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Craft: Crafting for Health and Wellbeing - Beginners
The purpose of this course is to support your individual health and wellbeing and for you to gain confidence through arts and crafts. You will be given an opportunity to learn new skills and techniques from a range of different types of art and craft. For example, painting stones, glass, wood, and dream catchers. You will use a variety of different resources and medias such as wool, fabrics, and jars. You will learn about the development of the different arts and crafts that we enjoy today. You will also learn about and gain an insight into how different techniques and skills have evolved in certain crafts over time.
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Dates:Mon 09/09/2024 -
Mon 09/12/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:14 sessionsLocation:Minehead Eye (Minehead)
1A Mart Road
Minehead
TA24 5BJTutor:Susan LangCourse code:Q00017159How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £109.20
Craft: Hand Clay Pottery
This course is designed for you to develop your creative side and use your previous clay hand-building techniques to progress to an intermediate level, plus a chance explore the different decorative styles working with Clay. By the end of the course you should have lots of different pottery pieces and different pottery skills. You will be in a group with others and led by a talented Arts and Crafts tutor. Your work will be taken away and fired in a kiln by the tutor and it will be yours to keep!
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Dates:Mon 09/09/2024 -
Mon 14/10/2024Times:1:30pm - 3:30pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Walter Preston Court
Cashes Green
Stroud
GL5 4LJTutor:Victoria HendzelCourse code:Q00016897How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £50.40
Craft: Hand Clay Pottery
This course is designed for you to develop your creative side and use your previous clay hand-building techniques to progress to an intermediate level, plus a chance explore the different decorative styles working with Clay. By the end of the course you should have lots of different pottery pieces and different pottery skills. You will be in a group with others and led by a talented Arts and Crafts tutor. Your work will be taken away and fired in a kiln by the tutor and it will be yours to keep!
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Dates:Mon 09/09/2024 -
Mon 14/10/2024Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Oakley Resource Centre Hub
Clyde Crescent
Cheltenham
GL52 5QLTutor:Victoria HendzelCourse code:Q00016898How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £50.40
Sewing into Business - Bury
Discover the art of precision and creativity in our Sewing for Business Course. Dive into the fundamentals of machine sewing, mastering essential techniques and garment construction. From threading the needle to embellishing, you'll gain hands-on experience and the confidence to bring your design ideas to life. In parallel, embark on a beginner business journey, learning the basics of entrepreneurship for a sewing venture. Explore market trends, pricing strategies, and customer engagement to turn your passion into a profitable enterprise. Join us for a transformative learning experience that blends craftsmanship with entrepreneurial acumen, equipping you for success in the world of sewing and business.
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Dates:Mon 09/09/2024 -
Mon 02/12/2024Times:10:00am - 3:00pmDuration:12 sessionsLocation:ADAB - The Mosses (Bury)
Cecil Street
Bury
BL9 0SBTutor:Nasim YounisCourse code:Q00016055How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £225.00
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Multiply-Measure Up Sewing
Welcome to our 6-hour Measure Up- Introduction to Sewing Course! This short course is designed for sewing enthusiasts of all levels who want to improve their numerical skills specifically for the art of sewing. Over the course, students will dive in-to fundamental numerical concepts essential for accurate and efficient sewing projects. Whether you are a beginner or experienced at sewing, this introduction to sewing Course promises to empower you with all the knowledge to raise your sewing projects to new levels, join us and unravel the world of numbers in sewing like never before! This course is only for those living in Southampton.
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Dates:Mon 09/09/2024 -
Thu 12/09/2024Times:12:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:2 sessionsLocation:Clovelly Centre (Southampton)
60-68 Clovelly Road
Southampton
SO14 0AUTutor:Tracey SweetmanCourse code:Q00017107How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee:Free
Textiles & Fashion: Visible Mending with Sashiko and Boro Mending
This course will teach you plenty of skills on how to mend your clothes beautifully and originally. We will look at the historical art of Sashiko patterns and the Boro mending technique that was used in Japan in the Edo period and also plenty of other Visible mending techniques. There will be plenty of beautiful patterns to choose from and to learn about and to sew yourselves. A grasp of basic hand sewing is needed. We will expand our knowledge on the resources needed throughout the course and learn about the history of this technique. Later on we will also look at other various visible mending techniques and how and why these are used.
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Dates:Tue 10/09/2024 -
Tue 26/11/2024Times:9:00am - 11:00amDuration:11 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Rebecca SpearCourse code:Q00018288How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:2 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £92.40
Art Practical: Arts and Crafts for Health and Wellbeing
The purpose of this course is to support your individual health and wellbeing and to help you gain confidence. You will be given an opportunity to learn new skills and techniques from a range of different types of art and craft. For example, painting stones, glass, wood, and dream catchers. You will use a variety of different resources and medias such as wool, fabrics, and jars. You will learn about the development of the different arts and crafts that we enjoy today. You will also learn about and gain insight into how different techniques and skills have evolved in certain crafts.
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Dates:Wed 11/09/2024 -
Wed 11/12/2024Times:10:00am - 2:30pmDuration:14 sessionsLocation:NST Hub (North Somerset Training Communi
31 Alexandra Parade
Weston-super-Mare
BS23 1QZTutor:Rebecca WilliamsCourse code:Q00016838How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £226.80
Art Appreciation: The Art and Artists of World War One
In this course, we will explore the visual culture in Europe during World War One. From official war art, to soldiers’ sketchbooks, from world-famous artists to anonymous draughtsmen, we will study and discuss a broad range of attitudes to war. We will study many British artists, but also German, French, Italian, and American ones. We will study great works of art, learn a lot about the history of the war from a British and Western perspective, and discuss the role of art and artists during wartime, as well as in the aftermath of war.
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Dates:Wed 11/09/2024 -
Wed 06/11/2024Times:1:00pm - 3:00pmDuration:9 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Caroline LevisseCourse code:Q00017433How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
Practical Art: Drawing, Painting and Going Big - Exploring Materials and Techniques
During this friendly course, you will be using your sketchbook and art practice as a starting point. You will have the opportunity to gain more confidence in your unique artwork by trying out different materials and techniques to create bigger scale work. You will be able to use the creative experiments carried out in your sketchbooks and on paper to progress your art practice using your preferred techniques and materials. By the end of this course, the many techniques, materials, themes, concepts and artists that influence your artwork will be crystallised in your more finished pieces.
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Dates:Wed 11/09/2024 -
Wed 11/12/2024Times:2:00pm - 4:30pmDuration:14 sessionsLocation:Exeter Phoenix (Exeter)
Bradninch Place
Gandy Street
Exeter
EX4 3LSTutor:Sarah JohnCourse code:Q00016831How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £136.50
Art Practical: Studio Practice, Sketchbook Focus - Starting Small
During this friendly course, you will collect your artistic ideas in sketchbook form. You will use drawing, painting, collage, note taking and sticking in reference and inspirational material. You will begin to generate your own personal visual language as a starting point for larger work. This course will encourage you to consider the many themes, concepts and artists that resonate with you. The Sketchbook is a useful tool for the artist to offload their many artistic ideas and influences and try out new techniques and materials. This can be used in the safe space created in the classroom, or wherever you go.
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Dates:Wed 11/09/2024 -
Wed 11/12/2024Times:11:00am - 1:30pmDuration:14 sessionsLocation:Exeter Phoenix (Exeter)
Bradninch Place
Gandy Street
Exeter
EX4 3LSTutor:Sarah JohnCourse code:Q00016828How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £136.50