ceramics & Sculpture

A Day on the Wheel (2 June)

Sun 02 Jun 2019

Kim Gillespie beg

Never tried ceramics before? Want to know how it works? This workshop is an introduction to the specialised art of throwing on the pottery wheel. Have fun learning a new skill under a tutor's expert guidance

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Performing Arts

Intermediate Ukulele

Sun 02 Jun 2019 — Sun 16 Jun 2019

Meredith Higgins int

Take your ukulele playing to the next level. Learn movable chords and advanced strumming techniques which will have you playing a repertoire of songs spanning musical genres. This relaxed, interactive course is open to students from the beginner course or new students with some ukulele experience.

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Drawing & Printmaking

Etching – The Next Step

Wed 05 Jun 2019 — Wed 03 Jul 2019

Shana James int

Have you tried etching before and want to continue with the process or feel you need a refresher? This course is a great follow on for beginners who have gained some knowledge of this traditional technique and want to push themselves a bit further.

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Drawing & Printmaking

Linocut -The Next Step

Wed 05 Jun 2019 — Wed 03 Jul 2019

Shana James int

Now you have mastered some techniques, come and experiment with adapting different images for linocut, colour and push your skills a little further. A great class for students with a little linocut experience and those who have completed the Step-by-Step Linocut class. With plenty of tutor guidance and demonstrations this is a great way continue your printmaking passion.

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Drawing & Printmaking

Calligraphy

Sat 08 Jun 2019

Jenessa King begint

Calligraphy has a long history. Learn the basic techniques of this ancient practice and take home a new skill which can be used to create unique cards and stationary.

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Ceramics & Sculpture

Illuminate Ceramics

Sun 09 Jun 2019 — Sun 30 Jun 2019

Sandra Black begint

Create beautiful translucent vessels for candles and light using porcelain clay. Learn handbuilding and slip cast techniques to create your forms. Explore decorative processes such as piercing, carving, inlay, shellac and acrylic wash to create a translucent surface that light will shine through.

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Ceramics & Sculpture

Simple Mould Making NEW

Mon 10 Jun 2019 — Mon 01 Jul 2019

Sandra Black begint

Learn easy techniques for making simple two piece moulds suitable for slip casting or handbuilding. Make open or closed forms from clay models or found forms. Be guided through correct plaster mixing and application to models and in mould decorative techniques.

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