Northlight Art  

 

 

Summer Term 2017  

 

MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED LETTER WORKSHOP  with Helen Hayman         Saturday 24th June £60

Using 24-carat gold leaf and rich colours join our very own Calligrapher, Illuminator and Bookbinder, Helen Hayman, to create your own Medieval  Illuminated Letter just like the ones you see in ancient books and manuscripts. You will finish the day with a beautiful letter to take home and frame.

No writing or drawing skills are needed with lots of examples to look at and explore

 

LEATHER CRAFTS  WORKSHOPS  with Cathy Edwards  

Small friendly classes with a top professional leather worker

 

DAY WORKSHOP     Make a Leather Apron Sunday 16th July £75

Create your own made to measure leather apron.  Functional and practical, you will learn to cut, rivet, stamp, attach straps and studs to a variety of leather

 

Summer Term 2017

CONTEMPORARY WOODCUT PRINTMAKING  with Richard Wincer   Sat 14th Oct £60

Explore the potential of this contemporary approach to wood cut printmaking  

The expressive nature of wood will be explored and various cutting techniques explained.

Suitable for beginners too!

 

STAINED GLASS INTENSIVE WEELKEND COURSE with Karl Theobald

Sat/ Sun 21st/22nd October   £150

A chance to spend an weekend working with stained glass artist Karl Theobald. Through a small project you willlearn all the basics of cutting glass, leading and some glass painting  to make a unique stained glass panel

 

FANTASTIC ANIMALS!   MAKING CERAMIC ANIMALS  

with Katch Skinner and Sue Turner  Sun 29th October 1 - 3pm  £5

To complement Ian Stewarts exhibition of  fantastic ceramic animals, come and make one

of your own!   Children to be accompanied by an adult

 

SIMPLE PAPER MAKING USING RECYCLED MATERIALS  with Sally Hughes

Saturday 11th Nov £60

Transform old office or other scrap paper into beautiful new A5 sheets of recycled paper  

By the end of the day you should have about ten sheets to take with you, plus the knowledge and confidence to make more at home, any time you want

 

AMAZING SOFT SCULPTURE WORKSHOP with Michele Howarth Rashman

Sunday  12th Nov £75

An exciting chance to work with Michele Howarth Rashman, maker of extraordinary textile figurative

sculpture. Learn the basics of her unique technique and make a textile soft sculpture head in a day!

 

CLAY SCULPTURE FROM THE LIFE MODEL with Sue Turner Sat 18th Nov £75

Another opportunity to take part in this unusual workshop - a rare chance to work in clay directly from the life model.  Start from drawing and then move to 3D interpretation. Challenging and fun!  

 

Christmas Specials - learn new  skills and hand make a personal gift!

 

LEATHER CRAFTS DAY WORKSHOPS with Cathy Edwards  

These day workshops are a great way to introduce yourself to working with leather. Covering hand stitching, initialling, cutting, edging  and dyeing beautiful British Saddlery leather

…and what great Xmas presents!

 

BELT MAKING   Sun 19th November £75

Make a personalised belt, in a choice of colours and finishes using best quality British Leather

 

MAKE A LEATHER PASSPORT COVER  Sun 17th Dec £75

Think towards sunnier times and create your own personalised luxury leather Passport Case and matching Luggage Label in your choice of colour. Both make ideal Christmas presents for the world traveller who has everything!

 

FELTING WORKSHOP - MAKE A HANDMADE XMAS STOCKING!   with Val Hughes Sat 25th Nov  £60

A great introduction to felt-making creating a lovely hand felted Christmas Stocking using a resist method. Merino wool tops, pre-felts and the incorporation of different fibres such as silk and knitting wools will be utilised.  Lovely as a gift or a keepsake/heirloom

 

WINTER WATERCOLOUR WORKSHOP    with Jayn Barker  Sun 26h Nov  £60

A great chance to learn basic watercolour techniques, particularly  working in the negative to create a winter landscape ….with the potential to be made into a card for Christmas