Join Katy Galbraith of Recycle Me Mosaics in a two-day course learning the basics of making mosaics suitable for your garden. Using suitable discarded crockery and tiles, this workshop is ideal for beginners, improvers and curious crafters and offers a fun-filled weekend with step-by-step guidance in a small group.
It could be a picture on
Join Katy Galbraith of Recycle Me Mosaics in a two-day course learning the basics of making mosaics suitable for your garden. Using suitable discarded crockery and tiles, this workshop is ideal for beginners, improvers and curious crafters and offers a fun-filled weekend with step-by-step guidance in a small group.
It could be a picture on a board, roof slate, ceramic tile or reclaimed stepping stone or a small 3D piece or small pieces on slate. Or a combination of the above. Participants will be working directly onto the surface, so stepping stones will not be perfectly flat.
A selection of ceramics, tiles, nuggets, and glass will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own for your project, giving it a more personal feel, more akin to a traditional patchwork quilt idea, where only you will know the provenance of the pieces. Tools and other materials are also provided. We will be working on cement boar
A selection of ceramics, tiles, nuggets, and glass will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own for your project, giving it a more personal feel, more akin to a traditional patchwork quilt idea, where only you will know the provenance of the pieces. Tools and other materials are also provided. We will be working on cement board and structures/ slates / old stepping stones which are suitable for outdoors.
Tea and coffee will be provided throughout the day. Please bring a packed lunch, or there is a café on site.
Katy Galbraith has been working as a professional mosaic artist for over 15 years and is a professional member of BAMM (British Association of Modern Mosaic). The reuse of materials is a core part of her own work. She exhibits extensively and has two pieces in the National Museum of Scotland.
Join Liz for a relaxing and fun day learning the art of découpage. Transform old used items you have at home into works of art and take home new skills as well as a finished item that you have transformed with a new lease of life!
Découpage is the art or craft of decorating objects with paper cut-outs with or without applied colouring or
Join Liz for a relaxing and fun day learning the art of découpage. Transform old used items you have at home into works of art and take home new skills as well as a finished item that you have transformed with a new lease of life!
Découpage is the art or craft of decorating objects with paper cut-outs with or without applied colouring or hand drawn details. Paper is layered onto various surfaces including furniture, small items like trays or bowls or on wooden panels for framing giving countless possibilities to play with in terms of image, texture and colour.
You will start by planning your design and then work transforming whatever item you have chosen to bring. This could be a tray, brightening up a household item or making a start on decorating a small item of furniture in a day of découpage at Comrie Art Hut.
We will provide : assorted papers, acrylic paint, glue and varnish, however you ar
You will start by planning your design and then work transforming whatever item you have chosen to bring. This could be a tray, brightening up a household item or making a start on decorating a small item of furniture in a day of découpage at Comrie Art Hut.
We will provide : assorted papers, acrylic paint, glue and varnish, however you are welcome to bring any personal images or bits of text you might like to use to personalise your piece.
You need to bring: a small item of furniture primed and ready for use, a tray, wooden bowl, mirror or other frame / wooden panel that can be decoupaged and framed any bits and pieces of paper you might like to use.
Liz trained in Fine Art and Sculpture at the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh School of Art and has gone on to develop a number of art practices that include découpage collage and paper sculpture. Much of her work is with other people through participatory workshops, classes and projects to encourage everyone to take part in visual art and have fun with it.
This one day Gelli Plate Workshop is a fun and intuitive way of printmaking. It's a great way of tapping into your creative subconscious as wonderful textures and images emerge from your plate, often in unexpected ways. Suitable for beginners and those with some experience.
We will use acrylic paint and mediums; stencils and stamps, many o
This one day Gelli Plate Workshop is a fun and intuitive way of printmaking. It's a great way of tapping into your creative subconscious as wonderful textures and images emerge from your plate, often in unexpected ways. Suitable for beginners and those with some experience.
We will use acrylic paint and mediums; stencils and stamps, many of which are home made or found. You will be guided by demonstration and support through the methods of rolling transparent and opaque paint, working with negative and positive, dark and light. Composition, colour and contrast are key to making your prints look great - and your imagination! You will go home with a good collection of prints, some of which will have worked beautifully, and others will be a great basis for creating your own collages.
