Craft: Crafting for Health and Wellbeing - Beginners

The aim of the course is to provide you with an opportunity to support your own health and wellbeing through taking up an art or craft that you find therapeutic, relaxing and rewarding. You will be able to try out a variety of materials, techniques and different arts and crafts throughout the course. You will be encouraged to work with several different medias and resources including recycled materials to produce and create a picture, or item of art or craft. Where appropriate, the history behind the items you have made will be explored and researched. For example, the development of different art and craft trends and their popularity will be acknowledged as a social history of skills and techniques still used today. The whole class will be encouraged to take part in the research. You will explore what you enjoy making and how you can develop your individual techniques and skills. You will also be encouraged to suggest what you would like to cover over the term and bring ideas to the class. You will be expected to finish at least one piece of your work and to be able to give some feedback on your favourite item.