Sculptural Portraiture
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Introduction to Sculptural Portraiture Saturday 6 December, 10am-4.30pm This day long workshop offers participants the opportunity to explore the approaches to sculptural portraiture using a variety of building methods, materials and processes. Sculpting in clay directly from photos, this workshop is designed to broaden your observational and practical skills as well as...
Festive Decorations Workshop
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Festive Decorations Workshop Sun 16 November, 10am-1pm Join us on Sunday 16 November, 10am-1pm for a fun morning creating tree and reindeer decorations and a beautiful festive star from willow. Donald and Karen of Silverhare Baskets will guide you, using lovely sustainable eco-friendly willow. Book here. All materials, tools and a few mince pies provided....
Festive Foliage Linocut Workshop
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Festive Foliage Linocut Workshop Saturday 15 November, 10am – 1pm Join printmaker Pamela Scott for a festive linocut workshop. Take inspiration from the wintery foliage and flora that can be found in the surrounding gardens and grounds to create a linocut design or series of stamps to make your own...
Kurinuki Workshop
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Learn to make Kurinuki pots at this one day workshop. Saturday 8 November, 10am – 3.30pm Join tutor Kevin Morris and learn Kurinuki, a Japanese pottery technique where solid pieces of clay are shaped and hollowed out by carving. Book here. Kurinuki is a form of hand building which originates...
Upcycled Fabric Baskets Workshop
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Sun 30 Nov11am – 4pm Join us to craft a sustainable future in our innovative upcycling workshop that explores using scrap textiles to create Upcycled Fabric Baskets. We’ll use salvaged ropes, scrap fabrics and old clothing, and spend the day meditatively coiling and stitching our vessels. We’ll wrap and stitch...
Gelli Plate Printmaking
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Sun 16 Nov11am – 4pm Join local artist Frances Ryan for a creative day long Gelli Plate Printing Workshop. We’ll learn how to mono-print using gel plates and explore the layering of colour and printed texture. We’ll explore cut and torn stencils, create textures and images using found objects, and...
Cyanotype Printmaking Workshop
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Sat 8 Nov10am – 4pm Join us for a fascinating day of cyanotype printmaking – a fascinating darkroom-free photography process. Learn a variety of techniques and produce a collection of stunning blue prints using just daylight and everyday objects. The cyanotype process is one of the earliest photographic processes and...
Weekend Workshops at Leith School of Art
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Leith School of Art provides a welcoming, dynamic place to learn the fundamentals of drawing and painting or develop skills in areas such as jewellery making, printmaking and artists’ books. Workshops can be taken in combination with each other to build up a course of study over a year. Our...