FULLY BOOKED: WOODBLOCK PRINTMAKING WEEKEND
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomTransform your own designs into print, perhaps for a Christmas card, using the fascinating media of woodcut and wood engraving. Working with plywood, MDF, end-grain hardwood or plastic blocks, a wide range of styles is possible, whatever your art background. Beginners or experienced, be inspired to start a home industry! Peter Collins Residential: £305 Non-residential:
FULLY BOOKED: SHAKESPEARE’S CORIOLANUS: HERO OR VILLIAN?
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomJoin us to explore an unexpectedly topical Roman tragedy, set against a cost of living crisis, class conflict, contentious elections, and the threats of external warfare. Coriolanus is a war hero rejected by the populus when he proves unable to ‘play politics’; his attempted revenge brings about his own destruction. Clare Smout Residential: £305 Non-residential:
AGEING DAY FOR WOMEN
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomThis AGEING Day for women offers an introduction to individuation analytical psychologist Carl Jung, who believed that our human lived experience (conscious experience) represents a relatively small part of our total psychological functioning. In reality, much of our experience, and many determinants of our behaviour, exist outside our awareness i.e. our unconscious. We will explore
INTRODUCTION TO UPHOLSTERY (1)
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomA small starter project to complete in a day - replace a drop in seat in a dining chair, piano stool or small stool - using a mixture of traditional and modern techniques. Learn how to take off old coverings and work out what you can reuse, rebuild with appropriate filling, fabric selection and placement,
QUILT AS YOU GO LOG CABIN
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomLog Cabin is a very versatile patchwork block with many variations. For this project you can create nine different log cabin variations (no foundation piecing involved) as a sampler quilt (see picture) or as a 'Sew A Row' quilt. The different blocks are quilted before being joined together using a 'Quilt As You Go' technique.
FULLY BOOKED: PEN AND WASH
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomA course looking at pen and ink techniques and combining them with watercolour to create line and wash artwork. We will be looking at how to create textures, tones and decorative patterns with ink and how to paint various washes and then combining the two to produce line and wash work. Demonstrations, help and advice
GILDING NATURE
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomLearn techniques for gilding flowers, leaves and seedheads from your garden. Start with pressed leaves and flowers, then progress onto more challenging 3D items such as dried pods, seedheads, cones, bark, fresh leaves, flowers, pebbles and shells. Put together your own arrangements to create decorative pieces for Christmas, weddings and special occasions. Jo Mabbutt Residential:
FULLY BOOKED: QUILT AS YOU GO LOG CABIN
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomLog Cabin is a very versatile patchwork block with many variations. For this project you can create nine different log cabin variations (no foundation piecing involved) as a sampler quilt (see picture) or as a 'Sew A Row' quilt. The different blocks are quilted before being joined together using a 'Quilt As You Go' technique.
SUNDAY LECTURE: SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE: LIFE, LITERATURE AND IMAGINATION
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomFamous as the author of The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge is one of the most intriguing and contradictory characters in English literature. He is also of course a leading figure among Lake District writers. This lecture will focus on Coleridge's achievements as a poet and thinker, in the context of his
GILDING FOR CHRISTMAS
Higham Hall College Bassenthwaite Lake, Cockermouth, Cumbria, United KingdomBring some metallic glitz to your own Christmas cards and wrapping paper this year! Learn to use real metal leaf, metallic transfer foil and metallic powders to create striking patterns and designs, bold and subtle images and backgrounds. Print and stencil with metallic varnishes and waxes for wrapping paper designs and textures. Experiment with combinations