WILLOW BASKET-MAKING – BEGINNERS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomWork with Cumbria basket maker Phil Bradley to learn the techniques involved in English roundwork basketry. We will cover some of the basic elements of working with willow and -
SUNDAY LECTURE: NORMAN NICHOLSON: A WRITER FOR OUR TIME
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomThe Cumbrian poet Norman Nicholson (1914-1987) lived in Millom all his life, apart from the two-year period he spent as a teenager in a TB Sanatorium in the New Forest.
CARTOONS FOR CHRISTMAS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomThis entertaining short break will give you the basic skills necessary to draw cartoon figures and animals and offer several ingenious methods to cheat at drawing your own Christmas cards.
FULLY BOOKED: INSECTS IN CHINESE BRUSH PAINTING
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomYou will either wish to improve your Chinese brush painting or be a painter wanting to try new techniques in this ancient artform that is still evolving. A relaxed, informative
GEOLOGY WITH ANNETTE MCGRATH: ROCKS, MINERALS, FOSSILS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomA thorough introduction to rocks, minerals and fossils through illustrated talks and hands-on practical sessions. You will have the opportunity to examine a museum-quality geological collection from around the world
SILVERPOINT, PEN AND BRUSH WITH INK
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomWe will be exploring traditional drawing techniques including the old art of silverpoint - an early method of drawing used by artists such as Albrect Dürer and Leonardo da Vinci.
CHRISTMAS CREATIONS (MATERIALS PROVIDED
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomGet into the Christmas Spirit! Arrangements will include several of the following: a scarlet Christmas basket, a lit bauble bowl, an icy winter scene, a lantern, a Scandi felt pot
FULLY BOOKED: AUTUMN YOGA RETREAT: TOWARDS A PERSONAL PRACTICE
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomAn opportunity to explore and deepen your understanding of the accessible approach to yoga within the spirit of Vini yoga as developed by the pioneering yoga teacher T.K.V. Desikachar; adapted
FULLY BOOKED: CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE PAINTING
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomLook at fresh approaches to working from the landscape, via the lens of contemporary painting. With exercises, briefs and tutorials, be pushed to extend your responses to your chosen media
SUNDAY LECTURE: THE CULINARY CALENDER CUSTOMS OF CUMBRIA
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomUntil recently, the working class families of the farming, forestry and mining communities of Lakeland subsisted on a fairly simple diet, largely based on locally grown oats and barley. However,