Workshops
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We offer a wide variety of craft workshops available at the gallery and outreach venues such as schools, community centres.
Suitable for the complete beginner right through to masterclass and professional development level.
We also offer a schools programme aimed at supporting teachers in delivering their art and design curriculum.
We welcome visits from school groups and can provide free talks about the craft made by our guild members and about the work within our special exhibitions.
All of our workshops are delivered by professional artists.
Drop-in craft sessions, arty parties and tailor made workshops are also available. Please contact us for more information.
You can book online or telephone 029 2048 4611 for further details or to make a booking.
Suitable for the complete beginner right through to masterclass and professional development level.
We also offer a schools programme aimed at supporting teachers in delivering their art and design curriculum.
We welcome visits from school groups and can provide free talks about the craft made by our guild members and about the work within our special exhibitions.
All of our workshops are delivered by professional artists.
Drop-in craft sessions, arty parties and tailor made workshops are also available. Please contact us for more information.
You can book online or telephone 029 2048 4611 for further details or to make a booking.
Upcoming 2019 Workshops
Working with Natural Dyes in Textiles, with Claire Cawte
£95.00
Only a few left!
Saturday 19th October
10:00 - 15:00
Explore the spectrum of colours from natural dyes, with an introduction to our foraged garden and hedgerow plants and berries learn about colourfast, fugitive and substantive dyes. Mordant’s to prepare and modifiers to enhance there are endless ways to achieve colour from plant matter to dye your fabric in the most natural and delicate way.
Hand Embroidery with Susan Smith
£80.00
Saturday 26th October
10:30 - 16:30
Explore the world of hand embroidery and discover a wealth of stitches - straight, chain, crossed or knotted - and see how these can be used to give different effects to make a small, individual embroidery, using what you have learned to outline and fill areas of cloth. Students can select from a variety of motifs (researched on a recent visit to Finland) or bring their own inspiration.
Suitable for all levels, including beginners.
Wool Works textiles workshop with Alison Moger
£80.00
Sunday 27th October
10:30 - 16:30Alison will begin with a demonstration of free stitching with a sewing machine. She will base the workshop around folklore and legends so you are invited to bring along any images, poems or short stories that are familiar to you and from which you can base your design. Alison will help you with stitching techniques to create a personally stitched textile work ready to be framed.
Please note that each person should have a sewing machine that is able to drop the feed dogs and have a quilting foot attachment. It is a good idea to bring along a sketch book or paper and pencils to make quick sketches of ideas before starting the stitched piece. Ideally you should bring a square piece of reasonable weight linen, wool, calico or cotton about 12x12inches or more for the background, along with sewing threads and needles, also fabrics that have sentimental value or an interest to them. (Alison will have fabric available on the day for a small charge) also sewing hoop if you would rather work on the machine in this way.
Suitable for all levels but should know how to use a sewing machine.
Stitch in Time for Christmas with Susan Smith
£45.00
Saturday 2nd November
10:30 - 13:00
Make your own Christmas decorations from fabric & thread then decorate them with hand stitch and embellishments such as beads and sequins. You will be guided through the processes of construction and decoration using a variety of threads and popular embroidery stitches.
All materials will be supplied; just turn up with a basic sewing kit (sharp scissors, needles and pins) and any embellishments you may particularly wish to use.
Suitable for all levels including beginners.
Fun with Clay, Billy Adams
£45.00
Only a few left!
Sunday 3rd November 2019
10:30 - 12:30
Suitable for beginners this second morning session with Billy will explore further hand building and decoration techniques, how to finish your pots through turning on the wheel and give you further opportunities to develop your skills. Attending the Saturday session isn't compulsory. Billy will tailor the workshops to the individuals on the day - so whether you are a complete novice or have had a little experience with clay then these fun, relaxed sessions are for you!
All materials will be provided. Aprons available. Work can be fired at Craft in the Bay to be collected approximately two weeks later.
Stitched 'Selfies' with Alison Taylor
£80.00
Sunday 3rd November
10:30 - 16:30
Create mixed-media self-portraits that reveal the person behind the likeness. You may wish to adorn yourself before taking photographic selfies for research and bring a mirror to the session for drawing studies. These will translate into textiles using collage, needle punching and hand stitching. Collect a series of familiar objects with personal meaning such as family heirlooms, a holiday souvenir, old photographs, magazine cuttings, internet imagery. Using symbolism and metaphor to create a story, the portraits can be deep and meaningful, frivolous and whimsical, political and opinionated or simply decorative and ornate but above all they must reveal!
