FULLY BOOKED: NORTH WEST FRONTIER OF ROME

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

For four centuries, the Great Wall of Hadrian marked the North West Frontier of Rome, an empire so vast the south east frontier rested on the Euphrates. Even today, the 

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MONO-PRINTED SLAB POTS AND BOXES

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

An introduction to mono-printing coloured slips onto clay slabs. These pre-decorated slabs can then be used to make many types of slab built pottery with edge to edge decoration. The 

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FULLY BOOKED: RUSKIN LACE

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

A Lake District speciality since the late nineteenth century, Ruskin lace was made from hand-spun and woven linen produced by cottagers around Coniston. Karen is a leading exponent of this 

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FULLY BOOKED: YOGA AND CIRCLE DANCE

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Yoga and circle dance complement each other beautifully. Yoga practice - postures, breathing techniques, relaxation - will alternate with sessions of circle dancing which is drawn from many countries and 

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FULLY BOOKED: RUSKIN LACE

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

A Lake District speciality since the late nineteenth century, Ruskin lace was made from hand-spun and woven linen produced by cottagers around Coniston. Karen is a leading exponent of this 

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INTRODUCTION TO UPHOLSTERY (2)

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

This workshop looks at furniture preparation - condition check, measuring for fabric, stripping, small repairs, woodworm, cleaning and inspecting filling to see what can be reused or what to replace it 

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PILATES AND CIRCLE DANCE

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Pilates and circle dance complement each other beautifully. Sessions of body-control pilates (a safe, effective form of body conditioning that works by strengthening the core postural muscles, re-balancing the body 

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FULLY BOOKED: WINTER BIRDS

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Imagine spectacular gatherings of barnacle and pink-footed geese against a backdrop of a winter sunset and the massed pipings of thousands of waders as they swirl in the sky. Our 

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FULLY BOOKED: DECORATIVE PAPER MAKING

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Students will produce a range of decorated papers using techniques such as pigmented paste, suminagashi (Japanese ink marbling) and traditional paper marbling on a 'thickened' water surface.  The samples produced 

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FULLY BOOKED: CURIOSITIES OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United Kingdom

This course will focus on some curious and intriguing aspects of the English language. Why has English the richest vocabulary in the world? Why is English spelling so infuriating? What 

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