TIMING 9.30 - 4.00
PLEASE WEAR old working clothes
YOU WILL NEED TO BRING
1. A small gelli plate size 6 x 6" or 5 x7"
2. One SOFT 2" roller /brayer. We recommend Speedball, Essdee or Gelli craft as good makes of roller
3. Any non-sharp objects you have that might make good stencils or simple stamps (eg. corks, rubber shapes, feathers, bubb
TIMING 9.30 - 4.00
PLEASE WEAR old working clothes
YOU WILL NEED TO BRING
1. A small gelli plate size 6 x 6" or 5 x7"
2. One SOFT 2" roller /brayer. We recommend Speedball, Essdee or Gelli craft as good makes of roller
3. Any non-sharp objects you have that might make good stencils or simple stamps (eg. corks, rubber shapes, feathers, bubble wrap, corrugated card) I will have plenty for you to borrow
4. Packed lunch
All other materials are included.
Tea, coffee and refreshments are also provided
Nicky Sanderson is from Edinburgh, based full time at Coburg House Studios in Leith. She works as a painter and printmaker and is interested in the many ways of interpreting the natural world, its underlying geology, coasts and local story.
Nicky studied Printmaking at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen and at Post Graduate level for two years
Nicky Sanderson is from Edinburgh, based full time at Coburg House Studios in Leith. She works as a painter and printmaker and is interested in the many ways of interpreting the natural world, its underlying geology, coasts and local story.
Nicky studied Printmaking at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen and at Post Graduate level for two years at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, following which she was awarded a year’s scholarship by the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA) to study experimental printmaking in Mexico City. On her return to Scotland she exhibited in London and Edinburgh, and taught art to adults as co-director of an art travel company and trained as a Blue Badge Guide for Scotland. In recent years she has taught the Scottish Art module for trainee Scottish tourist guides (STGA Blue Badge), and regularly leads courses to the Outer Hebrides for the creative travel company Wild at Art Scotland Ltd., involving en plein air information-gathering and studio development work.
Currently a member of the Society of Scottish Artists (SSA), Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) and Edinburgh Printmakers (EP).
Join artist and printmaker Nicky Sanderson for a creative weekend, connecting to the landscape and history of this lovely area . We will create a concertina sketchbook from scratch, inspired by a walk into the countryside near our studio.
Discovering stories about the area will help to connect us to the location as we immerse ourselves in the environment, using all our senses. The book that you take home will feel like a personal response to the location and a treasured artwork that only you could have made.
This workshop is suitable for all levels of art experience.
On day one, there will be an introduction to the structure of the weekend, showing of examples, discussion/demonstration of methods used to achieve interesting results, and reference to deeper understanding of the area. Everyone will then prepare their concertina papers.
The walk will start after lunch, taking with us a small bag of materials and pre-prepared paper. Participants will be encouraged to look for subjects that interest them, or reflect their responses to the location, for example, details of the rocks and lichens, or the wider view of hills and trees, or even words and sounds that spring to mind. These should be noted down. Found objects can also be collected for using as drawing implements back in the studio. Depending on the weather, we'll take time to draw on location.
Day two concentrates on putting together all of the ideas collected on day one. This will involve creating textures and colours on tissue paper to create a "palette" from which to choose for collaging onto the cartridge paper; paper created on the walk can also be worked on with a view to including it in the book, or using it as a cover; drawing or printing with any found objects on the cartridge or tissue; planning the layout of the concertina book; creating a cardboard cover.
Keeping an open mind, we decide if the concertina book is a narrative, or a series of views, or selected patterns from nature, or completely abstract in its composition. The final stages involve reworking the surface of the concertina, making sure the pages lead easily one to another.
Nicky Sanderson is from Edinburgh, based full time at Coburg House Studios in Leith. She works as a painter and printmaker and is interested in the many ways of interpreting the natural world, its underlying geology, coasts and local story.
Nicky studied Printmaking at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen and at Post Graduate level for two years at the Slade School of Fine Art in London, following which she was awarded a year’s scholarship by the National Institute of Fine Arts (INBA) to study experimental printmaking in Mexico City. On her return to Scotland she exhibited in London and Edinburgh, and taught art to adults as co-director of an art travel company and trained as a Blue Badge Guide for Scotland. In recent years she has taught the Scottish Art module for trainee Scottish tourist guides (STGA Blue Badge), and regularly leads courses to the Outer Hebrides for the creative travel company Wild at Art Scotland Ltd., involving en plein air information-gathering and studio development work.
Currently a member of the Society of Scottish Artists (SSA), Visual Arts Scotland (VAS) and Edinburgh Printmakers (EP).