Suitable for all levels.
Christmas Wreath Paper Art with Danielle Sullivan
£45.00
Only a few left!
Sunday 10th November
10:30 - 13:00
Create a stunning wreath for your festive decorations this year. Danielle will teach you how to cut and fold different cards and papers to form your flowers and leaves for your wreath. Great skills to apply to other paper craft projects at home too!
Danielle created a wonderful installation of flowers in our gallery foyer in 2018 - you may have seen it on your visit - or perhaps bought one of her exquisite paper sculptures from our Christmas Show.
Due to high demand this workshop is also available on Sunday 17th November, 10:30 - 13:00 Book now to guarantee your place!
Wood Engraved Christmas Cards with Kath Littler
£45.00
Saturday 16th November
10:30 - 13:00
A great workshop as a taster to the art of wood engraving and as an opportunity for you to create cards to your own design this year for Christmas or other occassions. Kath Littler will show you how to use the engraving tools to make a variety of line, texture and tonal shading. She will show you how to make prints from your woodblock, adapt your design until completion and make a small collection of prints to take home.
Kath will provide the equipment and materials for the day and will let you have the information on where to buy materials to enable you to continue this fascinating craft at home. Please bring with you some ideas for your card design - this needs to be fairly simple, having an area of black and white and 2-3 tones in between. The block will be around 5 x 7 cms in size so keep this in mind when thinking about your design. It would be helpful if you could also bring a flat paperback to support the block whilst cutting.
Porcelain Christmas Decorations with Paul Taylor
£45.00
Only a few left!
Sunday 17th November
10:30 - 13:00
A fun morning of learning how to create your own porcelain decorations with guild member Paul Taylor. Using techniques of pressed decoration you can build up low relief pattern and texture to create stunning porcelain designs that are perfect for the tree or as unique gift tags.
All materials will be provided and work will be fired at the gallery ready for collection within two weeks of the workshop.
Christmas Wreath Paper Art with Danielle Sullivan
£45.00
Only a few left!
Sunday 17th November
10:30 - 13:00
Create a stunning wreath for your festive decorations this year. Danielle will teach you how to cut and fold different cards and papers to form your flowers and leaves for your wreath. Great skills to apply to other paper craft projects at home too!
Danielle created a wonderful installation of flowers in our gallery foyer in 2018 - you may have seen it on your visit - or perhaps bought one of her exquisite paper sculptures from our Christmas Show.
Bobbin Lace with Symone Pain
£80.00
Saturday 23rd November
10:30 - 16:30
Try your hand at the historical craft of lacemaking in this workshop for beginners. Bobbin Lace is a hand-crafted textile art created by weaving threads using bobbins on a lace maker’s pillow.
You will discover the origins of bobbin lace, how to set-up a lace pillow and prepare bobbins by threading for lace making. You will be shown how to construct the core stitches in lace making, and receive one-to-one support and guidance to create your own Torchon Ground lace sampler.
All specialist lace making equipment and threads will be provided. You will need to bring steel/metal pins and a pair of fabric scissors, or thread snips. Other additional useful equipment to bring along, if you have them, are a pin cushion and pearl headed pins.
Drawing with Nature - Amanda Blake
£60.00
Saturday 30th November
11:00 - 16:00
Introduction to working with natural raw materials from traditional, ancient painting and drawing techniques.
The day will include an artist’s talk and introduction to particular materials used in traditional painting and drawing techniques, including egg tempera, gesso and fresco. Exploring their natural luminosity and richly tactile qualities and how they can be used in observational, experimental and conceptual ways to deepen our connection with Nature and the land.
The afternoon workshop will involve working with materials such as Oak Gall ink, natural rock Sinopia and pigments, Silverpoint and Graphite on natural gesso grounds and handmade khadi paper. Participants will also come away with knowledge and recipes for making their own inks and mediums for furthering their use and understanding of these materials.
Would suit artists and those interested who have experience of drawing, painting or making. No prior experience of gesso or the materials needed.
Participants to bring own sketchbooks, watercolour brushes and pencils.