Workshop at The Slipper Studio, Sunday 21st April 2024

    Explore Blind Embossing – lino printing without ink   Blind embossing is an interesting creative technique. It uses the skills and materials associated with lino cutting, but without all of the mess generated when inking up a plate. Once you have cut a design, the block is rolled through a press with lots…

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Workshop at The Slipper Studio, Saturday 20th April 2024

    Explore 1 or 2 Colour Lino Cutting and Printing Lino cutting and printing is a very enjoyable process that can be explored at our kitchen tables and requires a minimum of specialist equipment. Many of us may remember creating our first linocut during our Art lessons at secondary school. If you are looking…

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Workshop at The Slipper Studio, Friday 19th April 2024

  Advanced Create with a Gel Plate – mono printing without a Press   Gel printing plates are a lively and instant method for creating mono prints, with the advantage that you don’t require a printing press. Each print is unique and this highly adaptable process invites experimentation. Gel plates look and feel like gelatin,…

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Workshop at The Slipper Studio, Saturday 9th March 2024

Fancy a Cuppa? Create decorative wire sculpture Fine and flexible wire is a lovely material to work with, enabling you to create characterful objects, with a drawn-like quality to them. Come along to The Slipper Studio and learn how to create a range of small and decorative, tea themed pieces of sculpture, which will take…

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Workshop at The Slipper Studio, Friday 8th March 2024

Experimental Printmaking inspired by Mid Century Design Taking our inspiration from Mid Century Design and contemporary printmakers such as Jane Ormes and Jenny Douglas, we will explore pattern through mark making, drawing and collage. Composition will be developed by creating experimental print blocks and stamps, before we refine our ideas and experiences to develop a…

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Workshop at The Slipper Studio, Friday 16th February 2024

    Birds on a Wire – create tiny wire sculptures Fine and flexible wire is a lovely material to work with, enabling you to create characterful objects, with a drawn-like quality to them. Come along to The Slipper Studio and learn how to create a range of small and decorative pieces of sculpture, which…

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Workshop at The Slipper Studio, Thursday 15th February 2024

Create with a Gel Plate – mono printing without a Press   Gel printing plates are a lively and instant method for creating mono prints, with the advantage that you don’t require a printing press. Each print is unique and this highly adaptable process invites experimentation. Gel plates look and feel like gelatin, but are…

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Workshop at The Slipper Studio, Saturday 10th February 2024

  Drawn to Still Life    “I sometimes think that there is nothing so delightful as drawing”, Vincent Van Gogh. If you agree with Van Gogh, you know it’s a worthwhile practice to spend time exploring your drawing skills. Drawing isn’t an elitist process and benefits the beginner or experienced artist, and those in between.…

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Workshop at The Slipper Studio, Friday 9th February 2024

Lino Cutting and Printing for Beginners & Rusty Printmakers Lino cutting and printing is a very enjoyable process that can be explored at our kitchen tables and requires the minimum of specialist equipment. Many of us may remember creating our first lino cut during our Art lessons at secondary school. If you are looking to…

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