Northlight Art  

 

 

Spring Term Workshops

Thinking 3D…sculpture made easy  Weekend course  with Sally Barker  STILL PLACES AVAILABLE

Sat 23rd/Sun 24th March  £120  10.30am - 4.30pm

Work with sculptor Sally Barker and build your confidence making 3D forms on this fun 2 day course. Try construction and modelling with wire armature and mod-roc. Use different casting methods using clay, plaster, sand and alginate to make beautiful small and medium pieces.

Bring all your skills together into a final piece  to take home

 

Summer Term Workshops

 

EXPLORING ENCAUSTIC with Jayne Barker Sat 18th May     10.30am - 4.30pm £75

Using coloured waxes and irons to create abstract textures,  we will investigate different mark-making

techniques and  processes to create experimental pieces and 2 small abstract paintings. Numbers limited to 6 for this workshop

 

SHIBORE DYEING WORKSHOP  with Emma Wilkinson   Sat 25th May 10.30am - 4.30pm  £60

A full day to work with textile artist Emma Wilkinson.  Learn and explore this wonderful Japanese resist dying technique.  Experiment and produce exciting samples

 

LIFE CASTING with Rebecca Truman  Sun 26th May 10.30am - 4.30pm  £60

Life casting is a beautiful craft which captures the personality of the individual.

Cast hands, faces, ears or feet depending on a willing model, who can either be other workshop members or models brought along who participants wish to cast. Choose whether to do hands individually, holding hands with a friend or we can put family groups together. Finished pieces will be ready to take home

 

SCULPTURAL POD WEAVING WORKSHOP  with Joe Gregory  Sat 8th June  10.30am - 4.30pm  £75

Weave a Structural, Spherical Pod with the finest grown English willow, (which just happens to be grown right here in the Calder Valley) with Willow Artist Joe Gregory

from Creative with Nature. Learn basic weaving techniques to create a unique structural piece ideal for the garden or home, these cast beautiful shadows with lights in them too.

 

BOOKBINDING - MAKE A ‘HALF-BOUND BOOK’ with Helen Hayman  Sun 9th June 10.30am - 4.30pm  £60

A workshop for all those who would like to make their own notebook/sketchbook.

Starting from scratch we will be making a ‘half bound’ book -  this has the boards covered with decorative paper and a spine and fore-edge cover with book cloth.  Traditional bookbinding techniques will be

used but no specialist equipment is required.  Suitable for all abilities

 

WATERCOLOUR: FLOWERS INTO ABSTRACT   with Jayn Barker Sat 15th June  £60

Jayn will introduce the work of Georgia O’Keefe and the day will take inspiration from her style of flower painting. Working from fresh flowers, we will experiment with a variety of techniques and processes to create a series of small pieces and a large semi-abstract painting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To book your place  Email: info@northlightstudio.co.uk         Call: 01422 843519    

We generally ask for payment in advance to confirm your place and to help ensure we achieve

a viable group size.  

Payments can be made by card (in person or phone), cheque, or by card /paypal though our Online shop (booking fee applies)  Summer term courses will be available on our shop soon