Art in the Barn  Join me in the beautiful Meon Valley, Hampshire from 17th to 22nd October 2024 and choose from a range of creative workshops. A light and spacious thatched barn will be the venue for the Arts week, plus there’s accommodation available on the farm, with a choice of shepherds huts or traditional…

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, but are…

  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…

  New – Explore Jigsaw Lino Cuts     Lino cutting and printing is a very enjoyable process that can be explored at our kitchen tables and requires a minimum of specialist equipment.Working from your chosen images, this one day workshop will introduce you to jigsaw lino cutting and printing. A particular focus will be…

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…

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 durable…

  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…

Saturday 25th – Monday 27th May, 10am to 4pm Join 8 artists at Turnditch, as part of Derbyshire Open Arts. A great venue if you are heading north/south and a short drive from Wirksworth and Belper. Lots of parking and the opportunity for a cuppa.   Fine Art Sara Brighty Ruth Gray Images Liz Wellby…

Sunday 5th & Bank Holiday Monday 6th May This year you will find 170 artists, makers and creatives all over the town centre area in over 50 venues – displaying, demonstrating and running workshops. Join me at Cocoa Cafe on Strutt Street for a chat and a browse. 10.30am – 4.30pm www.belperarts.org

    Fish & Feathers – explore fine wire and metal foil   Fine and flexible wire is a lovely material to work with, enabling you to create characterful objects, with a drawn-like quality to them, whilst metal foil can be cut to shape with scissors, before your designs are embossed onto the surface. Come…