In this intro to watercolours class, Emilie will teach the basics of colour mixing and brush work through some fun dinosaur illustrations ! And how cool are dinosaurs? We’ll learn about mixing our watercolours to make the most of the beautiful textures that watercolour has to offer. We’ll also start to develop more control of …
Who hasn’t seen a video of paint pouring? It’s soothing, it’s colourful and it’s definitely fun! Join us and learn how to make your own pour art which is a little more involved than you may have thought but the results are pretty spectacular. Then, we’ll get started designing our own and we’ll all go home with a …
Come along and transform brown craft boxes (or any box) into a beautiful gift box using Decoupage. Decoupage was a chic French trend popular in Victorian times which then made a glorious comeback in the 1990s. This class will revive this timeless but forgotten craft just in time for Easter. Using the Decoupage technique of …
Want to discover an amazing way of reducing plastics in the world? Come and learn a simple method to upcycle plastic bottle caps into fun earrings, keyrings, brooches, hairclips or whatever you can imagine. After lots of experimentation and testing we know what plastics work well together for colourful results and we have a load …
If you’re not sure how to approach basket weaving, then here’s your chance to learn the basics with Qing. There are a number of different styles and materials used for basket weaving, and in this introductory class Qing will introduce you to basket weaving using thick paper. This not as fiddly or as time consuming …
Who would have thought glass and paper could be made into wonderful pieces of jewellery?! So simple to create, yet stunning to wear! With the limitless bounds of print media (think books, old maps, sheet music, photographs, origami paper) you can take almost anything flat and make it into your very own piece of one-of-a-kind glass and …
Woodblock printing is one of the oldest printmaking methods, used in Ancient China and Japan for both printed text and art. It’s also a fun technique – the more rugged cousin to linocut printing. Printing with the woodblock technique means you’ll be carving your design into a soft tile of wood which becomes your printing …
Soapstone is a very soft, porous, metamorphic rock and your teacher Brittany will teach you how to carve it to make your own jewellery! Working with precut blanks, Brittany will show you how to carve soapstone into a wearable pendant (or pair of earrings!). Because soapstone is so porous you can also colour it to …
Allow your artistic side to unfurl through the cut-and-paste art form of collage! Famous artists like Matisse and Picasso have used collage, but it’s an incredibly accessible technique that’s open to anyone. You can make it as simple or as detailed as you wish. Our teacher Kym will run us through some exercises that help to jump in and explore, …
Soap is a staple, everyday item, but do we really understand how it’s made and how it works? Let alone how to make good choice about what soap to use – for our skin and for the environment? In this hands-on class you’ll learn all about the natural chemical reaction that creates soap, what to look for …
